Journal of Historical Review

Volumes 1-21 · 1980 to 2002

The Journal of Historical Review began publication in 1980. Until 2002, when it ceased to exist, it upheld the tradition of Historical Revisionism of scholars such as Harry Elmer Barnes, A.J.P. Taylor, William H. Chamberlin, Paul Rassinier and Charles Tansill. Until 1992, The Journal of Historical Review was published four times a year in a small format (roughly 5.5″×8″). Since 1993 it appeared bimonthly (in letter size format) by the Institute for Historical Review. Back issues of many Journal issues published since Spring 1986 (Volume 7) are available from the IHR at www.ihr.org. CODOH is the only place where you can find online and for free ALL the papers of ALL the issues ever published, both as html and as PDF downloads. 80% of the work was done by Germar Rudolf, the rest by IHR employees.

You can either download each copy as a searchable PDF file (first table) or read each individual paper online (pull up the table of contents for each issue from the second table below, or navigate the Category menu to the left). The PDF we posted are based on scanned images, processed many years ago with a cheap OCR software. Since they have not been edited, they are riddled with errors.

The Journal of Historical Review, PDF files of each issue, searchable
Year Issues
Vol. 1 (1980) No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 No. 4
Vol. 2 (1981) No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 No. 4
Vol. 3 (1982) No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 No. 4
Vol. 4 (1983) No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 No. 4
Vol. 5 (1984) No. 1 No. 2-4
Vol. 6 (1985) No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 No. 4
Vol. 7 (1986) No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 No. 4
Vol. 8 (1988) No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 No. 4
Vol. 9 (1989) No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 No. 4
Vol. 10 (1990) No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 No. 4
Vol. 11 (1991) No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 No. 4
Vol. 12 (1992) No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 No. 4
Vol. 13 (1993) No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 No. 4 No. 5 No. 6
Vol. 14 (1994) No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 No. 4 No. 5 No. 6
Vol. 15 (1995) No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 No. 4 No. 5 No. 6
Vol. 16 (1996/97) No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 No. 4 No. 5 No. 6
Vol. 17 (1998) No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 No. 4 No. 5 No. 6
Vol. 18 (1999) No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 No. 4 No. 5+6
Vol. 19 (2000) No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 No. 4 No. 5 No. 6
Vol. 20 (2001) No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 No. 4 No. 5+6
Vol. 21 (2002) No. 1 No. 2 No. 3+4

For the volumes 1 through 17 of The Journal of Historical Review (1980-1998), an index of papers, topics and authors was published in no. 6 of vol. 17 (Nov./Dec. 1998). We have posted this comprehensive list here as a searchable PDF file for your perusal. (An older index encompassing the volumes 1 through 13 of The Journal of Historical Review (1980-1993) is available here.)

Papers in html format for screen viewing are accessible via the indiviudal issues they appeared in, as linked to in the below table.

  • Bombs on Britain

    16 March 1981 PBS Television“The Blitz” Sirs: Rarely have I come across a television broadcast more vicious in intent and more warped in execution than your recent “Blitz on Britain.” As a survivor of the mass air raid executed against my native city of Prague, Bohemia, on the Christian Holy Day of Palm Sunday, 1945,…

  • A Note From The Editor

    With the recent (second) fire-bombing of the IHR offices, one could say that this – our first 128 page Journal of Historical Review – has been launched with a real bang! Our gain is substantial and lasting. That of the “Jewish Defenders” was but a moment of typical destructive glee. How invidious the minds must…

  • From the Editor

    We're pleased to present in this issue three of the papers delivered at the IHR's 1982 Chicago Revisionist Conference. We begin with Dr. Wesserle's “Yalta: Fact or Fate?” which presents a concise characterization of the man we sent to Yalta and an analysis of what he did for his country there when not posing for…

  • A Note From The Editor

    Few discussions of the specific topic “Roosevelt and the Origins of World War II” pay much attention to events before 1 September 1939. At most some preliminary words are uttered about the development of Roosevelt's thoughts and policy in the 1930s: his increasing concern, once the New Deal became firmly ensconced and especially after he…

  • Marshall Comes on Stage

    If the testimony on the knowledge and actions of the top Navy command on that momentous weekend seems to be confusing and inconsistent, that on the Army side was downright mysterious and almost impossible to comprehend without an understanding of two facts of human nature. The first is that few people will voluntarily confess their…

  • The Civil War Concentration Camps

    No aspect of the American Civil War left behind a greater legacy of bitterness and acrimony than the treatment of prisoners of war. “Andersonville” still conjures up images of horror unmatched in American History. And although Northern partisans still invoke the infamous Southern camp to defame the Confederacy, the Union had its share of equally…

  • The Burning of Saint Malo

    In August 1944 the historic walled city of Saint Malo, the brightest jewel of the Emerald Coast of Brittany, France, was almost totally destroyed by fire. This should not have happened. If the attacking U.S. forces had not believed a false report that there were thousands of Germans within the city it might have been…

  • Correspondence

    MIRACLE AT MAJDANEK? The Majdanek “gas chambers” are no longer a mystery. Finally, after 3 talks with the Majdanek director, Mr. Edward Dziadosz, and the custos, Madam Henryka Telesz, it has at last been admitted that the “gas chambers” are not authentic. They were built and set in order after the war. Dziadosz informed us…

  • A Legacy of Hate

    A Legacy of Hate: Anti-Semitism in America, by Ernest Volknian, Franklin Watts, 358pp, $16.95, ISBN 0-531-09863X “Some people go around smelling after anti-Semitism all the time,” wrote George Orwell in a letter to a friend. Orwell then opined that, “More rubbish is written about this subject than any other I can think of.” Ernest Volkman…

  • President Roosevelt’s Campaign to Incite War in Europe

    Major ceremonies were held in 1982 to mark the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. With the exceptions of Washington and Lincoln, he was glorified and eulogized as no other president in American history. Even conservative President Ronald Reagan joined the chorus of applause. In early 1983, newspapers and television networks…

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