(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.
By Hugh Trevor-Roper ∙ July 1, 1993
While serving as a British army intelligence officer during the Second World War, Hugh-Trevor Roper earned a reputation as a leading expert on the German military intelligence service. At the end of the war, he was called upon to investigate the many stories then circulating about Hitler’s fate. The results of his inquiry, which he…
By Mark Weber ∙ September 1, 1993
German University Professor Charged for Holocaust Remarks A respected German university professor has been charged with “popular incitement” because he told some colleagues six years ago that the Holocaust story is not true. Rainer Ballreich, who teaches “biomechanics” at the sports institute of the University of Frankfurt, reportedly told a few colleagues at a 1987…
By Robert Faurisson, Mark Weber ∙ July 1, 1993
Even before he arrived in Stockholm in late May, French professor and revisionist scholar Robert Faurisson was expecting trouble. This would be his third visit to the Swedish capital at the invitation of Moroccan-born refugee, author and revisionist activist Ahmed Rami. A few days earlier, the militant Jewish organization “Betar” had annnounced in Paris that…
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. Martins Press, 1990. Softcover. 283 pages. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $19.95. ISBN 0-312-04208-6. James Alexander is…
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…
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…
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….
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…
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…
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…
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