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Penguin Books

British publishing house

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Oct 31, 2025
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What are the most common arguments made by Holocaust deniers?

Holocaust deniers deploy a small set of recurring claims: that the scale and mechanics of the Holocaust were exaggerated, that documentary and testimonial evidence is unreliable or fabricated, and tha...

Nov 13, 2025
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Examples of Holocaust denial in far-right activism

Holocaust denial is a recurring element of far‑right activism, deployed historically by organized denial networks and more recently amplified on social media platforms where far‑right actors mix denia...

Nov 27, 2025
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What are David Irving's most influential publications and how do they promote Holocaust denial?

David Irving is best known for books such as Hitler's War and numerous World War II–related titles that brought him public attention and later legal and scholarly condemnation for systematic distortio...

Dec 11, 2025

What legal strategies did Deborah Lipstadt use to expose Irving's historical methods in the libel case?

Deborah Lipstadt and Penguin defended a 1996 libel suit by David Irving by choosing the justification defense and assembling legal and scholarly teams to prove Irving “for his own ideological reasons ...

Dec 11, 2025

How did the 2000 libel trial Irving v. Lipstadt expose David Irving's historical methods and claims?

The 2000 libel trial Irving v. Lipstadt publicly demonstrated that David Irving repeatedly distorted evidence, manipulated documents, and rewrote Hitler’s role in the Holocaust — findings spelled out ...

Jan 8, 2026

Did Trump sue The Atlantic over the "loser story?

There is no reporting in the provided sources that Donald Trump filed a lawsuit against The Atlantic over a so-called “loser” story; the file of media-defamation litigation cited in the documents inst...

Dec 5, 2025

How have courts and legal rulings addressed Holocaust denial claims about Auschwitz in recent decades?

Courts have repeatedly rejected Holocaust denial as factually baseless and, in many jurisdictions, legally actionable: a 1981 U.S. state judge took judicial notice that Jews were gassed at Auschwitz (...

Nov 25, 2025

Which organizations and individuals supported or opposed David Irving during his legal battles and public appearances?

David Irving’s legal battles and public appearances attracted a mix of mainstream historians and institutions condemning him, legal teams and sympathetic publishers defending or promoting him, and fri...