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(JTA) — British Holocaust denier David Irving is planning to lead a tour of Nazi death camps. Irving is taking deposits on his website for the tour of Nazi historical sites scheduled for September, the U.K. Jewish News reported. The nine-day tour, which costs $3,650, is scheduled to visit Treblinka, Sobibor, Belzec and Majdanek. Publicity…
Jewish students and faculty at Manchester University in Great Britain are demanding that the institution remove books by the Holocaust denier David Irving from its library — a request that the college has denied on free speech grounds. “Leaving Irving’s books on open display is a threat to the safety of Jewish students and staff…
It’s been a tough media weekend for Sebastian Gorka, the deputy assistant to the president who was the subject of an article in the Forward about his membership of a Nazi-allied group in Hungary. The Chicago Tribune republished a critical review of Gorka’s scholarship by Dan Nexon, an associate professor in the Walsh School of…
British writer and convicted Holocaust denier David Irving held a secret event at a Hilton hotel in Glasgow on Friday, according to the Sunday Herald, where he expounded in length on his anti-Semitic views and conspiracy theories. Irving, 78, is the author of several books which defend Adolf Hitler and deny that the Nazis murdered…
I first met the historian Deborah Lipstadt years ago, when I was a foreign correspondent based in London. She was visiting the city, and a mutual friend suggested that she get in touch with me. I remember a spirited dinner at our flat, and a walk through Regent’s Park. In the ensuing years, as she…
British actress Rachel Weisz has been tapped to play Deborah E. Lipstadt in “Denial,” a biopic based on Lipstadt’s courtroom drama with David Irving, who sued her for libel when she accused him of being a Holocaust denier. Adapted for screen from Lipstadt’s book, the North American rights to the movie were bought by Bleecker…
“Million Dollar Baby” star Hilary Swank will be throwing different kinds of punches in her new project. The actress is set to in the screen adaptation of her book, “History on Trial: My Day in Court with a Holocaust Denier.” “Denial,” directed by Mick Jackson (Temple Grandin, The Bodyguard) and adaptated by UK playwright David…
Berlin’s hotel and restaurant association has warned members not to book a room for Holocaust denier David Irving during his planned visit to the German capital. The British self-styled historian – who was banned from entering Germany until last March — plans to visit the city in September, where he will address guests at a…
