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Denial [Movie Tie-in]

Holocaust History on Trial

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Denial [Movie Tie-in]

By: Deborah E. Lipstadt
Narrated by: Kate Udall
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In her acclaimed 1993 book Denying the Holocaust, Deborah Lipstadt called David Irving, a prolific writer of books on World War II, “one of the most dangerous spokespersons for Holocaust denial.” The following year, after Lipstadt’s book was published in the United Kingdom, Irving led a libel suit against Lipstadt and her publisher. She prepared her defense with the help of a first-rate team of solicitors, historians, and experts, and a dramatic trial unfolded.

Denial, previously published as History on Trial, is Lipstadt’s riveting, blow- by-blow account of this singular legal battle, which resulted in a formal denunciation of a Holocaust denier that crippled the movement for years to come. Lipstadt’s victory was proclaimed on the front page of major news- papers around the world, such as The Times (UK), which declared that “history has had its day in court and scored a crushing victory.”

 20th Century Freedom & Security Judaism Law Military Modern Politics & Government World Holocaust War United Kingdom Middle East Human Rights Movie History

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I feel the performance gives a more belligerent tone to Lipstadt than is probably warranted. The woman herself seems more reasonable when viewed on YouTube.
Lipstadt is American of course and has a dismissive attitude to "lesser" countries . ( Luckily as a Scot, I can brush off her criticism of English law and society fairly easily but I do think she shows the arrogance of the American supremacist. It's not attractive except presumably to her compatriots in "the land of the free" (define "free" in context of US!).
I'm less enthusiastic about complete freedom of speech (or gun ownership which she doesn't mention but is regarded as fundamental in US).
The opinions expressed by Irving and his ilk are close to the views of IS, and feed the minds of extremist Islamist groups.
I'd prefer to suppress hate speech and hate marches.
There's a whisker between neo-Nazis, IS, KKK. I'd see them all silenced as far as possible.
There is some evidence that exposure to negationist ideas can make a dent in the views of decent folk.
Freedom to poison society is limitation on other people's freedom.

Narrator gives overly aggressive tone

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Deborah E. Lipstadt's heroic defence of the truth deserves the five star response, and especially so as we are currently living in troubling times when the Far/Alt Right are on the rise again as if the history of humanity has never been heard and learnt.

Holocaust Deniers and Revisionists such as David Irving need to be called out at every opportunity for unless challenged their warped version of history becomes an acceptable truth, and therefore normalises intolerance.

Deborah E. Lipstadt's heroic defence of the truth

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I must confess I wearied of Deborah Lipstadt by the end of the book: she is a supremely self-righteous, finger-wagging New York liberal, who tends to lapse into self-mythologizing, and has an irritating habit of using "right wing" as synonymous with "Neo Nazi". It is however not her, but the historians and lawyers of her team who did the heavy lifting of going through all the horrifying details of the holocaust, and systematically demolishing the lies of the deniers, who are the real heroes of the story. The preposterous blend of moral relativism, naked lies and half-truths taken out of context, which constitute the snake-oil of Holocaust denial; are all systematically dismantled by the relentless precision and research done by those who worked diligently to defeat the sometimes farcical attempts of Irving and his fellow fantasists to sow doubt in the minds of ordinary people about basic historical facts.

This is a *very* detailed account of the trial, and of the events of the holocaust. It's certainly not an easy listen, but it will give you all the ammunition you'll ever need to demolish the insidious chipping away at truth that will sadly continue long after the first hand witnesses are no longer alive to give first hand testimony. I'm a hard-line free-speech advocate, but this issue tested my commitment to that principle to its very limits.

The narrator is competent, and TBF it is not an easy book to narrate due to the endless reams of detail.

Detailed, horrifying and sometimes darkly comic.

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Having enjoyed the film version and just back from a visit to Auschwitz itself I found the book very informative. However what spoiled it for me (and almost made me fall off my bicycle as I listen to audiobooks when out for a ride) was the final epilogue from Alan Dershowitz who went off on a rant against Noam Chomsky, a hero of mine. This ,coming from a man who was friends with Epstein, made me want to throw up. He adds nothing to the story of the trial and just annoys any reader aware of his links to Epstein, Prince Andrew and that gang. The book would be a lot better without his contribution.

Spoilt at end

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An extremely thorough description of Lipstadt's defence of the defamation case brought against her by Holocaust denier David Irving. Even though the verdict is now a mattter of historical record she manages to capture the tension and uncertainty she experienced as the trial proceeded. A thoroughly bad man Irving exposes himself as much as the defence team reveal is lies, bigotory and grotesque inhumanity.

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