https://irving.video/videos/watch/bf58a1ac-74d4-47af-bf2f-366324178d3e OverviewIrving delivers a lecture addressing restrictions on historical revisionism and freedom of speech, focusing on his personal experiences with legal persecution and institutional censorship in Europe. He discusses a planned BBC documentary on free speech that collapsed when Auschwitz authorities banned him from the site, and uses this incident to examine broader questions about Holocaust testimony and historical methodology. The talk takes the form of a public address to a Canadian audience. Topics coveredThe erosion of free speech in Europe and imprisonment of citizens for historical revisionism 00:02:05, The BBC documentary project on freedom of speech and its cancellation 00:01:07, Irving's ban from Auschwitz and the stated reasons for it 00:05:00, Physical evidence at Auschwitz: door handles, roof holes, and ventilation gaps 00:08:01, The post-war reconstruction of the Auschwitz gas chamber and its historical status 00:09:01, German legal fines for statements about the gas chamber reconstruction 00:10:02, The arrest and trial of Günter Deckert and charges related to Fred Leuchter's conference 00:12:00, Key momentsIrving describes being barred from Auschwitz by authorities and compares himself to a gambler banned from a casino for "always winning" 00:05:00, Irving recounts his jail time in Pentonville prison and contrasts it with the lack of interior door handles on the Auschwitz gas chamber 00:08:01, Irving describes being fined 22,000 marks for stating the reconstructed gas chamber was "built after the war," then immediately returning to the beer hall that evening to call the judge "a senile alcoholic cretin," resulting in an additional 10,000 mark fine 00:11:02, SourceThe lecture appears to have been recorded in Canada, as Irving references proximity to the country and addresses the audience as being in a Canadian venue. The audience consists of public attendees at what seems to be a public hall or conference setting. The original publisher or broadcaster is not identified in the available transcript; the source archive is the David Irving Video Archive (irving.video), added to the collection on 2026-03-11. About this archive: irving.video preserves the lectures, interviews, and TV appearances of historian David Irving. All videos are captioned, every transcript is searchable. Books at irvingbooks.com. Sat, 20 Jun 2026 02:06:57 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://irving.video https://irving.video/lazy-static/avatars/217f0272-12b9-4650-9c50-a2b60755061b.jpg https://irving.video/videos/watch/bf58a1ac-74d4-47af-bf2f-366324178d3e All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://irving.video/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.