David John Cawdell Irving was born on March 24, 1938, in Essex, England, the son of a Royal Navy Commander. After education at London University, he spent a year working in a steel mill in Germany, where he perfected his fluency in the language. His first book, the best-selling The Destruction of Dresden, was published in 1963, when he was 25 years old. This was followed by many others. His books have appeared in a range of languages. Several have been serialized in prominent periodicals. He has contributed articles to some 60 British and foreign periodicals including the Daily Telegraph and the Sunday Express in Britain, and Stern and Der Spiegel in Germany.
By David Irving ∙ January 1, 1993
(Presented at the Eleventh IHR Conference, October 1992) Thank you, United States, for letting me come and speak. I mean that seriously because the fight is now getting quite creepy. For two years now, in country after country, I have been conducting this international Campaign for Real History. During this period, in country after country,…
By David Irving ∙ December 1, 1990
“To historians is granted a talent that even the gods are denied – to alter what has already happened.” I bore this scornful adage in mind when I embarked on this study of Adolf Hitler's twelve years of absolute power. I saw myself as a stone-cleaner – less concerned with architectural appraisal than with scrubbing…
By David Irving ∙ December 1, 1990
Finding out what was the truth about Rommel means finding out what was going on in his brain. And to do that, you're not going to get much wiser if you look at the movies with James Mason and the books written by the British and American historians and biographers after the war. Because, what…
By David Irving ∙ December 1, 1990
Remarks presented to the Tenth International Revisionist Conference Ladies and gentlemen, we are very pleased and honored to once again welcome to this podium the distinguished British historian, Mr. David Irving. As many of those here this afternoon will recall, he also addressed the IHR conferences of 1983 and 1989. David Irving was born in…
By David Irving ∙ October 1, 1989
Churchill was a magnificent man, a wonderful writer, a brilliant speaker. Writing at his worst, he was better than most of us other writers writing flat-out at our best. I've said it often before and it's undoubtedly true. He had a habit of finding a cutting phrase, and when I look back on my own…
By David Irving ∙ November 1, 2003
The world of medical science has produced another stunning book about the phenomenon first identified as “Holocaust Survivor Syndrome” – the manner in which groups of people genuinely and honestly come to believe over the years that they have witnessed episodes which are, in fact, largely products of trauma and fantasy: Prof. Dr. Elizabeth Loftus,…
By David Irving ∙ December 20, 2006
British author, David Irving with pen and book in hand while shackled by Austrian thought-police T his latest news comes directly from David Irving's Focal Point Website: http://fpp.co.uk/online/ December 20, 2006: David Irving was released on probation and freed from prison, after his appeal in court, on the morning of December 20, 2006. The remainder…
By David Irving ∙ January 1, 2006
Political prisoner David Irving has already written 1,000 pages of a new book on his persecution. This four page excerpt was sent from his prison in Vienna. The handwriting of the British historian is very difficult to read. This rendering owes its existence to the reading skills of a number of people. A few places…
By David Irving ∙ January 1, 1976
“To historians is granted a talent that even the gods are denied–to alter what has already happened.” I bore this scornful adage in mind when I embarked on this study of Adolf Hitler's twelve years of absolute power. I saw myself as a stone-cleaner–less concerned with architectural appraisal than with scrubbing years of grime and…
By David Irving ∙ January 12, 1997
Published by Focal Pointfor David Irving's world-wide legal Fighting Fund (DIFF) Update AR #13 – Dec. 1, 1997 Highlights of This Issue “A Radical's Diary” Who is Gregory Douglas, and did the Americans ever interrogate “Gestapo Müller”? (No.) Letters to David Irving The Willis Carto Affair David Irving confronts Daniel Goldhagen A Radical's Diary By…
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