Lipstadt, Deborah

Lipstadt’s 1993 book Denying the Holocaust labeled British historian David Irving a “Holocaust Denier,” among other things, which Irving took as a reason to sue her. The ensuing libel case gave Lipstadts book maximum media attention and triggered a number of other writings by Lipstadt about the Holocaust. Here are listed contributions criticizing Lipstadt’s writings. The libel case of Irving vs. Lipstadt is dealt with under Revisionist personalities/Irving, David

Exterminationist Angst

Denying the Holocaust: The Growing Assault on Truth and Memory by Deborah E. Lipstadt (The Free Press, N.Y., 1993, 278 pages). Holocaust revisionism is beginning to cut a deep swath of skepticism through modern history. Although as yet no public debate is permitted on the subject, the Exterminationist crowd is getting nervous—so nervous that four…

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