van Pelt, Robert J.
During the David Irving libel suit, van Pelt was asked by D. Lipstadt’s defense team to take on revisionist arguments about Auschwitz, for which he received a lot of publicity. Van Pelt published his expert report in a revised and expanded edition in 2002. An analysis of his writings shows that, to a large degree, he plagiarized Pressac’s work, yet without really comprehending the issues involved.