born march english holocaust author written military political history world war focus nazi germany works include hitler war churchill war views world war taken seriously mainstream historians recognized knowledge nazi germany ability new historical documents based reading report began holocaust denial reputation historian course unsuccessful libel case filed american historian shown deliberately historical evidence promote holocaust denial english court found active holocaust racist ideological reasons deliberately manipulated historical evidence addition court found books distorted history adolf_hitler role holocaust depict hitler favourable light early life twin brother born near essex england father career naval officer commander royal_navy mother née illustrator writer children books twin brother said david run bombed houses shouting hitler statement denies second world war father officer aboard light cruiser april escorting convoy ship badly damaged german submarine days later attacked surface craft recovery abandoned scuttled torpedo father survived severed links wife children incident described childhood interview american writer unlike americans english suffered great went childhood toys kind childhood living island crowded people armies according twin nicholas youth went claim views world war dated childhood particularly objections way adolf hitler portrayed british media war asserted views rooted doubts cartoonist hitler nazi leaders published british wartime press student years completing levels briefly studied physics graduated financial limitations wrote student newspaper served editor journal later studied years degree political economy drop lack funds period university participated debate commonwealth immigration founder controversy time editor student controversial added secret supplement magazine supplement contained article called hitler greatest force europe known criticism satirical stated formation european_union interpreted building group superior peoples jews viewed suspicion emergence master race course opponents viewed cartoon included supplement racist criticised article wrote british press owned jews volunteers later recruited remove destroy magazine distribution said criticism probably described motivation producing controversial secret issue prevent carnival making profit passed south african group considered subversive organisation destruction dresden time serving editor journal left west_germany worked steel works area learned german language moved spain worked clerk air base time spain married wife spanish woman children wrote series articles allied bombing campaign germany cities died german boulevard journal basis book destruction dresden examined allied bombing dresden february 1960s debate morality carpet bombing german cities civilian population begun especially united_kingdom consequently considerable interest book illustrated graphic pictures international best seller edition estimates deaths dresden notably higher previously published figures figures authoritative widely accepted standard reference works later editions book decades gradually adjusted figure downwards according evidence introduced libel trial brought based estimates dead dresden word individual provided supporting documentation forged documents described witness dresden deputy chief medical officer doctor complained reporting rumours death toll today casualties dresden estimated dead based numbers document nazi propaganda minister claims war official sources available dresden estimates sources disputed mayor dresden account dresden bombing later confirmed published letter editor times july estimates writing interest promoting false legends original version finally located dresden despite acknowledging copy inaccurate argued late 1980s 1990s death toll dresden high speeches given period claimed people killed bombing dresden speeches argued implied raid comparable nazis killing jews flat november england called london metropolitan police suspicions victim men gained access flat claiming engineers anti fascist activist subsequently arrested held police station january admitted breaking intent steal private papers trial counsel defence claimed ordinary crime telling court hoped find material case reported daily_telegraph january newspapers author success dresden book continued writing including works history work mare nest account german weapons programme allied intelligence widely praised published continues regarded described mare nest complete account allied german sides weapons campaign years war translated memoirs field marshal edited published accident death general book claimed plane crash killed polish government exile leader general assassination ordered winston_churchill enable churchill poland soviet_union book inspired highly controversial play soldiers friend german playwright depicts churchill ordering assassination general published works account german nuclear energy project conducted interviews destruction convoy blamed british escort group commander commander catastrophic losses amid publicity sued libel october february days london high_court won forced pay damages book withdrawn circulation largely shifted writing biographies published account german reading messages berlin introduction british historian result success dresden members germany extreme right wing assisted contacting surviving members hitler inner circle interview american journalist claimed developed sympathies mid- high ranked nazis saw potential friend donated diaries material described historical work act stone cleaning hitler cleared felt applied hitler reputation visit germany met american prosecutors asked official record told planning washington compare sound recordings march evidence subsequently published texts find proof evidence given manipulated return united_states wrote director fbi expressed anti american anti jewish statements translated memoirs general published rise fall luftwaffe biography spent remainder 1970s working hitler war war path biography adolf_hitler trail fox biography field marshal series sunday express describing royal_air_force famous dam raid introduction hitler und german edition hitler war attacked diary claiming falsely new_york court ruled diary work american collaboration girl father description historian historical author controversial publications continuing refer historian historian insist historian adopted alternatives author historic writer military historian praised extraordinary ability describe hitler conduct military operations main occupation second world war emeritus professor modern history wrote work historian rejects conclusions holocaust libel proceedings declined request testify appearing ordered testified written effective piece historical scholarship 1960s unrelated controversial work suggested class military historians hitler war published hitler war biography adolf_hitler intention hitler war clean away years facade silent forbidding monument reveal real hitler reputation claimed historians hitler war tried view situation far possible hitler eyes desk portrayed hitler rational intelligent politician goal increase germany prosperity influence continent constantly let incompetent subordinates book allied leaders notably winston_churchill eventual war claimed german invasion soviet_union war forced hitler alleged impending soviet attack claimed hitler knowledge holocaust denying occurrence claimed deputy architects lack written order hitler ordering holocaust decades afterward offered pay find order critical reaction hitler war generally negative reviewers took issue factual claims conclusions example american historian noted numerous errors hitler war statement jews fought supplied weapons germany allies pointed hitler received report november contained mention russian jews executed august november remarked statement charge death camps indicate familiar history holocaust fact mobile death squads death camps work late 1970s early 1980s months initial release hitler war published trail fox biography field marshal attacked members july plot assassinate hitler branding presented hitler government subsequent revenge victim particular accused friend chief staff general framing attempted coup british historian book review trail fox edition november accused taking hitler face value released war path companion volume hitler war covered events leading war written similar point view professional historians noted numerous despite criticism book sold books date financial success books enabled buy home prestigious district london car enjoy affluent lifestyle addition despite married increasingly open affairs women detailed self published diary affairs cause marriage end divorce began relationship danish model live parents daughter born 1980s started researching writing topics nazi germany success began research biography winston_churchill publication work churchill received bad review professor received attention historians reviewers easy inconsistencies completely unaware recent work subject merely arguments book written tone best worst exceptionally offensive text errors beginning end published books war generals offered account western detailing heated conflicts occurred generals countries presenting rumours private lives second book uprising revolt hungary characterised primarily anti jewish uprising supposedly communist regime controlled jews depiction hungary communist regime jewish dictatorship sparked charges addition complaints exaggerated number people jewish origin communist regime ignored fact hungarian communists jewish background like totally judaism expressed attitudes critics took issue language evoke imagery remark possessed butcher hitler diaries stern weekly german news magazine purchased million marks volumes published excerpts played major role hitler diaries hoax october purchased source stern purchase pages documents relating hitler discover documents identify diaries draw media attention went far crash press conference held hamburg offices stern magazine april diaries endorsing diaries genuine performance stern press conference violently ejected security led featured prominently news day appeared today television featured guest concluded alleged hitler diaries come dealer nazi memorabilia purchased collection press conference hamburg announced know collection diaries come old collection proud detected announced hoax material trail chaos created hamburg press conference attendant publicity brought took pride humiliation strongly disliked sloppy work detecting hoax criticism methods conclusions noted internal inconsistencies supposed hitler diaries diary entry july unlikely given hitler right hand badly burned bomb planted headquarters colonel earlier day week later asserted diary documents appear genuine press conference took opportunity promote translation memoirs hitler physician book suggested additional reason change mind authenticity alleged hitler diaries fake diaries contain reference holocaust claim hitler war hitler knowledge subsequently diaries declared consensus press conference held withdraw endorsement diaries claimed reporter replied genuine books mid-1980s successful book years schedule writing volume churchill series research strained finances finished manuscript book published released churchill war volume published biography holocaust denial movement holocaust denial years stance holocaust changed significantly started holocaust denial openly previously denied holocaust outright reason holocaust ambivalent admired pro nazi slant work fact possessed degree mainstream credibility lacked annoyed openly deny holocaust noted hitler war strongly sympathetic argued hitler unaware holocaust opposed denying holocaust book anti semitic canon received invitation speak holocaust denial conference refused grounds appearance damage reputation letter stated reasons refusal pure dangerously exposed chance caught meant refused time appear conferences sponsored holocaust denying grant institute right distribute books united_states suggests major reason wishing distance holocaust early 1980s desire found political party called focus edition hitler war writes accept view exists document signed hitler speaking jews attempt unify neo nazi groups britain party called focus play leading role described moderate fascist spoke plans prime minister united_kingdom effort failed fiscal problems told having links low level described spotlight main journal liberty lobby excellent paper time copy hitler prophecy speech january promising jewish race europe jewish started world war wall following failure september time attended conference van argued failure political career felt associate holocaust conference deny holocaust appear happy share stage judge claimed impressed allegations mass murder diesel gas death camps impossible conference repeated claims hitler ignorant holocaust busy soldier speech conference stated isn right claim talking nonsense course adolf hitler known going breath claim course beloved begin didn know going speech proclaimed hitler biggest friend jews speech stated operated way bring maximum publicity stated home filing cabinet documents don issue issue bit time think hasn newspapers weeks ring phone major theme writings 1980s belief great britain declare war germany result decision britain slipped decline took view hitler tried help jews europe june interview daily_telegraph claimed heard hitler naval adjutant told marry germany bride claimed asked naval adjutant hitler remark hearing date march stated response admiral moment born alleged incident argue sort mystical connection hitler speech australia argued photographs holocaust survivors dead taken early allied soldiers proof allies responsible holocaust germans claimed holocaust work nazi leaders criminals claimed men killed jews acted impulse initiative general atmosphere brutality created second world war course allied bombings played speech time atlanta claimed historians comes holocaust like disease jewish disease causes mid-1980s associated began giving lectures groups far right german publicly denied nazis systematically jews gas chambers world war frequent speaker 1980s early 1990s relationship ended apparently concerns holocaust denial lead banned visited toronto met airport holocaust according thought neo nazi asked stay away supporters obliged staying away lecture tour consequently attracted little media attention considered failure sent long letter offered draw publicity ensure future speaking tours success result friends agreed late testify second trial denying holocaust addition publication book der strongly implied maybe holocaust encouraged open trial january travelled toronto ontario assist defence lawyer second trial denying holocaust working closely assisting defence contacted missouri state recommended touch self described execution expert living boston flew boston meet agreed lend alleged technical expertise behalf defence argued alleged expert like prove holocaust myth work second trial declared based exposure theories conducting man idea holocaust subsequently claimed american journalist interview convinced holocaust occurred trial repeated defended claim hitler war october hitler knew actual implementation expressed evolving belief involved atrocities systematic murder don think overall policy kill jews killed millions survivors believe glad survivor april testified endorsing book million die ninety percent accurate evidence led believe holocaust occurred cited report claimed evidence existence gas chambers concentration camp said documentary big point report significant converted read report courtroom toronto hard core addition influenced embrace holocaust denial american historian book heavens deny holocaust claimed died killed disease saw mayer book apparent confirmation theories mass murder trial published report end line report united_kingdom wrote foreword book published canada report end myth engineering report foreword british edition book wrote likes considerable sums money involved alleged money totalling billion paid israel holocaust described essentially gas chambers called myth die easily foreword praised methods integrity publishing writing foreword end line june condemned early day motion house_of_commons hitler heirs motion went describe nazi longtime hitler end line fascist publication motion house stated appalled holocaust denial nazi long time hitler response house_of_commons motion press statement challenged mps voted condemn enter gas chambers friends accordance known procedures conditions guarantee won satisfied results pamphlet published london june announcement mass murder gas chambers death camp labelled gas chambers hoax writing person declared placed head growing band historians worldwide claim camps factories death millions innocent people systematically death role criticising hitler diaries wrote saying thing infamous gas chambers exist britain brilliant wartime psychological warfare executive finally claimed survivors testimony absence programme echoing criticism house_of_commons leader times described man hitler hero innocent jewish deception holocaust denial lecture circuit early 1990s frequent visitor germany spoke neo nazi rallies chief themes german speeches allies axis states equally war crimes decision declare war germany winston_churchill continue war great mistakes set britain path decline holocaust propaganda exercise june went east german states publicized tour entitled englishman fights honour germans accused allies having forged documents german people self proclaimed mission guide promising young men germany right direction stated belief women exist certain task producing men men leading view lack interest guiding young german women right direction german nationalists found non german holocaust particularly credible january gave speech asserted people died natural causes equal claimed typical death toll raid german cities claimed gas chambers death camp stating existing remains mock ups built poles april repeated speech munich led conviction holocaust denial munich july court fined appealed judgement received fine repeating remarks courtroom appeal called present munich courtroom fight battle german people end blood lie holocaust told country years went death camp tourist attraction origins claimed went ingenious plan devised spread anti german propaganda policy german state gas chambers kill millions jews speech denounced judge alcoholic following conviction holocaust denial banned visiting germany expanding thesis hitler war lack written order holocaust argued 1990s absence order meant holocaust speech delivered toronto november claimed holocaust survivors manufactured memories suffering money involved good compensation cash payment speech metaphor cruise ship named holocaust claimed luxury wall wall fitted crew thousands marine established virtually capital world disguised holocaust memorial museums went assert ship rough sailing recently soviet government allowed historians access index cards people passed gates claimed lead lot people claiming survivors anymore statement index cards incorrect soviet government available death books recording weekly death tolls claimed basis called index books experts look tattoo yes means entered march warned survivors want tattoo arm lot afraid claim subsequently sure fits month said went number january told reporter jews abandon gas chamber theory time went believed anti increase world jews exploited people gas chamber legend years israel cease exist jews return europe revised edition hitler war removed references death camps holocaust speech given hamburg stated years time myth mass murders jews death factories fact took place known camps days later repeated speech group neo nazis praised great german martyr speech time canada called holocaust hoax predicted hoax exposed speech declared gradually word getting germany years german historians accept right accept years believed lie speech given october expressed contempt hatred holocaust survivors proclaiming ridicule isn got got things like women died seat car gas chambers think forming association especially dedicated ones try kid people concentration camps called survivors survivors holocaust got people deserve contempt speech time called holocaust major fraud gas chambers november featured speaker world anti congress stockholm cancelled swedish government scheduled attend fellow holocaust representatives militant palestinian group militant group right wing russian group speech claimed jewish deaths gas chambers died went claim jewish deaths world war caused allied bombing claimed concentration camp inmates arrived berlin leipzig dresden time raf bombers set fire cities knows jews died air raids speech lamented predictions failed occur complained persistence belief rotting corpse profitable legend holocaust speech claimed german policy genocide jews jews died concentration camps world war allied bombing disease time started appear frequently annual conferences hosted speech claimed holocaust myth invented world wide jewish serve ends spoke topics gatherings frequent theme claim winston_churchill advance knowledge japanese plans attack pearl harbor refused warn americans bring united_states world war time maintained ambivalent attitude holocaust denial depending audience letter friend writing april agreed aid defence witness toronto mistake penalty having defended having continued aid life come gradually mounting attack find worldwide victim mass demonstrations violence persecution emphasis original went claim life wonderful got involved holocaust denial movement van argues trying shift responsibility actions letter interview australian radio july claimed million jews died world war argued terrible conditions inside concentration camps opposed deliberate policy genocide death camps statement led public ally insisted jews killed holocaust stated speech hat adversaries strategies employed marketing word holocaust half expected little likewise depending audience 1990s absence written order argue hitler unaware holocaust absence written order meant holocaust racism expressed racist sentiments publicly privately expressed belief theory sinister jewish conspiracy ruling world belief reality holocaust manufactured alleged conspiracy label traditional enemies truth describe jews article speech sir wrote yellow star showing stated jews abandon gas chamber theory time claimed new wave world jewish exploitation holocaust myth interview american writer stated belief jews traditional enemy interview cited libel lawsuit stated willing signature fact great deal control world exercised jews statements cited judge decision lawsuit leading judge conclude occasions spoken terms racist example brought diary entry september wrote composed young daughter children wheeled past baby jewish plans marry wrote sang rhyme wife daughter elevator following drinks family washington apartment persona non denied holocaust speeches given austria austrian government issued arrest warrant barred entering country early german court found guilty holocaust denial section law failed appeal fine rise subsequently barred entering germany governments followed suit including italy canada arrested november deported united_kingdom administrative hearing surrounding events found hearing office engaged total telling story exit return canada technical reasons original order invalid barred entering australia ban unsuccessful attempts signed contract biography entitled following charges edited recently discovered complete edition diaries moscow cancelled book deal decision sunday_times bought rights extracts diaries published july hire translator diary criticised historian argued views best man job editor sunday_times called defended hiring technician criticised poor description translation work april ordered attend court examined charges relating france making offence question existence size category crimes humanity law extend refused travel france february spent days month sentence london prison contempt court following legal publishing rights martin agreed publish biography protests cancelled contract leaving situation according desperate financial help publicity need establish reputation historian book eventually self published libel suit september filed libel suit british publisher publishing british edition book denying holocaust published united_states book denying holocaust called holocaust said manipulated distorted real documents hired british solicitor present case hired libel specialist media firm libel junior defendants paying fee retained professor historian professor modern history cambridge_university expert witness working expert witnesses american holocaust historian german historian dutch architectural expert wrote report fact death camps designed built purpose mass murder testified reality holocaust evans report comprehensive depth examination work books speeches articles sentence taken trust accurate representation historical subject completely worthless history trusted reliable account talking writing mean historian concerned discover truth past accurate representation possible historian bbc quoted evans deliberately distorted documents consciously testimony historical statistics fallen far short standards scholarship customary historians deserve called historian lose case light evidence presented trial number works previously escaped scrutiny brought public attention liable pay costs trial estimated million million remains uncertain ultimately pay meet moved bankrupt behalf client forced bankruptcy lost home able travel world despite financial losses life libel suit early september deputy prime minister new_zealand announced permitted visit country invited series lectures heading problems writing world war free society defended invitation saying amounted endorsement views opportunity question government said people deported country refused entry new_zealand rejected ban attempted board flight new_zealand los_angeles september allowed board november austrian police southern state acting warrant arrested pleaded guilty charge playing denying holocaust sentenced years imprisonment accordance law prohibiting activities officially prohibition statute arrested claimed plea changed opinions holocaust said based knowledge time came papers wasn saying anymore wouldn nazis murder millions jews sat judge asked understood sentence replied sure bundled court austrian police later declared shocked severity sentence reportedly purchased plane ticket home london december released prison banned returning austria arrival reaffirmed position stating felt need longer remorse holocaust views expelled 52nd warsaw international book fair poland books took deemed organizers promoting violation polish law continued work freelance writer despite troubled public image drawn controversy surrounding bishop televised interview recorded germany november denied holocaust took place convicted april refusing pay fine subsequently found protesters book tour united_states actively toured united_states given lectures tours europe tour poland september led particular criticism included death camp stop tour stated audience mainly limited like minded people leader invited speak forum free speech november debate took place members voted favour disrupted protesters small audiences venues disclosed topics including alleged jewish alleged holocaust denial recently lecture topics included life death bombings world war established website selling nazi memorabilia items offered people receiving commission sale stated website way money items sold website include hitler walking stick lock dictator hair investigated authenticity bones purported hitler controversy october controversy erupted norway invitation speak norwegian festival literature norway distinguished authors protested invitation leader board festival defended invitation stating agenda invite history festival truth confront invited discuss concept truth light activity writer historical books accusations exposed consequence introduced festival historian writer board chair leader defended aggressive language characterize connection controversy arisen authors threatened boycott festival account invitation stated turned grave festival subsidiary days representative family requested nobel removed connection festival norwegian free speech organization critical letting speak festival requested logo removed festival addition announced attend festival taking leader advocated invitation days controversy started invitation rescinded led resignation position content director person invited event head norwegian festival literature taken place stating fine long agrees things difficult doesn like views forward characterized colleagues damned arguing walking according editor chief opposition participation festival appeared effort suggested campaign journalism norway largest newspapers norway public service broadcaster commented told festival going present preparing lecture real history took place norway world war contrary official historians presented stated thought norwegian people tougher stuff days cancellation announced literature festival deliver hour lecture hotel room come reception historians highly regarded expert knowledge german military archives controversial figure start interpretations war widely regarded favourable german seen personal opinion unpopular consistent historian begun reject status holocaust systematic deliberate genocide soon main proponent holocaust denial association far right circles standing historian marked change reputation seen surveys historiography produced edition book nazi dictatorship called historian working outside mainstream historical profession time fourth edition described historical writer 1970s engaged intended provide hitler role final solution critical responses work tend follow chronological pattern books translations memoirs field marshal memoirs general night dams burst vietnam german die german collected articles german die war hitler
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