Public Image of David Irving (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! This article chronicles events which have shaped the public image of David Irving, an English writer whose work on Nazi Germany became controversial because of a perceived sympathy for the Third Reich and antisemitism. It is mostly concerned with the man's reputation in recent years, rather than the exposure of his pro-Nazi views in the British media during the 1980s. On 11 November 2005, the Austrian police in the southern state of Styria, acting under a 1989 warrant, arrested Irving. Four days later, he was charged by state prosecutors with the speech crime of "trivialising the Holocaust." His application for bail was denied on the grounds that he would flee or repeat the offence. He remained in jail awaiting trial. On 20 February 2006 Irving pleaded guilty to the charge of "trivialising, grossly playing down and denying the Holocaust."