This is a 68-year old British national who has been released from prison in Austria after being convicted of denying the Holocaust, a criminal offense in Austria. Irvine is in a detention centre pending his extradition to the UK.
David Irving has maintained his innocence, saying he has been jailed for expressing an opinion. He is controversial to say the least, and representatives of British Jews have stated that he is not welcome in the UK either. Further details in this BBC report.
I have previously stated my abhorrence at any attempts to belittle or deny what happened at the behest of the National Socialist government of Germany between 1933 and 1945, specifically the extermination of the Jewish and other perceived "inferior races". I am disgusted with those who stand up for people like David Irving, saying that his freedom of speech has been restricted. One appeared on BBC TV tonight, saying he was a scholar who would launch an idea into the arena and await the reaction. Scholars, historians, everybody is subject to the law. Controversial is one thing - denying documented fact about the premeditated murder of millions is foul.
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"Controversial is one thing - denying documented fact about the premeditated murder of millions is foul. "
ReplyDeleteI think anyone who had anything to do with the extermination of "unwanted races" should be held accountable. That's it.
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My grandfather had family that stopped writing him over here when it occurred,only to learn later that they were exterminated. Speaking ignorantly saying it didn't happen is ridiculous and historically unfounded. I come from a country where freedom of speech is protected. However, I do not stand up for this man who supports the atrocities. Fact should never be a controversy. HOLOCAUST WAS REAL. He is being publicly ignorant and getting famous for it. That in and of itself should be a crime.
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