Holocaust denial lecture circuit David Irving

interior of gas chamber of auschwitz camp. in 1990 speech, irving stated: following thing: there no gas chambers in auschwitz. there have been mock-ups built poles in years after war.

in 1990s, irving frequent visitor germany, spoke @ neo-nazi rallies. chief themes of irving s german speeches allies , axis states equally culpable war crimes, decision of neville chamberlain declare war on germany in 1939, , of winston churchill continue war in 1940, had been great mistakes set britain on path of decline, , holocaust propaganda exercise . in june 1990, irving visited east germany on well-publicized tour entitled englishman fights honour of germans, on accused allies of having used forged documents humiliate german people. irving s self-proclaimed mission guide promising young men in germany in right direction (irving has stated belief women exist task, producing [men] , , should subservient men ; leading, in lipstadt s view, lack of interest on irving s part in guiding young german women in right direction ). german nationalists found irving, non-german holocaust denier, particularly credible.

in january 1990, irving gave speech in moers asserted 30,000 people died @ auschwitz between 1940–45, of natural causes, equal—so claimed—to typical death toll 1 bomber command raid on german cities. irving claimed there no gas chambers @ death camp, stating existing remains mock-ups built poles . on 21 april 1990, irving repeated same speech in munich, led conviction holocaust denial in munich on 11 july 1991. court fined irving dm 7,000. irving appealed judgement, , received fine of dm 10,000 repeating same remarks in courtroom on 5 may 1992. during appeal in 1992, irving called upon present in munich courtroom fight battle german people , put end blood lie of holocaust has been told against country fifty years . irving went on call auschwitz death camp tourist attraction origins irving claimed went ingenious plan devised british psychological warfare executive in 1942 spread anti-german propaganda policy of german state using gas chambers kill millions of jews , other undesirables . during same speech, irving denounced judge senile, alcoholic cretin . following conviction holocaust denial, irving banned visiting germany.

the main gate of auschwitz ii birkenau. in 1992 during appeal conviction holocaust denial, irving called auschwitz tourist attraction .

expanding upon thesis in hitler s war lack of written führer order holocaust, irving argued in 1990s absence of such order meant there no holocaust. in speech delivered in toronto in november 1990 irving claimed holocaust survivors had manufactured memories of suffering because there s money involved , can compensation cash payment out of . in speech, irving used metaphor of cruise ship named holocaust, irving claimed had ... luxury wall wall fitted carpets , crew of thousands… marine terminals established in virtually every capital in world, disguised holocaust memorial museums . irving went on assert ship due rough sailing because soviet government had allowed historians access index cards of people passed through gates of auschwitz , , claimed lead lot of people [who] not claiming auschwitz survivors anymore (irving s statement index cards incorrect; soviet government had made available in 1990 death books of auschwitz, recording weekly death tolls). irving claimed on basis of called index books that, because experts can @ tattoo , oh yes, 181, 219 means entered auschwitz in march 1943 , warned auschwitz survivors if want go , have tattoo put on arm, lot of them do, afraid say, , claim subsequently in auschwitz, have make sure a) fits in month said went auschwitz , b) not number used before .

on 17 january 1991, irving told reporter jewish chronicle jews foolish not abandon gas chamber theory while still have time . irving went on believed anti-semitism increase on world because jews have exploited people gas chamber legend , in ten years, israel cease exist , jews have return europe . in 1991 revised edition of hitler s war, had removed references death camps , holocaust. in speech given in hamburg in 1991, irving stated in 2 years time myth of mass murders of jews in death factories of auschwitz, majdanek , treblinka ... in fact never took place disproved (auschwitz, majdanek, , treblinka established being extermination camps). 2 days later, irving repeated same speech in halle before group of neo-nazis, , praised rudolf hess great german martyr, rudolf hess . @ 1991 speech, time in canada, irving called holocaust hoax , , again predicted 1993 hoax have been exposed . in speech, irving declared, gradually word getting around germany. 2 years too, german historians accept right. accept fifty years have believed lie . during speech given in october 1991, irving expressed contempt , hatred holocaust survivors proclaiming that:

ridicule alone isn t enough, ve got tasteless it. ve got things more women died on seat of edward kennedy s car @ chappaquiddick in gas chambers @ auschwitz. think s tasteless, this? m forming association dedicated these liars, ones try , kid people in these concentration camps, s called auschwitz survivors, survivors of holocaust , other liars, asshols . can t more tasteless that, ve got tasteless because these people deserve our contempt.

in 1991 speech, time in regina, irving called holocaust major fraud... there no gas chambers. fakes , frauds .

in november 1992, irving featured speaker @ world anti-zionist congress in stockholm cancelled swedish government. scheduled attend fellow holocaust-deniers robert faurisson , fred a. leuchter, , louis farrakhan, representatives of militant palestinian group hamas, lebanese militant shiite group hezbollah, , right-wing russian antisemitic group pamyat. in 1993 speech, irving claimed had been 100,000 jewish deaths @ auschwitz, not gas chambers. died epidemics . irving went on claim of jewish deaths during world war ii had been caused allied bombing. irving claimed concentration camp inmates arrived in berlin or leipzig or in dresden in time raf bombers set fire cities. nobody knows how many jews died in air raids . in 1994 speech, irving lamented predictions of 1991 had failed occur, , complained of persistence of belief in rotting corpse of profitable legend of holocaust. in 1994 speech, irving claimed there no german policy of genocide of jews, , 600,000 jews died in concentration camps in world war ii, due either allied bombing or disease. @ same time, irving started appear more @ annual conferences hosted ihr. in 1995 speech, irving claimed holocaust myth invented world-wide jewish cabal serve own ends. irving spoke on other topics @ ihr gatherings. frequent theme claim winston churchill had advance knowledge of japanese plans attack pearl harbor, , refused warn americans bring united states world war ii.

at same time, irving maintained ambivalent attitude holocaust denial depending on audience. in 1993 letter, irving lashed out against former friend zündel, writing that: in april 1988 unhesitatingly agreed aid defence witness in toronto. not make same mistake again. penalty having defended then, , having continued aid since, life has come under gradually mounting attack: find myself worldwide victim of mass demonstrations, violence, vituperation , persecution (emphasis in original). irving went on claim life had been wonderful until zündel had got him involved in holocaust denial movement; van pelt argues irving trying shift responsibility actions in letter. in interview australian radio in july 1995, irving claimed @ least 4 million jews died in world war ii, though argued due terrible sanitary conditions inside concentration camps opposed deliberate policy of genocide in death camps. irving s statement led public spat former ally faurisson, insisted no jews killed in holocaust. in 1995, irving stated in speech have take off hat adversaries , strategies have employed—the marketing of word holocaust: half expected see little tm after . likewise, depending on audience, irving during 1990s either used absence of written führerbefehl (führer order) final solution argue hitler unaware of holocaust, or absence of written order meant there no holocaust.