David Irving: Behind bars, but liberals defend Irving  Behind
the neo-gothic town hall in the heart of Vienna sits the
Josefstadt jail. This large prison, attached to the city's main
criminal court, is a constant cause of complaint from the well-
heeled burghers of the district, who would prefer to see the low
life accommodated elsewhere.  Now the 1,200 inmates have been
joined by an infamous foreigner; David Irving will be confined
to a Josefstadt cell over Christmas and the New Year, pending
trial on criminal charges deriving from his discredited views on
the history of the second world war.  Irving, the controversial
British historian and Nazi apologist, stands accused of denying
the Holocaust happened, a criminal offence in Austria. He was
barred from the country but, an inveterate risk-taker, he flew
from London to Basle in Switzerland this month, rented a car and
drove to Vienna.  The idea was to meet up with a bunch of
student radicals from an extreme right fraternity. Their hobbies
include dressing up