us-005578-irn514411
type: RecordSet
archival history: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
has beginning date: 1996-01-01
has end date: 2000-12-31
has or had holder: us-005578
has or had identifier: 1
has or had identifier: 2
has or had some members with language: deu
has or had some members with language: eng
has or had subject: 499
has or had subject: 2
has or had subject: 0
has record set type: Item
identifier: irn514411
record resource extent: boxes 34
record resource structure: The Archives maintained the original organization of the London law firm Mishcon de Reya, which represented the defendants. The collection is organized into 13 sub-series: Sub-series 1: General Documents of the Trial; Sub-series 2: Expert Reports; Sub-series 3: Witness Statements; Sub-series 4: Writings and Statements of David Irving Presented As Evidence; Sub-series 5: Miscellaneous Documents and Responses to David Irving's Questions; Sub-series 6: Critical Writings about David Irving's Personality and Work, 1959-1997; Sub-series 7: Records Documenting David Irving's Acitivities in the Archives of Moscow, Russia; Sub-series 8: Documents Referred to in the Expert Reports; Sub-series 9: Writings Submitted by David Irving to Support His Case; Sub-series 10: Core File: Auschwitz, and Statements by David Irving; Sub-series 11: Documents Supporting the Case of the Plaintiff; Sub-series 12: Documents Submitted by the Defendants to Support Their Case; Sub-series 13: David Irving's Right Wing Extremism
results or resulted from: 1
scope and content: The collection consists of copies of court records, expert reports submitted by historians and copies of documents referred to in the reports, witness statements, printed and electronic publications, personal papers (e.g. letters, diaries, etc.) of David Irving, and critical writings about David Irving pertaining to the Jan.-April 2000 David Irving vs. Penguin Books and Deborah Lipstadt trial in London, England. The collection includes material relevant to World War II and the Holocaust, with an emphasis that David Irving in his writings, lectures, and other manifestations represents an antisemitic, revisionist, Holocaust denying approach.
title: Records of David Irving v. Penguin Books Ltd. and Deborah Lipstadt