Revisionist Personalities

(Auto)biographic accounts of revisionist authors, usually related to their revisionist endeavors, leading to various kinds of persecutorial measures. This is not a list of authors of contributions posted on this site. For this see the “Authors” entry in the “Search the library” widget in the left sidebar.

Two Biographical Works Examine the Life of a Great British Historian and Military Thinker

By James Alexander ∙ May 1, 1993

“Boney” Fuller: Soldier, Strategist, and Writer, by Anthony John Trythall. Baltimore: The Nautical & Aviation Publishing Company of America, 1989. Hardcover. 314 pages. Illustrations. Notes. Index. $24.95. ISBN 0-933852-98-3. J.F.C. Fuller: Military Thinker, by Brian Holden Reid. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1990. Softcover. 283 pages. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $19.95. ISBN 0-312-04208-6. James Alexander is…

William Lindsey

By Mark Weber ∙ May 1, 1993

William B. Lindsey – a good friend of the Institute for Historical Review and a member since 1983 of this Journal’s Editorial Advisory Committee – died on February 4. Dr. William Lindsey at the 1992 IHR Conference A native of Texas, Bill earned a bachelor of science degree from the University of Texas, and a…

Irving Barred from Australia

By Mark Weber ∙ May 1, 1993

Bowing to intense pressure, the Australian government has banned British historian David Irving from the country. In a February 10 letter, the best-selling historian was informed of the decision by Immigration Minister Gerry Hand to deny him a visa to visit the country for a lecture and promotional tour that was to begin March 17….

Doug Collins Honored

By Mark Weber ∙ May 1, 1993

Canadian journalist Doug Collins, who addressed the Tenth IHR Conference, has been honored with the Commemorative Medal for the 125th anniversary of Canada’s Confederation. He was given the award at a ceremony on January 20 by Member of Parliament Chuck Cook, who represents North Vancouver (British Columbia). The medal honors Canadians “who have made a…

Ivor Benson

By Mark Weber ∙ May 1, 1993

Ivor Benson – author, journalist and current affairs analyst, and a good friend of the Institute for Historical Review – died in mid-January in a small market town in West Suffolk, England, where he and his wife had lived for nearly eight years. He was in his 86th year. Ivor Benson at the 1990 IHR…

French Court Orders Heavy Penalties Against Faurisson for Holocaust Views

By Mark Weber ∙ March 1, 1993

On December 9, 1992, the Paris Court of Appeal (Eleventh Department) rejected Professor Robert Faurisson’s appeal of an April 1991 conviction on a charge of “contesting the crimes against humanity” because of remarks about the Holocaust story he made in a magazine interview. The appeal court imposed penalties of 187,000 francs (nearly $40,000 at current…

Irving Conviction in Germany Upheld, Fine Tripled

By Mark Weber ∙ March 1, 1993

David Irving has been ordered by a German court to pay 30,000 marks (about $18,000) for telling an audience that the “gas chamber” at Auschwitz shown to hundreds of thousands of tourists annually is a phony postwar reconstruction (“Attrappen”). On January 13 a Munich court rejected Irving’s appeal of a 1992 conviction, and then tripled…

Otto-Ernst Remer Sentenced to 22 Months Imprisonment for Revisionist Publications

By Mark Weber ∙ March 1, 1993

A German court has sentenced Otto-Ernst Remer, an 80-year-old retired army general, to 22 months imprisonment for publishing articles disputing wartime mass killings at Auschwitz in gas chambers. On October 22, 1992, a criminal court in Schweinfurt found Remer guilty of “popular incitement” and “incitement to racial hatred” because of allegedly anti-Jewish statements published in…

Life Under Fire

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,…

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