[justify]David John Cawdell Irving(born March 24, 1938)
is a British World War II historical researcher and author. From the late 1960s to the mid-1980s, Irving's prominence arose from his reputable and popular writings, such as Hitler's War and Apocalypse 1945: The Destruction of Dresden. When Holocaust historian Deborah Lipstadt counted Irving among those who deny the Holocaust, Irving sued Lipstadt for libel. In the highly-publicised trial, Irving lost both the case and any remaining reputation as a historian. The judge upheld Lipstadt's claims about Irving "that he is an active Holocaust denier; that he is anti-Semitic and racist".
On 20 February 2006 in a court in in Vienna, Austria, Irving pleaded guilty to the crime of hate speech relating to Holocaust denial. Irving was convicted for three years' imprisonment.[/justify]
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