Mel Bolen

David Irving is undoubtedly the greatest historian of this century. His 1963 book “The Destruction of Dresden” is held in high esteem as one of the most accurate accounts of the genocidal bombing campaigns the Allies embarked upon. It wasn’t until after his publishing of “Hitler’s War” that the entirety of the Jewish ruling class turned on Irving. In 1993, Deborah Lipstadt labeled Irving a “Holocaust denier” in her book “Denying the Holocaust.” This led to Irving’s publisher canceling Irving’s contract, and Irving subsequently sued Lipstadt and the publishing company, Penguin Books. Wealthy Jews from across the world, including Steven Spielberg, financed 13 million dollars toward Lipstadt’s defense, which was spent hiring 40 historians and legal experts to scrutinize Irving’s work, with the aim of proving that he was indeed a Holocaust denier. The case was anything but truth seeking, it was a personal war on Irving and his research - judged by a kangaroo court. Many historians, including Richard Evans, conceded his work would not be able to stand up to the scrutiny that Irving’s work was subject to. Despite all the money and manpower that was put into “debunking” Irving, only a dozen or so errors were found, mostly minor trivial points. This is inconsequential when considering they were examining 30 books and over thousands of pages. David Irving is one of the last great historians, and the attempts to actually challenge his work have failed.