https://irving.video/about/instance/homehttps://irving.video/videos/browse?scope=localhttps://irving.video/w/pwZgy9SmXqpG6H1GBThqFUhttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/82a122f0-3a9f-44fb-874f-c1a91336990b.jpgDavid Irving — Goebbels: Mastermind of the Third Reich (1994)## Overview In this 1994 lecture, historian David Irving discusses his legal battles across multiple countries—Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa—following his deportations and bans. He frames these actions as evidence that academic establishments cannot counter revisionist historical arguments, and describes efforts by what he terms "the traditional enemy" to silence him. The stated focus is on what the Goebbels Diaries reveal about the Final Solution, though the majority of the recorded material concerns his litigation and press campaigns. ## Topics covered - Irving's deportation from Canada and subsequent legal action against the Canadian government [00:03:17](https://irving.video/w/be95cb88-5176-4a6e-bb22-82020d66f2fa?start=197) - The George Orwell Freedom of Speech award and his arrest in Victoria, British Columbia [00:02:17](https://irving.video/w/be95cb88-5176-4a6e-bb22-82020d66f2fa?start=137) - Australia's ban on Irving's entry and the Federal Court ruling that the minister acted illegally [00:08:05](https://irving.video/w/be95cb88-5176-4a6e-bb22-82020d66f2fa?start=485) - The cumulative effect of bans across multiple countries and their use as a strategy [00:04:21](https://irving.video/w/be95cb88-5176-4a6e-bb22-82020d66f2fa?start=261) - Deborah Lipstadt's tour of Australia and the term "Holocaust deniers" [00:07:03](https://irving.video/w/be95cb88-5176-4a6e-bb22-82020d66f2fa?start=423) - Australian government files obtained through legal discovery and their contents [00:09:03](https://irving.video/w/be95cb88-5176-4a6e-bb22-82020d66f2fa?start=543) - Letters from the British Board of Deputies to foreign governments demanding Irving's imprisonment [00:10:04](https://irving.video/w/be95cb88-5176-4a6e-bb22-82020d66f2fa?start=604) ## Key moments - Irving describes being arrested by eight Canadian Mounties three minutes after receiving the George Orwell Freedom of Speech plaque [00:03:17](https://irving.video/w/be95cb88-5176-4a6e-bb22-82020d66f2f...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/be95cb88-5176-4a6e-bb22-82020d66f2fa/edbcf13c-587a-4dfd-9bdf-271245b26af0-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/pwZgy9SmXqpG6H1GBThqFU56900692026-03-06T00:14:02.944ZGoebbelsReichmastermindYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/o1X5zenXwscfRtAQV4qXVKhttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/6c92ac36-284d-4e28-9d37-222f78d28b43.jpgDavid Irving — Did Hitler Allow the British Army to Escape at Dunkirk?## Overview Irving addresses a widespread historical claim about Hitler's decision to allow the British Expeditionary Force to escape at Dunkirk in 1940. He argues that contemporary German military intelligence documents reveal Hitler did not initially realize the British were evacuating, and that the narrative of deliberate clemency was a post-hoc rationalization. Irving contrasts this with documents from French archives, including a Churchill telegram allegedly absent from British records. ## Topics covered - Hitler's initial strategic assessment of the British Army and decision to prioritize France [00:00:35](https://irving.video/w/b24afe7a-eeed-4978-844d-db5bb567e9f9?start=35) - Colonel von Kippelskirch's intelligence diary entries revealing when German headquarters discovered the British evacuation [00:01:08](https://irving.video/w/b24afe7a-eeed-4978-844d-db5bb567e9f9?start=68) - Missing and redacted documents in British archives regarding Dunkirk [00:02:06](https://irving.video/w/b24afe7a-eeed-4978-844d-db5bb567e9f9?start=126) - Churchill's telegram to Lord Gort instructing advance to beaches without informing French or Belgian allies [00:03:00](https://irving.video/w/b24afe7a-eeed-4978-844d-db5bb567e9f9?start=180) - The propaganda narrative of the "little ships" and Hitler's post-war rationalization [00:04:01](https://irving.video/w/b24afe7a-eeed-4978-844d-db5bb567e9f9?start=241) ## Key moments - Irving describes discovering blank pages in British archives that replaced removed documents, later locating the missing telegrams in French archives through Paul Reynaud's widow [00:02:06](https://irving.video/w/b24afe7a-eeed-4978-844d-db5bb567e9f9?start=126) - Irving emphasizes the linguistic distinction in Churchill's order: soldiers were told to "advance on the beaches," not "retreat," suggesting offensive repositioning rather than defensive evacuation [00:03:00](https://irving.video/w/b24afe7a-eeed-4978-844d-db5bb567e9f9?start=180) - Irving concludes tha...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/b24afe7a-eeed-4978-844d-db5bb567e9f9/5f73150e-408a-45a2-89f4-4f815ca78df0-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/o1X5zenXwscfRtAQV4qXVK2995202026-03-06T00:14:23.822ZHitlerChurchilldunkirkfrenchprimeYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/inrpYVySzrRstQGdT2Qzsghttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/589fa022-dfc5-4f8f-abb3-bcdb9988901c.jpgDavid Irving — Lecture on Real History at the University of Toronto## Overview Lecture delivered at the University of Toronto in which Irving discusses his methodology as a historian and author. He addresses the constraints and advantages of working as an independent professional historian without academic affiliation, explains his research practices, and reflects on the commercial and editorial pressures that shape historical writing. ## Topics covered - Opening remarks on the confusion surrounding lecture start time and Irving's round-the-world speaking tour [00:00:00](https://irving.video/w/8ca9a353-e883-44e3-91fa-20b7932d7807?start=0) - The nature of historical controversy and why certain subjects attract public attention [00:01:05](https://irving.video/w/8ca9a353-e883-44e3-91fa-20b7932d7807?start=65) - Irving's early book on a Polish prime minister and its poor commercial performance [00:02:02](https://irving.video/w/8ca9a353-e883-44e3-91fa-20b7932d7807?start=122) - The professional disadvantages of lacking academic credentials and institutional backing [00:03:01](https://irving.video/w/8ca9a353-e883-44e3-91fa-20b7932d7807?start=181) - His ten-year research project on Hitler and the advantages of independent authorship [00:04:00](https://irving.video/w/8ca9a353-e883-44e3-91fa-20b7932d7807?start=240) - Differences between German and English-language historians in terms of publishing reach and editorial control [00:05:00](https://irving.video/w/8ca9a353-e883-44e3-91fa-20b7932d7807?start=300) - The exponential difficulty of approaching historical truth and the financial demands of rigorous research [00:06:01](https://irving.video/w/8ca9a353-e883-44e3-91fa-20b7932d7807?start=361) ## Key moments - Irving describes the logistical disorientation of his six-week round-the-world lecture tour and the time-zone anomaly of passing through Fiji [00:00:00](https://irving.video/w/8ca9a353-e883-44e3-91fa-20b7932d7807?start=0) - He recounts confronting a German publisher who altered his Hitler biography without permission, and his ability...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/8ca9a353-e883-44e3-91fa-20b7932d7807/2c612ecc-e53b-43b9-a181-58ebae4d2b26-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/inrpYVySzrRstQGdT2Qzsg26210112026-03-06T00:21:44.186ZrealuniversitytorontoYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/xgjZkZJpyCTFraiqaVhR6ahttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/608d4dd8-b4ba-4dfc-acfe-e22d89b02352.jpgDavid Irving — Lecture in Poland (2014)## Overview A 125-minute lecture delivered in Poland in 2014, in which Irving discusses assassination attempts on Adolf Hitler and related historical figures. The talk focuses on specific cases—including Maurice Bavaud's 1938 Munich attempt and the July 20 plot—and incorporates Irving's interviews with surviving witnesses and contemporaries. The lecture adopts a revisionist stance on accepted accounts of these events and Hitler's personal character. ## Topics covered - Maurice Bavaud's 1937–1938 assassination attempts on Hitler in Munich [00:09:00](https://irving.video/w/fd2f283f-2311-4ffd-a25d-e54a290a4dff?start=540) - Hitler's personal security, the Berghof visits, and public access to the Führer [00:11:00](https://irving.video/w/fd2f283f-2311-4ffd-a25d-e54a290a4dff?start=660) - The July 20 plot, Count Stauffenberg, and the German aristocracy [00:01:03](https://irving.video/w/fd2f283f-2311-4ffd-a25d-e54a290a4dff?start=63) - Nazi newsreel footage of executions and claims of British intelligence fabrication [00:04:00](https://irving.video/w/fd2f283f-2311-4ffd-a25d-e54a290a4dff?start=240) - Hitler's reaction to photographs of executed conspirators [00:03:01](https://irving.video/w/fd2f283f-2311-4ffd-a25d-e54a290a4dff?start=181) - The use of piano wire in executions and competing historical narratives [00:04:00](https://irving.video/w/fd2f283f-2311-4ffd-a25d-e54a290a4dff?start=240) - Irving's personal acquaintance with SS officer Johannes Goehler and historical testimony [00:04:00](https://irving.video/w/fd2f283f-2311-4ffd-a25d-e54a290a4dff?start=240) ## Key moments - Irving recounts Bavaud's failed assassination attempt at the Munich procession gate, where Hitler himself had noted it as the ideal position for an assassin, but the crowd's raised hands blocked the shooter's aim [00:10:00](https://irving.video/w/fd2f283f-2311-4ffd-a25d-e54a290a4dff?start=600) - Irving claims that newsreel footage of the conspirators' hangings was actually a mock-up created by Br...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/fd2f283f-2311-4ffd-a25d-e54a290a4dff/56be05fb-6daa-4652-ada5-e822183fbc15-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/xgjZkZJpyCTFraiqaVhR6a75310272026-03-06T00:39:08.122ZHitlerswissadolfstruppnbergfiggerlineYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/4qERJkMSbaRXL2YSDdmdz1https://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/c1d0821e-1bea-47fe-84ba-9ab3998ad1db.jpgDavid Irving — Free Speech and Historical Inquiry## Overview This 54-minute lecture, delivered at Niagara Falls, presents Irving's arguments on restrictions to free speech and historical inquiry. Irving discusses censorship efforts directed at historians, legal prosecutions in Europe related to World War II revisionism, and his ban from the Auschwitz archives and museum. He examines specific claims about gas chambers and cremation logistics at Auschwitz, citing aerial photographs and technical specifications as evidentiary bases for his historical questions. ## Topics covered - Irving's introduction and overview of free speech suppression targeting historians [00:00:27](https://irving.video/w/1bbd3693-c4ee-4f85-93ae-31c37ff21eaa?start=27) - BBC documentary project on freedom of speech and Irving's conditions for participation [00:02:04](https://irving.video/w/1bbd3693-c4ee-4f85-93ae-31c37ff21eaa?start=124) - Imprisonment of citizens in Germany, Switzerland, and France for speech violations [00:03:03](https://irving.video/w/1bbd3693-c4ee-4f85-93ae-31c37ff21eaa?start=183) - Irving's ban from Auschwitz archives and proposed BBC filming [00:04:03](https://irving.video/w/1bbd3693-c4ee-4f85-93ae-31c37ff21eaa?start=243) - Technical and architectural details of alleged gas chambers at Auschwitz I [00:06:02](https://irving.video/w/1bbd3693-c4ee-4f85-93ae-31c37ff21eaa?start=362) - Cremation capacity calculations and aerial photographic evidence [00:08:00](https://irving.video/w/1bbd3693-c4ee-4f85-93ae-31c37ff21eaa?start=480) - The Auschwitz gas chamber door handles and post-war construction claims [00:09:00](https://irving.video/w/1bbd3693-c4ee-4f85-93ae-31c37ff21eaa?start=540) - German legal prosecution and fines for statements about Auschwitz reconstruction [00:10:02](https://irving.video/w/1bbd3693-c4ee-4f85-93ae-31c37ff21eaa?start=602) ## Key moments - Irving describes being barred from Auschwitz by camp authorities while preparing to film with BBC cameras, framing it as vindication: "Yet another David Irving tr...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/1bbd3693-c4ee-4f85-93ae-31c37ff21eaa/15e36f0e-7942-4b3b-8136-584036671b63-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/4qERJkMSbaRXL2YSDdmdz132470132026-03-06T00:43:19.036ZfreeinquiryspeechYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/mtGpYfivrE9JQuD5KVBTGAhttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/ce52cd71-6d12-4a1b-b5dc-aaf693f35d4c.jpgDavid Irving — 'This Has Nothing to Do with Justice' (1989)## Overview Irving delivers a lecture addressing opposition encountered during a Canadian speaking tour. He discusses the financial and organizational resources mobilized against him, traces a history of alleged harassment beginning with his 1964 book on Dresden, and describes specific incidents involving law enforcement and private actors. The talk centers on what Irving characterizes as coordinated efforts to silence his historical work. ## Topics covered - Financial disparity between Irving's resources and those of organized opposition; the example of Ivan Boesky and Holocaust memorial funding [00:02:04](https://irving.video/w/a5d4c2b3-a20f-4c4c-8593-e3ce291f5286?start=124) - Publication of *The Destruction of Dresden* and the resulting controversy over photographs of civilian casualties [00:04:06](https://irving.video/w/a5d4c2b3-a20f-4c4c-8593-e3ce291f5286?start=246) - The alleged 1963 break-in to Irving's flat by individuals claiming to be British telecom engineers [00:05:00](https://irving.video/w/a5d4c2b3-a20f-4c4c-8593-e3ce291f5286?start=300) - Irving's account of a man offering to plant explosives and subsequent Scotland Yard involvement [00:08:00](https://irving.video/w/a5d4c2b3-a20f-4c4c-8593-e3ce291f5286?start=480) - Alleged vandalism of Irving's London apartment by members of an organization called Searchlight [00:11:00](https://irving.video/w/a5d4c2b3-a20f-4c4c-8593-e3ce291f5286?start=660) ## Key moments - Irving describes hiding in his apartment with hammers concealed under cushions as intruders attempted entry via windows and the roof [00:06:00](https://irving.video/w/a5d4c2b3-a20f-4c4c-8593-e3ce291f5286?start=360) - Irving recounts Scotland Yard's assessment of three possible explanations for the bomb plot approach, stating "you are right on one of these counts, but we won't tell you which" [00:10:02](https://irving.video/w/a5d4c2b3-a20f-4c4c-8593-e3ce291f5286?start=602) - Irving states he has not been anti-Semitic despite the treatment he d...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/a5d4c2b3-a20f-4c4c-8593-e3ce291f5286/bab0b7b1-3482-493d-a3ff-d19ad1f82ca1-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/mtGpYfivrE9JQuD5KVBTGA1765092026-03-06T00:45:01.943ZjewishHolocaustDresdenjewsscottYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/6hDCWht2xZgjgbRVc4KSxthttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/cc7be91c-e5a5-4cbc-8a26-56e0506028a4.jpgDavid Irving — 'The Biggest Lie'## Overview A lecture delivered by historian David Irving in Cincinnati covering his revisionist interpretation of twentieth-century history, with particular emphasis on Allied propaganda during World War II, the role of international banking interests, and what the speaker characterizes as deliberate historical distortions by mainstream media and academic institutions. Irving addresses his own methodology and controversial publications while responding to criticism from various organizations. ## Topics covered - The speaker's biographical introduction and Irving's early career as a historian, including *The Destruction of Dresden* [00:06:03](https://irving.video/w/2ad0c9c3-6ea1-43da-a27a-dfb546c37fb1?start=363) - Alleged international banking control of U.S. monetary policy and the Federal Reserve Acts [00:03:01](https://irving.video/w/2ad0c9c3-6ea1-43da-a27a-dfb546c37fb1?start=181) - American entry into World War I and II characterized as driven by internationalist interests rather than national defense [00:03:01](https://irving.video/w/2ad0c9c3-6ea1-43da-a27a-dfb546c37fb1?start=181) - Roosevelt's wartime diplomacy at Yalta and the postwar expansion of Soviet influence in Eastern Europe [00:04:02](https://irving.video/w/2ad0c9c3-6ea1-43da-a27a-dfb546c37fb1?start=242) - Irving's blacklisting by the Anti-Defamation League and subsequent distribution challenges for his publications [00:07:04](https://irving.video/w/2ad0c9c3-6ea1-43da-a27a-dfb546c37fb1?start=424) - Alleged harassment campaigns including burglary, arson, and false arrests directed at Irving [00:08:01](https://irving.video/w/2ad0c9c3-6ea1-43da-a27a-dfb546c37fb1?start=481) - Linguistic and editorial differences between British and American English in historical writing [00:13:01](https://irving.video/w/2ad0c9c3-6ea1-43da-a27a-dfb546c37fb1?start=781) - The July 1944 assassination attempt on Hitler and its immediate aftermath [00:14:00](https://irving.video/w/2ad0c9c3-6ea1-43da-a27a-dfb546c37fb1?star...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/2ad0c9c3-6ea1-43da-a27a-dfb546c37fb1/28a9f87a-cdaf-4968-a215-cf9c855330bb-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/6hDCWht2xZgjgbRVc4KSxt68320692026-03-06T00:49:33.279ZHitleramericansChurchillDresdenRooseveltYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/sywy4w3qkPwujCeGhkH9K2https://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/0194d4c9-f388-4a0d-97ac-11f529255294.jpgDavid Irving — For Real History (1991)## Overview A lecture recorded during Irving's 1991–92 "For Real History" speaking tour across Canada. Irving discusses obstacles encountered while arranging public appearances, including cancelled venues and legal pressure, alongside his contentions regarding Holocaust historiography and what he characterizes as suppression of alternative historical narratives. ## Topics covered - Cancelled lecture halls and hotels in Toronto and Ottawa; tactics used to prevent Irving from speaking [00:00:05](https://irving.video/w/d7183c0f-9bcb-4f03-ba0d-43ab544efff7?start=5) - The Novotel in Mississauga cancellation and contract disputes [00:02:02](https://irving.video/w/d7183c0f-9bcb-4f03-ba0d-43ab544efff7?start=122) - Pressure campaigns against hotel managers, including legal indemnification offers [00:03:04](https://irving.video/w/d7183c0f-9bcb-4f03-ba0d-43ab544efff7?start=184) - The Tudor Hall in Ottawa and threats to the manager's family [00:04:02](https://irving.video/w/d7183c0f-9bcb-4f03-ba0d-43ab544efff7?start=242) - International suppression efforts: library removal campaigns in Australia, publisher pressure in Britain [00:07:00](https://irving.video/w/d7183c0f-9bcb-4f03-ba0d-43ab544efff7?start=420) - Irving's claims regarding Auschwitz, gas chambers, and what he terms "the big lie" [00:08:02](https://irving.video/w/d7183c0f-9bcb-4f03-ba0d-43ab544efff7?start=482) - Irving's methodology as a historian and comparison to bomb disposal work [00:10:13](https://irving.video/w/d7183c0f-9bcb-4f03-ba0d-43ab544efff7?start=613) ## Key moments - Irving describes placing $1,000 on a hotel table and signing a contract personally to secure a venue, only to have it cancelled three days later over a supposed wedding scheduling conflict [00:02:02](https://irving.video/w/d7183c0f-9bcb-4f03-ba0d-43ab544efff7?start=122) - Irving recounts the Tudor Hall manager in Ottawa standing firm against pressure until threatened with violence against his family, then offering to accept a court inju...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/d7183c0f-9bcb-4f03-ba0d-43ab544efff7/57e4ddb8-b58e-458e-b027-c9c7f04bfb66-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/sywy4w3qkPwujCeGhkH9K234770172026-03-06T00:54:42.030ZottawaHolocausthalltorontoAuschwitzYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/njpC7XNZK1JwchT1KCiw1mhttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/6ecf26cf-38a8-4691-8e57-c53aadec3ce7.jpgDavid Irving — On Harassment, Imprisonment, and Censorship (1998)## Overview In this 1998 lecture, David Irving discusses his experiences with legal harassment, imprisonment, and restrictions on freedom of speech across Europe. He details a cancelled BBC documentary project on censorship, his ban from Auschwitz, German court proceedings against him, and the prosecution of associates. Irving frames these events as evidence of systematic suppression of historical inquiry and free expression. ## Topics covered - BBC documentary project on freedom of speech and the conditions Irving set for participation [00:01:13](https://irving.video/w/aca1db96-51b5-4551-8045-b5fc9dc9ac94?start=73) - The ban from Auschwitz and Irving's interpretation of its significance [00:04:00](https://irving.video/w/aca1db96-51b5-4551-8045-b5fc9dc9ac94?start=240) - Technical and physical arguments regarding gas chamber construction at Auschwitz I [00:05:01](https://irving.video/w/aca1db96-51b5-4551-8045-b5fc9dc9ac94?start=301) - Disposal logistics for large numbers of bodies and aerial photographic evidence [00:07:00](https://irving.video/w/aca1db96-51b5-4551-8045-b5fc9dc9ac94?start=420) - The 1990 Munich speech, resulting German fines, and the classification of statements as "racial incitement" [00:09:00](https://irving.video/w/aca1db96-51b5-4551-8045-b5fc9dc9ac94?start=540) - The prosecution of Günter Deckert for interpreting Fred Leuchter's lecture in Mannheim [00:11:01](https://irving.video/w/aca1db96-51b5-4551-8045-b5fc9dc9ac94?start=661) ## Key moments - Irving describes being told by Auschwitz authorities that he is "the only historian in the world who is not allowed to go and visit the Auschwitz archives," and compares himself to a winning gambler banned from a casino [00:05:01](https://irving.video/w/aca1db96-51b5-4551-8045-b5fc9dc9ac94?start=301) - Irving recounts addressing a Munich beer hall audience immediately after receiving a fine, calling the judge "a senile alcoholic cretin," which resulted in an additional fine [00:11:01](https://irvi...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/aca1db96-51b5-4551-8045-b5fc9dc9ac94/15cbbfa1-8e3b-46b4-9827-2e6741884fb2-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/njpC7XNZK1JwchT1KCiw1m3569032026-03-06T01:49:11.925ZAuschwitzfrednazistelevisionHolocaustYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/55U5Q8dqhxxLAFAQJsHq8xhttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/382a3b3f-7ce1-46da-bb67-d1aaf1e125e4.jpgDavid Irving — Lipstadt Documents and Offer Refused## Overview Irving presents an argument centred on the absence of German wartime documents explicitly referencing gas chambers, and challenges the documentary basis of claims made by historian Deborah Lipstadt. He discusses interpreted Enigma intercepts from Auschwitz commandant reports, cremation capacity calculations, coke supply records from Soviet archives, and Auschwitz death books. The format appears to be a lecture delivered to a live audience in Cincinnati. ## Topics covered - The absence of explicit references to gas chambers in German wartime documents and private diaries [00:00:00](https://irving.video/w/2113a08e-a011-4926-b95f-a90878a6315d?start=0) - Irving's $1,000 challenge to Deborah Lipstadt regarding blueprints and documents [00:02:01](https://irving.video/w/2113a08e-a011-4926-b95f-a90878a6315d?start=121) - British wartime decryption of Auschwitz commandant telegrams and their contents [00:03:00](https://irving.video/w/2113a08e-a011-4926-b95f-a90878a6315d?start=180) - Sir Frank Hinsley's interpretation of Auschwitz signals as showing most deaths from natural causes [00:04:01](https://irving.video/w/2113a08e-a011-4926-b95f-a90878a6315d?start=241) - Daily casualty figures and execution methods reported in Auschwitz coded messages [00:05:00](https://irving.video/w/2113a08e-a011-4926-b95f-a90878a6315d?start=300) - Cremation capacity calculations and coke consumption requirements [00:06:03](https://irving.video/w/2113a08e-a011-4926-b95f-a90878a6315d?start=363) - Soviet archival records of coke supplied to Auschwitz and Auschwitz death books [00:07:00](https://irving.video/w/2113a08e-a011-4926-b95f-a90878a6315d?start=420) - Comparative casualty figures and what Irving terms the "innocenticide factor" [00:08:00](https://irving.video/w/2113a08e-a011-4926-b95f-a90878a6315d?start=480) ## Key moments - Irving describes confronting Lipstadt at her speech in Atlanta, offering $1,000 for her to produce a blueprint she had cited, and her response of callin...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/2113a08e-a011-4926-b95f-a90878a6315d/c9273b94-383c-4482-b128-5249ccef870b-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/55U5Q8dqhxxLAFAQJsHq8x544072026-03-06T01:06:46.717ZLipstadtdocumentsofferrefusedYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/eS3BedCFWtNg77BC2hEERdhttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/be0d34c3-0607-4ca2-b97f-1145d346af44.jpgDavid Irving — Churchill's War## Overview A lecture by historian David Irving discussing his research into Winston Churchill's role in World War II and the historiographical methods underlying his work. Irving addresses issues of language and editorial oversight in historical publishing, reflects on his archival research into Churchill's wartime decisions, and presents alternative interpretations of key figures and events in the conflict based on primary source documentation. ## Topics covered - Language barriers and translation problems in international historical publishing [00:01:02](https://irving.video/w/70439912-2842-4a89-ba4c-f11b7c16758e?start=62) - Editorial influence on historical narratives: the case of Churchill's six-volume memoirs [00:06:01](https://irving.video/w/70439912-2842-4a89-ba4c-f11b7c16758e?start=361) - Heinrich Brüning's suppressed correspondence revealing financial sources behind the Nazi rise to power [00:07:03](https://irving.video/w/70439912-2842-4a89-ba4c-f11b7c16758e?start=423) - Foreign funding of the Nazi Party from French intelligence and American arms manufacturers [00:08:01](https://irving.video/w/70439912-2842-4a89-ba4c-f11b7c16758e?start=481) - Irving's early research methodology: working in German steel mills and interviewing witnesses [00:09:01](https://irving.video/w/70439912-2842-4a89-ba4c-f11b7c16758e?start=541) - Eyewitness accounts of the Dresden air raid, February 1945 [00:10:01](https://irving.video/w/70439912-2842-4a89-ba4c-f11b7c16758e?start=601) ## Key moments - Irving describes an anecdote about the word "homely" causing confusion between American and British English when describing a National Archives director's wife [00:02:06](https://irving.video/w/70439912-2842-4a89-ba4c-f11b7c16758e?start=126) - He recounts discovering that Tom Congdon, his editor on *The War Between the Generals*, taught him fundamental principles of narrative sequencing in historical writing [00:03:02](https://irving.video/w/70439912-2842-4a89-ba4c-f11b7c16758e?start...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/70439912-2842-4a89-ba4c-f11b7c16758e/5c74a610-9124-436f-b726-1f1e51f6149f-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/eS3BedCFWtNg77BC2hEERd65060222026-03-06T01:59:13.535ZChurchillYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/jZX4YdRBgWQWV2EC13Sm2yhttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/05cdab2f-18c4-4248-b85e-0a7e9a31c663.jpgDavid Irving — The Life and Death of Heinrich Himmler## Overview A lecture examining Heinrich Himmler's life and death, structured around documentary evidence and archival sources. Irving traces Himmler's rise from obscurity to commander of the Waffen-SS, his role in Nazi state security, his family background, and the disputed circumstances of his death in British custody in May 1945. The presentation emphasizes documentary analysis over secondary interpretation. ## Topics covered - Himmler's photographs and visual identification; comparative analysis of uniform insignia and military equipment [00:00:53](https://irving.video/w/99dbd3f1-3e3b-4b43-8c51-0fad5064e81a?start=53) - Construction and expansion of the SS from 100 men to the Waffen-SS as a million-strong fighting force by 1944 [00:02:01](https://irving.video/w/99dbd3f1-3e3b-4b43-8c51-0fad5064e81a?start=121) - Training methods and battlefield reputation of Waffen-SS soldiers; Irving's personal encounter with a Waffen-SS veteran in Germany, 1959–1960 [00:03:01](https://irving.video/w/99dbd3f1-3e3b-4b43-8c51-0fad5064e81a?start=181) - Himmler's potential foreknowledge of the 1944 bomb plot against Hitler [00:04:01](https://irving.video/w/99dbd3f1-3e3b-4b43-8c51-0fad5064e81a?start=241) - Himmler's capture near the Danish frontier in May 1945 and arrest by British forces [00:05:01](https://irving.video/w/99dbd3f1-3e3b-4b43-8c51-0fad5064e81a?start=301) - The death of Himmler in British custody at Lüneburg: official narrative versus documentary discrepancies [00:06:02](https://irving.video/w/99dbd3f1-3e3b-4b43-8c51-0fad5064e81a?start=362) - BBC interview with Sergeant Major Edwin Austin, eyewitness account of Himmler's death by cyanide [00:09:00](https://irving.video/w/99dbd3f1-3e3b-4b43-8c51-0fad5064e81a?start=540) ## Key moments - Irving describes examining the house in Lüneburg where Himmler died, risking arrest despite his ban from Germany, to verify the positioning of windows and other physical details [00:08:03](https://irving.video/w/99dbd3f1-3e3b-4b43-8c...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/99dbd3f1-3e3b-4b43-8c51-0fad5064e81a/5d7af911-0edf-4878-8358-66123c6b0459-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/jZX4YdRBgWQWV2EC13Sm2y49710192026-03-06T02:07:17.973ZHimmlerheinrichHitlermajorarmyYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/2z9vqVd8Upw7wkfmgsv5sjhttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/45d09cb3-560a-47a1-ac2c-baf00dc5429b.jpgDavid Irving — On The Death of His Daughter, Lipstadt, Jewish Hate, Viciousness & Inhumanity## Overview Irving delivers a personal account spanning the Lipstadt libel trial (2000), his daughter Josephine's fatal illness and suicide in 1999, and what he characterizes as a coordinated campaign to destabilize him before the trial. He discusses the trial's outcome, the defendants' legal strategy, and a wreath sent to his daughter's funeral bearing a Nazi euthanasia reference. The format appears to be a lecture or extended monologue address to an audience with access to his archive. ## Topics covered - The Lipstadt libel trial: background, duration, outcome, and Irving's decision to represent himself [00:00:00](https://irving.video/w/0cb9ed0a-c9f7-4089-aa65-c89ddabb100e?start=0) - Lipstadt's post-trial speaking tours and her admission of destabilization efforts [00:01:01](https://irving.video/w/0cb9ed0a-c9f7-4089-aa65-c89ddabb100e?start=61) - Defense strategy changes and document dumping in the final ten days before trial [00:02:00](https://irving.video/w/0cb9ed0a-c9f7-4089-aa65-c89ddabb100e?start=120) - Irving's family background and his daughter Josephine's birth and progressive brain disease [00:03:03](https://irving.video/w/0cb9ed0a-c9f7-4089-aa65-c89ddabb100e?start=183) - Josephine's suicide attempt in May 1996 and amputation [00:05:01](https://irving.video/w/0cb9ed0a-c9f7-4089-aa65-c89ddabb100e?start=301) - The wreath sent to Josephine's funeral with a Nazi euthanasia reference [00:08:01](https://irving.video/w/0cb9ed0a-c9f7-4089-aa65-c89ddabb100e?start=481) - The florist's account of the wreath purchaser's appearance and location near Lipstadt's lawyers [00:10:02](https://irving.video/w/0cb9ed0a-c9f7-4089-aa65-c89ddabb100e?start=602) ## Key moments - Irving recalls taking a final photograph with his daughter Josephine outside his Mayfair home four months before her death, never seeing her again after that day [00:06:02](https://irving.video/w/0cb9ed0a-c9f7-4089-aa65-c89ddabb100e?start=362) - Irving describes receiving a wreath card reading "truly...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/0cb9ed0a-c9f7-4089-aa65-c89ddabb100e/775f7fa9-f2cc-4ded-ab2c-272afb2df464-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/2z9vqVd8Upw7wkfmgsv5sj707042026-03-06T02:08:06.905ZLipstadtdeathdaughterjewishhateYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/5vDqr2oMnSQqGUop9Gkdz9https://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/235005e3-4f13-4f74-8693-b29fd05463f9.jpgDavid Irving — Hiroshima Bombing Unjustified## Overview Irving examines the justification for the atomic bombing of Hiroshima through decoded intelligence messages. He argues that declassified intercepts from July 1945 demonstrate Japan was attempting to surrender before the bomb was dropped, and that the weapon may have been used primarily as a technological test rather than a military necessity. The presentation draws on Irving's research into presidential archives and signals intelligence. ## Topics covered - Use of decoded messages as historical evidence [00:00:00](https://irving.video/w/24882f85-0559-4157-9237-9b64d067286a?start=0) - The discovery of Truman's order to drop the bomb in presidential papers [00:00:30](https://irving.video/w/24882f85-0559-4157-9237-9b64d067286a?start=30) - A top-secret ultra message from the Japanese foreign minister to the ambassador in Moscow, July 13, 1945 [00:02:04](https://irving.video/w/24882f85-0559-4157-9237-9b64d067286a?start=124) - Japanese surrender attempts and the emperor's conditions [00:02:04](https://irving.video/w/24882f85-0559-4157-9237-9b64d067286a?start=124) - The Soviet Union's strategic interests in entering the war against Japan [00:03:02](https://irving.video/w/24882f85-0559-4157-9237-9b64d067286a?start=182) - Leslie Gross's account of Hiroshima being selected as an undamaged test site [00:04:00](https://irving.video/w/24882f85-0559-4157-9237-9b64d067286a?start=240) ## Key moments - Irving describes finding Truman's one-line order to drop the bomb buried in naval correspondence, initially misinterpreting "discharge" as a military dismissal [00:00:30](https://irving.video/w/24882f85-0559-4157-9237-9b64d067286a?start=30) - The decoded message revealing Japan's instruction to its Moscow ambassador: "We are willing to surrender immediately as it is senseless for us to continue fighting" [00:02:04](https://irving.video/w/24882f85-0559-4157-9237-9b64d067286a?start=124) - Irving's conversation with Manhattan Project head Leslie Gross, who stated the ...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/24882f85-0559-4157-9237-9b64d067286a/ebc9540c-5dc2-4833-87eb-ef810060cf15-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/5vDqr2oMnSQqGUop9Gkdz92795442026-03-06T02:17:41.719ZbombinghiroshimaunjustifiedYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/cdEwiA1nmurQCu6aSWktRghttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/c1b66232-dda1-4b27-ab2b-034bd67c5420.jpgDavid Irving — Analysis of the Holocaust## Overview Irving examines the origins and provenance of the Auschwitz report issued by the U.S. War Refugee Board in November 1944, focusing on documentary evidence held in American archives. He discusses the report's authorship, circulation among wartime journalists and officials, and its absence from Nuremberg trial proceedings, alongside speculation about possible intelligence service involvement in its creation. ## Topics covered - The Slovak report document and its presence in the Roosevelt Library [00:00:00](https://irving.video/w/5ad930d9-40cc-4e7c-8fee-c205180f924d?start=0) - Authentication efforts by the American ambassador in Bern and involvement of Bratislava Jewish Resistance Organization [00:01:11](https://irving.video/w/5ad930d9-40cc-4e7c-8fee-c205180f924d?start=71) - Washington Post and New York Times refusal to publish the report upon release [00:02:00](https://irving.video/w/5ad930d9-40cc-4e7c-8fee-c205180f924d?start=120) - Legal prohibition on Holocaust questioning in Germany versus religious/cultural taboo in Britain and America [00:03:01](https://irving.video/w/5ad930d9-40cc-4e7c-8fee-c205180f924d?start=181) - Henry Stimson and Henry Morgenthau's telephone conversation regarding unauthorized report issuance [00:05:00](https://irving.video/w/5ad930d9-40cc-4e7c-8fee-c205180f924d?start=300) - Absence of Slovak witnesses and the report from Nuremberg trial testimony despite its significance [00:07:00](https://irving.video/w/5ad930d9-40cc-4e7c-8fee-c205180f924d?start=420) - British Psychological Warfare Executive's alleged role in propagating gas chamber narratives [00:10:00](https://irving.video/w/5ad930d9-40cc-4e7c-8fee-c205180f924d?start=600) ## Key moments - Irving states the Slovak report "is the seminal document of the whole of the Auschwitz mythology" yet claims no original Slovak version exists in the files, only English and German translations [00:00:00](https://irving.video/w/5ad930d9-40cc-4e7c-8fee-c205180f924d?start=0) - Irving n...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/5ad930d9-40cc-4e7c-8fee-c205180f924d/77fb8989-a0ce-448a-b630-a6d92e9ecc64-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/cdEwiA1nmurQCu6aSWktRg930062026-03-06T02:59:45.985ZHolocaustanalysisYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/8ULhaG5WUSQovhcv9dXZVfhttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/5e4d2a38-e6be-401c-8257-72acd665c20d.jpgDavid Irving — WW II History - Holocaust Investigation Marathon## Overview This is a lecture in which David Irving discusses his historiographical approach to World War II and the Holocaust. Irving contests mainstream accounts of the Holocaust, expresses skepticism about gas chambers at Auschwitz, and argues that revisionist views are gaining acceptance among engineers, historians, and the general public. He also discusses the Nuremberg Trial and his book *The Last Battle*, characterizing the trial as a political rather than judicial exercise. ## Topics covered - Skepticism toward gas chamber existence and eyewitness testimony on the Holocaust [00:00:00](https://irving.video/w/400def35-26d5-4d9b-a6ab-79ca5df4c42c?start=0) - Analysis of BBC documentary on Auschwitz and alleged misquoting of SS guard Gröning [00:02:06](https://irving.video/w/400def35-26d5-4d9b-a6ab-79ca5df4c42c?start=126) - Cross-examination of expert witness Van Pelt during the Lipstadt trial [00:03:01](https://irving.video/w/400def35-26d5-4d9b-a6ab-79ca5df4c42c?start=181) - Disparity between number of Auschwitz survivors and number of eyewitnesses cited in legal proceedings [00:04:01](https://irving.video/w/400def35-26d5-4d9b-a6ab-79ca5df4c42c?start=241) - Comparison of photographic evidence for Allied bombing campaigns versus alleged Nazi crimes [00:05:01](https://irving.video/w/400def35-26d5-4d9b-a6ab-79ca5df4c42c?start=301) - Austrian engineer Lüftl's technical critique of gas chamber feasibility [00:06:00](https://irving.video/w/400def35-26d5-4d9b-a6ab-79ca5df4c42c?start=360) - Historical context and conduct of the Nuremberg Trial [00:09:02](https://irving.video/w/400def35-26d5-4d9b-a6ab-79ca5df4c42c?start=542) ## Key moments - Irving describes how the BBC allegedly altered Gröning's testimony by inserting references to gas chambers not present in the original German recording [00:02:06](https://irving.video/w/400def35-26d5-4d9b-a6ab-79ca5df4c42c?start=126) - Irving recounts questioning expert witness Van Pelt about the exact number of Auschwitz sur...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/400def35-26d5-4d9b-a6ab-79ca5df4c42c/b8be0889-6ad1-4445-aa97-0a4bb66774f9-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/8ULhaG5WUSQovhcv9dXZVf18910162026-03-06T02:59:49.174ZHolocaustinvestigationmarathonYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/u2ive7WzSu2CLY1DdBvtophttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/2e30f9f2-2b34-47a4-bd87-aa433d359524.jpgDavid Irving — Speech at the Ottawa Congress Centre 1990## Overview A 108-minute public lecture delivered in Ottawa in 1990, in which Irving addresses opposition to his speaking tour across Canada and discusses German reunification, the role of historians, and the Holocaust. Irving defends his archival research methods and contests mainstream historical interpretations of World War II and related topics. ## Topics covered - Opposition to Irving's Canadian speaking tour and pressure on the Ottawa Congress Centre to cancel [00:01:03](https://irving.video/w/e2ee69d5-53b5-4a4a-b04b-ea014b301a57?start=63) - Irving's prediction of German reunification, made in Berlin in October 1989 [00:07:00](https://irving.video/w/e2ee69d5-53b5-4a4a-b04b-ea014b301a57?start=420) - Criticism of German historians for refusing public debate and their treatment of German history [00:05:03](https://irving.video/w/e2ee69d5-53b5-4a4a-b04b-ea014b301a57?start=303) - German economic and territorial expansion prospects over the following decades [00:10:03](https://irving.video/w/e2ee69d5-53b5-4a4a-b04b-ea014b301a57?start=603) - The Holocaust, Auschwitz, Treblinka, and other World War II atrocities [00:12:03](https://irving.video/w/e2ee69d5-53b5-4a4a-b04b-ea014b301a57?start=723) - Irving's experience of legal restrictions and arrest warrants in Austria, Germany, and Bavaria [00:04:02](https://irving.video/w/e2ee69d5-53b5-4a4a-b04b-ea014b301a57?start=242) - The role and limitations of modern journalists compared to historians [00:09:03](https://irving.video/w/e2ee69d5-53b5-4a4a-b04b-ea014b301a57?start=543) ## Key moments - Irving describes being uninvited from a Berlin television roundtable by historians unwilling to debate him, then organizing a solo protest outside the studio with a placard calling German historians "liars and cowards" [00:06:03](https://irving.video/w/e2ee69d5-53b5-4a4a-b04b-ea014b301a57?start=363) - Irving recounts his October 1989 press conference prediction that Germany would be reunified within twelve months, which proved a...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/e2ee69d5-53b5-4a4a-b04b-ea014b301a57/e387c92c-334d-498b-8867-e2df9b4cbc3b-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/u2ive7WzSu2CLY1DdBvtop6516032026-03-06T03:15:29.978ZspeechottawacongresscentreYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/jDNp5N9T3fp9RJQZF1Czkhhttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/c3e8b3d2-9028-4f83-b54d-038ad5dd7ded.jpgDavid Irving — Michael A. Hoffman II Interviews David Irving## Overview Interview between historian David Irving and Michael A. Hoffman II examining post-war propaganda narratives, the historiography of World War II, and Irving's archival research methodology. Irving discusses how wartime propaganda became institutionalized, analyzes specific bombing campaigns and military decisions, and critiques the reliance of academic historians on secondary sources rather than primary documentation. ## Topics covered - Irving's biography and scholarly background; his three-volume Hitler biography and other major works [00:00:31](https://irving.video/w/970b9bf0-8d5c-4902-8419-e147c7fee742?start=31) - The persistence of World War II propaganda and how war aims shifted during the conflict [00:02:02](https://irving.video/w/970b9bf0-8d5c-4902-8419-e147c7fee742?start=122) - Hitler's stated intentions toward Britain and the Empire; evidence from German archives [00:03:02](https://irving.video/w/970b9bf0-8d5c-4902-8419-e147c7fee742?start=182) - Comparison of Hitler's policies on poison gas use versus Allied bombing strategies [00:05:07](https://irving.video/w/970b9bf0-8d5c-4902-8419-e147c7fee742?start=307) - The Guernica bombing during the Spanish Civil War; casualty figures and documentary evidence [00:07:00](https://irving.video/w/970b9bf0-8d5c-4902-8419-e147c7fee742?start=420) - The bombing of Coventry as a precision industrial raid versus the bombing of Dresden [00:09:01](https://irving.video/w/970b9bf0-8d5c-4902-8419-e147c7fee742?start=541) - The role of Winston Churchill in ordering the Dresden bombing and subsequent record suppression [00:10:00](https://irving.video/w/970b9bf0-8d5c-4902-8419-e147c7fee742?start=600) ## Key moments - Irving describes spending ten years researching original German documentation on Hitler, finding no evidence in primary records to support characterizations worse than those applicable to Churchill, Roosevelt, or Stalin [00:04:05](https://irving.video/w/970b9bf0-8d5c-4902-8419-e147c7fee742?start=245) -...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/970b9bf0-8d5c-4902-8419-e147c7fee742/a08670d2-76a8-4472-af14-6602a32102e6-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/jDNp5N9T3fp9RJQZF1Czkh15980122026-03-06T03:37:26.726ZmichaelhoffmaninterviewsYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/r9yCmfi8LDGNpCuDh6DEWyhttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/885e438e-b4b7-4a47-a88f-4ff142060ffb.jpgDavid Irving — Churchill and FDR's Secret Communication## Overview Irving examines the methodology of historical research through archival investigation, focusing on the discovery of undisclosed communications between Churchill and Roosevelt conducted through Britain's wartime code-breaking apparatus at Bletchley Park. The lecture addresses how historians access primary documents, the nature of official secrecy protocols, and what remains hidden in government records despite formal declassification. Irving presents this as a case study in retrieving "real history" from original sources rather than published accounts. ## Topics covered - The distinction between archival primary sources and published historical narratives; Anthony Eden's redacted Foreign Office documents [00:00:00](https://irving.video/w/cba68609-8a85-41c7-a0d7-a110c34d720c?start=0) - Hitler's July 1940 meeting with Gauleiters and the sketch map of post-war German borders [00:02:01](https://irving.video/w/cba68609-8a85-41c7-a0d7-a110c34d720c?start=121) - Reading private diaries as historical method; Anthony Eden's personal papers at the University of Birmingham [00:03:01](https://irving.video/w/cba68609-8a85-41c7-a0d7-a110c34d720c?start=181) - The fate of Eden's son Nicholas in the RAF and the human dimension of diary research [00:04:02](https://irving.video/w/cba68609-8a85-41c7-a0d7-a110c34d720c?start=242) - Churchill's desk diaries and their acquisition through his bodyguard's estate [00:06:00](https://irving.video/w/cba68609-8a85-41c7-a0d7-a110c34d720c?start=360) - Bletchley Park, the Government Code and Cipher School, and the post-war suppression of Ultra intelligence [00:07:00](https://irving.video/w/cba68609-8a85-41c7-a0d7-a110c34d720c?start=420) - The Combined Chiefs of Staff directive prohibiting disclosure of Allied code-breaking capabilities [00:08:02](https://irving.video/w/cba68609-8a85-41c7-a0d7-a110c34d720c?start=482) - Discovery of secret Churchill-Roosevelt correspondence routed through Bletchley Park intelligence channels [00:10:00]...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/cba68609-8a85-41c7-a0d7-a110c34d720c/b5758d94-a24d-4ccd-852d-994f5cf45585-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/r9yCmfi8LDGNpCuDh6DEWy40490142026-03-06T03:40:48.780ZChurchillsecretcommunicationYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/fix9ySTz1MCG4xDizDygC4https://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/19f60422-f7dc-49a5-a1fe-95fa390e867b.jpgDavid Irving — Interviewed by Michael Hoffman## Overview An interview between historian David Irving and Michael Hoffman examining wartime propaganda, historical revisionism, and Irving's research methodology. Irving argues that post-war narratives about World War II have been shaped by propagandistic distortions that continue unchallenged, and discusses his archival approach to original documentation as distinct from secondary academic consensus. ## Topics covered - Irving's biographical background and scholarly publications [00:00:00](https://irving.video/w/73d2c7e1-8119-4389-be69-ad4bcfc3eaf7?start=0) - The persistence of wartime propaganda narratives after 1945 [00:01:00](https://irving.video/w/73d2c7e1-8119-4389-be69-ad4bcfc3eaf7?start=60) - Churchill's shifting war aims and the "demon theory" of Hitler [00:02:00](https://irving.video/w/73d2c7e1-8119-4389-be69-ad4bcfc3eaf7?start=120) - Academic historians' reliance on secondary sources versus original documentation [00:04:00](https://irving.video/w/73d2c7e1-8119-4389-be69-ad4bcfc3eaf7?start=240) - German poison gas policy under Hitler and hypothetical atomic weapons use [00:05:03](https://irving.video/w/73d2c7e1-8119-4389-be69-ad4bcfc3eaf7?start=303) - The bombing of Guernica and civilian casualty figures [00:07:00](https://irving.video/w/73d2c7e1-8119-4389-be69-ad4bcfc3eaf7?start=420) - The Coventry bombing raid and precision targeting methodology [00:08:00](https://irving.video/w/73d2c7e1-8119-4389-be69-ad4bcfc3eaf7?start=480) ## Key moments - Irving describes the "flywheel of propaganda" that continues after war ends because those who created it have no incentive to retract falsehoods [00:01:00](https://irving.video/w/73d2c7e1-8119-4389-be69-ad4bcfc3eaf7?start=60) - Irving claims that after ten years researching original Hitler documentation, he found no evidence making Hitler "worse in any way than Churchill or Roosevelt or Stalin or Truman" [00:04:00](https://irving.video/w/73d2c7e1-8119-4389-be69-ad4bcfc3eaf7?start=240) - Irving cites his vi...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/73d2c7e1-8119-4389-be69-ad4bcfc3eaf7/9c13cea5-ee4a-42e6-b431-173e934bb213-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/fix9ySTz1MCG4xDizDygC4546072026-03-06T03:42:50.914ZinterviewedmichaelhoffmanYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/t7crLqAyFKBQABj3CSVrAWhttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/2b490333-e97e-428a-887d-2e3e27a1a86b.jpgDavid Irving — IHR Conference## Overview Irving presents a lecture at an Institute for Historical Review (IHR) conference, reflecting on his career as a historian and advancing revisionist arguments regarding Holocaust historiography. He draws parallels between his debunking of the Hitler diaries and his examination of wartime documentation on Auschwitz, arguing that the historical record does not support claims of systematic gassing operations. ## Topics covered - The Hitler diaries controversy and Irving's role in exposing them as forgeries [00:02:01](https://irving.video/w/db84425b-2633-4d92-bb10-14ecf1a23ad6?start=121) - Field Marshal Rommel's actual historical record versus postwar legend [00:03:00](https://irving.video/w/db84425b-2633-4d92-bb10-14ecf1a23ad6?start=180) - The Leuchter Report and forensic testing of crematoria and gas chambers [00:03:01](https://irving.video/w/db84425b-2633-4d92-bb10-14ecf1a23ad6?start=181) - Analysis of Auschwitz death records released by Russia in September 1991 [00:06:09](https://irving.video/w/db84425b-2633-4d92-bb10-14ecf1a23ad6?start=369) - The role of British GCHQ in decoding SS communications from concentration camps [00:08:02](https://irving.video/w/db84425b-2633-4d92-bb10-14ecf1a23ad6?start=482) - Contents of decoded German teleprinter messages from Auschwitz to Berlin headquarters [00:09:03](https://irving.video/w/db84425b-2633-4d92-bb10-14ecf1a23ad6?start=543) ## Key moments - Irving describes being "smuggled in disguised as a reporter for Bild Zeitung" to confront Der Stern about the Hitler diaries hoax at their press conference [00:02:01](https://irving.video/w/db84425b-2633-4d92-bb10-14ecf1a23ad6?start=121) - Irving states that he built "a personal card index on Hitler's life of 30,000 index cards" over 20 years of research [00:02:01](https://irving.video/w/db84425b-2633-4d92-bb10-14ecf1a23ad6?start=121) - Irving argues that "the biggest weapon" in postwar propaganda has been "the great battleship Auschwitz," asserting that British int...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/db84425b-2633-4d92-bb10-14ecf1a23ad6/42ccf82e-7449-4589-8930-dcc0b0af0c58-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/t7crLqAyFKBQABj3CSVrAW645062026-03-06T03:43:47.135ZconferenceYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/vev8C6keJTxvSusQGdxDg3https://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/1b6cd00f-bbd5-4e77-8941-88ba0a9e135e.jpgDavid Irving — On the Bomb and Writing History## Overview A lecture in which Irving discusses his entry into historical writing and his methodology as a historian. He opens with anecdotes from his early life and wartime experience in Britain and Germany, then shifts to broader reflections on the research process, archival discovery, and the challenges of writing long-form history. The talk moves between personal memoir and professional practice, illustrating how historical sources emerge over decades of investigative work. ## Topics covered - Irving's early education and initial lack of interest in history [00:00:04](https://irving.video/w/ecbba49d-3c65-48cf-acc4-654790ba3b34?start=4) - Experience as a steel worker in Mülheim, Germany, and introduction to the Dresden bombing [00:02:00](https://irving.video/w/ecbba49d-3c65-48cf-acc4-654790ba3b34?start=120) - Personal wartime experience in Britain, 1938–1945, including air raids and flying bombs [00:03:03](https://irving.video/w/ecbba49d-3c65-48cf-acc4-654790ba3b34?start=183) - Anecdote of a deceased audience member in Hamburg and the coincidental meeting in Munich [00:05:01](https://irving.video/w/ecbba49d-3c65-48cf-acc4-654790ba3b34?start=301) - Long-term research projects, including the Heinrich Himmler biography spanning 20 years [00:09:00](https://irving.video/w/ecbba49d-3c65-48cf-acc4-654790ba3b34?start=540) - Wartime schooling in Britain and a letter from King George VI to schoolchildren [00:11:00](https://irving.video/w/ecbba49d-3c65-48cf-acc4-654790ba3b34?start=660) - Retrieval of historical sources: Goebbels Diary pages in Moscow and private collections [00:14:01](https://irving.video/w/ecbba49d-3c65-48cf-acc4-654790ba3b34?start=841) - Censorship and official interference with his second book *Mare's Nest*, particularly the Enigma chapter [00:15:02](https://irving.video/w/ecbba49d-3c65-48cf-acc4-654790ba3b34?start=902) ## Key moments - Irving reflects on receiving a personal letter from King George VI thanking children for helping win the war, t...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/ecbba49d-3c65-48cf-acc4-654790ba3b34/aaf54f1e-2d30-4cae-9eb3-9be631882f3c-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/vev8C6keJTxvSusQGdxDg335520352026-03-06T03:59:14.160ZbombYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/3ELyNnFwSqybrxdCks7guKhttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/3508b0eb-f159-4818-9364-d5d6542d3627.jpgDavid Irving — Historian Afraid To Debate## Overview A recorded lecture or public event in which Irving responds to criticism from historian Deborah Lipstadt regarding his historical work and methodology. Irving defends his scholarly credentials and credentials while engaging in a heated exchange with Lipstadt over historiographical standards, the nature of historical debate, and the evidentiary basis for claims about the Holocaust. ## Topics covered - Irving's refusal to debate Holocaust denial and his comparison to debating false claims [00:00:00](https://irving.video/w/159c014b-05d3-4b1f-8322-a22812de270f?start=0) - Lipstadt's published criticism of Irving's historical work and scholarship [00:00:30](https://irving.video/w/159c014b-05d3-4b1f-8322-a22812de270f?start=30) - Irving's publication history with major American publishers [00:01:03](https://irving.video/w/159c014b-05d3-4b1f-8322-a22812de270f?start=63) - The distinction between debatable historical questions and established historical facts [00:00:45](https://irving.video/w/159c014b-05d3-4b1f-8322-a22812de270f?start=45) - Irving's challenge to produce documentary evidence of Hitler ordering the Holocaust [00:02:15](https://irving.video/w/159c014b-05d3-4b1f-8322-a22812de270f?start=135) - Security intervention and cessation of the public exchange [00:02:45](https://irving.video/w/159c014b-05d3-4b1f-8322-a22812de270f?start=165) - Irving's assertion of funding by "real history" versus "manufactured history" [00:03:00](https://irving.video/w/159c014b-05d3-4b1f-8322-a22812de270f?start=180) ## Key moments - Irving identifies himself from the audience as the scholar Lipstadt had been discussing, stating: "I am that David Irving about whom you have been so rude" [00:01:03](https://irving.video/w/159c014b-05d3-4b1f-8322-a22812de270f?start=63) - Lipstadt explicitly refuses further engagement: "Mr. Irving, I will not debate you. Not here, not now, not ever" [00:02:01](https://irving.video/w/159c014b-05d3-4b1f-8322-a22812de270f?start=121) - Irving offers...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/159c014b-05d3-4b1f-8322-a22812de270f/53d2bc35-cc0c-4c4b-9a8f-a53c6e569b93-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/3ELyNnFwSqybrxdCks7guK2190112026-03-06T03:59:31.106ZHistorianafraiddebateYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/mifBzHTq9eCVjASm9YEt7Zhttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/4725c7b8-1f92-443b-acd4-c930bb47e92d.jpgDavid Irving — Discusses Rudolf Hess## Overview This extended lecture examines the political and military context surrounding Rudolf Hess's 1940 flight to Scotland, with particular focus on Winston Churchill's position within a divided British government and his strategic decisions during the early months of World War II. Irving traces the factional tensions over peace versus war, the role of German air operations, and the mechanics of wartime decision-making across multiple governments. ## Topics covered - Churchill's ascension to Prime Minister in May 1940 and the concurrent peace movement in Britain [00:00:00](https://irving.video/w/a45f6c54-5da7-45f6-b920-4f3d982032d1?start=0) - Cabinet divisions over war policy: Lord Beaverbrook, Neville Chamberlain, and Lord Halifax as advocates for peace [00:01:04](https://irving.video/w/a45f6c54-5da7-45f6-b920-4f3d982032d1?start=64) - Opposition to Churchill within the royal household, including King George VI's private criticisms [00:02:01](https://irving.video/w/a45f6c54-5da7-45f6-b920-4f3d982032d1?start=121) - Mackenzie King's decision-making methods and the anecdote of the distillery request [00:03:01](https://irving.video/w/a45f6c54-5da7-45f6-b920-4f3d982032d1?start=181) - Churchill's desire for the bombing of London and the accidental German bomb that fell within London's boundaries [00:05:03](https://irving.video/w/a45f6c54-5da7-45f6-b920-4f3d982032d1?start=303) - Churchill's unilateral order for a 100-bomber RAF raid on Berlin and the operational consequences [00:07:01](https://irving.video/w/a45f6c54-5da7-45f6-b920-4f3d982032d1?start=421) - British intelligence methods for predicting German bombing targets: beam systems (Knickerbein and Excurate), Enigma decryption, and weather reconnaissance [00:09:00](https://irving.video/w/a45f6c54-5da7-45f6-b920-4f3d982032d1?start=540) - Churchill's documented absence from London during major air raids [00:10:01](https://irving.video/w/a45f6c54-5da7-45f6-b920-4f3d982032d1?start=601) ## Key moments - Irving de...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/a45f6c54-5da7-45f6-b920-4f3d982032d1/7488b33b-5f2d-4bcb-8cc6-5d1fa97d66b9-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/mifBzHTq9eCVjASm9YEt7Z96960162026-03-06T04:30:48.833ZHessdiscussesrudolfYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/2q5r33N7jDgq1hGGGxjZxohttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/213ba8a5-3e73-4e7f-971e-64a18d59d7d4.jpgDavid Irving — Nuremberg: War By Other Means## Overview A 116-minute lecture delivered to the Canadian Association for Freedom of Expression in which Irving discusses attempts to suppress his public speaking and research activities internationally. He frames his work as uncovering historical truth against organized pressure, and recounts specific incidents from recent speaking tours in Canada, Argentina, and Germany where he encountered censorship, cancelled events, and government exclusion orders. ## Topics covered - Introduction by Paul Fromm and Irving's historiographical method [00:01:05](https://irving.video/w/0b75b861-7792-46e3-8a19-187e361856e0?start=65) - Government harassment and persona non grata declarations against Irving [00:04:03](https://irving.video/w/0b75b861-7792-46e3-8a19-187e361856e0?start=243) - The Argentina speaking tour, media interference, and the "Holocaust legend" incident in Buenos Aires [00:05:03](https://irving.video/w/0b75b861-7792-46e3-8a19-187e361856e0?start=303) - The Auschwitz claim discrepancy: the couple whose member was allegedly born in 1947 [00:10:00](https://irving.video/w/0b75b861-7792-46e3-8a19-187e361856e0?start=600) - German government exclusion order (Einreiseverbot) and frontier recognition issues [00:11:00](https://irving.video/w/0b75b861-7792-46e3-8a19-187e361856e0?start=660) - Irving's experience being unrecognized at German borders despite 30 years of travel [00:12:00](https://irving.video/w/0b75b861-7792-46e3-8a19-187e361856e0?start=720) ## Key moments - Irving describes being asked five minutes before a lecture to change his topic from the Holocaust to "anything else," and receiving an apology letter weeks later revealing the couple's claim was fraudulent [00:09:00](https://irving.video/w/0b75b861-7792-46e3-8a19-187e361856e0?start=540) - Irving recounts the Argentina television incident where the host (revealed to have a Jewish surname) was forced to invite three members of the local Jewish community to interrogate him on air [00:06:00](https://irvi...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/0b75b861-7792-46e3-8a19-187e361856e0/2f793c3e-f5bd-4bfa-b623-53ce59247951-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/2q5r33N7jDgq1hGGGxjZxo69630212026-03-06T04:51:43.083ZNurembergmeansYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/6n2asLa3oj28JSwe11gw11https://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/8b1b5d39-8878-4a91-9557-b581baa2bbe2.jpgDavid Irving — Speaks At The Real History Conference 2001## Overview Irving delivers a 64-minute lecture at the Real History Conference 2001, addressing scholarly credibility, academic conformism, and legal restrictions on historical debate. He discusses his bans from multiple countries, encounters with law enforcement, and reflections on free speech and internet communication as a counterforce to centralized media control. ## Topics covered - Academic quality at the conference and the distinction between independent and conformist historians [00:00:48](https://irving.video/w/2b6d077e-6c2e-46cb-ab3d-8e295e7418d0?start=48) - Irving's remarks on Professor Tony Martin's presentation regarding Talmudic teachings [00:01:00](https://irving.video/w/2b6d077e-6c2e-46cb-ab3d-8e295e7418d0?start=60) - Travel bans and legal restrictions imposed on Irving in Canada, Germany, and Italy [00:02:08](https://irving.video/w/2b6d077e-6c2e-46cb-ab3d-8e295e7418d0?start=128) - The 1992 incident at Rome Airport and subsequent ban from Italy [00:03:01](https://irving.video/w/2b6d077e-6c2e-46cb-ab3d-8e295e7418d0?start=181) - Deportation from Germany in November 1993 and the threat of arrest and imprisonment [00:04:03](https://irving.video/w/2b6d077e-6c2e-46cb-ab3d-8e295e7418d0?start=243) - German attitudes toward government control of historical discourse, illustrated by an exchange student's remarks [00:06:02](https://irving.video/w/2b6d077e-6c2e-46cb-ab3d-8e295e7418d0?start=362) - The Internet as a tool for circumventing media monopolies and government censorship [00:08:04](https://irving.video/w/2b6d077e-6c2e-46cb-ab3d-8e295e7418d0?start=484) - Private archives and research materials, including Himmler's correspondence held in the United States [00:09:00](https://irving.video/w/2b6d077e-6c2e-46cb-ab3d-8e295e7418d0?start=540) - The 2000 libel case in the High Court in London and Irving's self-representation [00:12:00](https://irving.video/w/2b6d077e-6c2e-46cb-ab3d-8e295e7418d0?start=720) ## Key moments - Irving describes nearly being arre...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/2b6d077e-6c2e-46cb-ab3d-8e295e7418d0/8e847709-be38-453f-88b3-639e01af1fbc-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/6n2asLa3oj28JSwe11gw1138490122026-03-06T04:56:23.206ZspeaksrealconferenceYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/gr59UX3CR7NaT1beD4piY4https://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/8348d657-471a-4386-affb-12b8ec91c5e9.jpgDavid Irving — Internet Censorship and Historical Revisionism## Overview Irving discusses his personal resilience in the face of institutional pressure and publishing boycotts, focusing on his independence as a self-publisher and his perspective on the internet as an emerging, difficult-to-control medium for disseminating historical work. The remarks appear to be drawn from a lecture or interview setting. ## Topics covered - Personal background and Scottish ancestry traced to Robert the Bruce [00:00:01](https://irving.video/w/7cf93be3-8660-4e70-aa8d-d81a72e2093f?start=1) - Decision to remain self-employed and avoid institutional control [00:00:15](https://irving.video/w/7cf93be3-8660-4e70-aa8d-d81a72e2093f?start=15) - Publisher pressure and boycott letters from 1991 onwards [00:01:03](https://irving.video/w/7cf93be3-8660-4e70-aa8d-d81a72e2093f?start=63) - Self-publishing and independent book distribution [00:01:15](https://irving.video/w/7cf93be3-8660-4e70-aa8d-d81a72e2093f?start=75) - The internet as an emerging, uncontrollable medium for publishing [00:01:30](https://irving.video/w/7cf93be3-8660-4e70-aa8d-d81a72e2093f?start=90) ## Key moments - Irving states he has deliberately avoided employers since working as a steelworker in Germany, to prevent institutional pressure against him [00:00:25](https://irving.video/w/7cf93be3-8660-4e70-aa8d-d81a72e2093f?start=25) - He describes receiving letters in 1991 urging major publishers to cease publication of his work, and claims to possess copies of these letters [00:01:03](https://irving.video/w/7cf93be3-8660-4e70-aa8d-d81a72e2093f?start=63) - Irving compares the internet's rise to an uncontrollable weed in institutional "backyards," suggesting five to ten years remain before attempts at control take effect [00:01:45](https://irving.video/w/7cf93be3-8660-4e70-aa8d-d81a72e2093f?start=105) ## Source The recording context, specific venue, and date are not recoverable from the transcript excerpt provided. The speaker's audience and original publisher are not identifiable from...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/7cf93be3-8660-4e70-aa8d-d81a72e2093f/9e06ed8c-15f6-41a3-bfc5-77517d404295-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/gr59UX3CR7NaT1beD4piY4119082026-03-06T04:57:06.447ZCensorshipinternetrevisionismYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/gdB2Stqz4YbkLnYHdrfCpBhttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/927fcc6e-3999-464e-8b2b-a0554ce7e961.jpgDavid Irving — Interview in Krakow## Overview An interview recorded in Krakow in which Irving discusses his historical methodology, his imprisonment in Austria, and his research into Auschwitz and Heinrich Himmler. The conversation covers his approach to historical documentation, post-war modifications to memorial sites, and his work as a historian over four decades. Irving addresses questions about his public reception, his earlier career, and the bombing of Dresden during World War II. ## Topics covered - Post-war reconstruction and memorialization at Auschwitz and Treblinka [00:00:01](https://irving.video/w/7b3b9832-fd02-4eb4-9d30-c0d03566ebe9?start=1) - Modifications to gas chamber exhibits at Auschwitz I and authenticity in historical preservation [00:01:01](https://irving.video/w/7b3b9832-fd02-4eb4-9d30-c0d03566ebe9?start=61) - The terminology and history of the term "Holocaust" [00:02:00](https://irving.video/w/7b3b9832-fd02-4eb4-9d30-c0d03566ebe9?start=120) - Irving's arrest warrant and 14-month imprisonment in Austria for his statements [00:03:03](https://irving.video/w/7b3b9832-fd02-4eb4-9d30-c0d03566ebe9?start=183) - His research methodology and documentary sources, including KGB archives [00:04:01](https://irving.video/w/7b3b9832-fd02-4eb4-9d30-c0d03566ebe9?start=241) - Public support and correspondence received from readers worldwide [00:05:00](https://irving.video/w/7b3b9832-fd02-4eb4-9d30-c0d03566ebe9?start=300) - Career origins as a steelworker in Germany and decision to become a historian [00:06:01](https://irving.video/w/7b3b9832-fd02-4eb4-9d30-c0d03566ebe9?start=361) - His book *The Destruction of Dresden* and methodology for writing about World War II [00:07:01](https://irving.video/w/7b3b9832-fd02-4eb4-9d30-c0d03566ebe9?start=421) - Conversation with Air Chief Marshal Arthur Harris regarding bombing campaigns [00:08:02](https://irving.video/w/7b3b9832-fd02-4eb4-9d30-c0d03566ebe9?start=482) ## Key moments - Irving describes his $50 bill analogy to illustrate the problem w...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/7b3b9832-fd02-4eb4-9d30-c0d03566ebe9/b421d543-87b6-4a50-b73f-0a56b26d5a39-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/gdB2Stqz4YbkLnYHdrfCpB552052026-03-06T04:58:09.406ZkrakowYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/qikTFqpSCBtnjRtpr9a1Vqhttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/1bd07462-9a32-4277-a40f-0b5df97f7773.jpgDavid Irving — Confronts Holocaust Liar Deborah Lipstadt## Overview Irving describes confronting historian Deborah Lipstadt at an unannounced appearance during her lecture to students at a college in Atlanta. He details her speech on Holocaust revisionism, his entry into the audience, and his subsequent challenge to her during the question-and-answer session, focusing on a specific claim she made about documentary evidence. ## Topics covered - Irving's prior encounters with Lipstadt in Australia and allegations made against him [00:00:00](https://irving.video/w/c4c73aef-28cb-4c71-af04-fb8c6da0a8e2?start=0) - Lipstadt's lecture content and her refusal to engage in public debate [00:02:00](https://irving.video/w/c4c73aef-28cb-4c71-af04-fb8c6da0a8e2?start=120) - Contradictions in Lipstadt's statements regarding Holocaust documentation versus eyewitness testimony [00:05:00](https://irving.video/w/c4c73aef-28cb-4c71-af04-fb8c6da0a8e2?start=300) - The question-and-answer session and audience reactions [00:08:02](https://irving.video/w/c4c73aef-28cb-4c71-af04-fb8c6da0a8e2?start=482) - Irving's direct confrontation with Lipstadt over claims regarding Auschwitz gas chamber blueprints [00:10:00](https://irving.video/w/c4c73aef-28cb-4c71-af04-fb8c6da0a8e2?start=600) ## Key moments - Irving describes how he "smuggled" into the lecture hall with boxes of books and stood five feet from Lipstadt without her recognizing him [00:02:00](https://irving.video/w/c4c73aef-28cb-4c71-af04-fb8c6da0a8e2?start=120) - Lipstadt claims to possess "a blueprint of the gas chambers at Auschwitz" showing "holes in the ceiling through which the SS officers tipped the cyanide pellets," which Irving challenges as a lie [00:06:01](https://irving.video/w/c4c73aef-28cb-4c71-af04-fb8c6da0a8e2?start=361) - Irving produces $1,000 in cash at the podium, offering it to Lipstadt if she can produce the document she cited or identify where it can be found [00:10:00](https://irving.video/w/c4c73aef-28cb-4c71-af04-fb8c6da0a8e2?start=600) ## Source The recording wa...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/c4c73aef-28cb-4c71-af04-fb8c6da0a8e2/b52806ad-009f-4c20-baa5-9cb490bef54f-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/qikTFqpSCBtnjRtpr9a1Vq10130192026-03-06T04:59:06.344ZHolocaustLipstadtconfrontsliardeborahYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/2iuNJhwacg9doAqUMXHmjqhttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/872f78c0-a8d7-4715-862b-09667cbd9fb4.jpgDavid Irving — Churchill's Bombing of German Cities## Overview Irving presents a lecture on the escalation of bombing campaigns against German cities in World War II, focusing on Churchill's role in initiating RAF attacks on Berlin in August 1940. He argues that Churchill deliberately provoked German retaliation after intercepting German diplomatic signals confirming Hitler's initial orders against bombing British cities, using a single accidental German bomb on London as justification for a sustained bombing offensive. ## Topics covered - Churchill's access to German military and diplomatic codes (Ultra intelligence) in summer 1940 [00:00:00](https://irving.video/w/0a8a88ed-b0d8-47b1-bdcc-1ab6c33c55f4?start=0) - Hitler's orders forbidding attacks on British towns and London specifically [00:00:00](https://irving.video/w/0a8a88ed-b0d8-47b1-bdcc-1ab6c33c55f4?start=0) - Churchill's discussions with US Ambassador Joseph Kennedy about wanting German bombing to begin [00:01:02](https://irving.video/w/0a8a88ed-b0d8-47b1-bdcc-1ab6c33c55f4?start=62) - Churchill's bomb shelter provisions compared to the King and Queen's lack of shelter [00:01:02](https://irving.video/w/0a8a88ed-b0d8-47b1-bdcc-1ab6c33c55f4?start=62) - The German embassy telegram of 20 July 1940 regarding peace feelers from Lord Lothian [00:03:00](https://irving.video/w/0a8a88ed-b0d8-47b1-bdcc-1ab6c33c55f4?start=180) - Churchill's order to Air Chief Marshal Portal for a bombing attack on Berlin [00:03:00](https://irving.video/w/0a8a88ed-b0d8-47b1-bdcc-1ab6c33c55f4?start=180) - The accidental German bomb on East London on 24 August 1940 as pretext for retaliation [00:05:00](https://irving.video/w/0a8a88ed-b0d8-47b1-bdcc-1ab6c33c55f4?start=300) - Churchill's direct telephone order to Bomber Command for 100 bombers to attack Berlin [00:06:03](https://irving.video/w/0a8a88ed-b0d8-47b1-bdcc-1ab6c33c55f4?start=363) - Hitler's 4 September 1940 speech lifting the bombing embargo after sustained British raids [00:08:00](https://irving.video/w/0a8a88ed-b0d8-47b1-b...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/0a8a88ed-b0d8-47b1-bdcc-1ab6c33c55f4/c30fa9b0-bf71-4d4c-b156-ad6eb7a892c9-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/2iuNJhwacg9doAqUMXHmjq735092026-03-06T05:00:05.832ZbombingChurchillcitiesYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/6KBAVkkpMRm9UdSYz3ZDf9https://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/dc611327-123e-4e30-96b8-74cd7df13c28.jpgDavid Irving — BBC Hardtalk 2000## Overview BBC television interview conducted in 2000, following Irving's loss in a high-profile libel case in London. Irving discusses the trial outcome, his historiographical methods, his reliance on the Leuchter report regarding Auschwitz gas chambers, expert witness testimony against him, and his characterization of the case as a financially unequal legal contest driven by what he terms organized opposition to his work. ## Topics covered - The libel trial outcome and the judge's findings regarding Irving's treatment of historical evidence [00:00:04](https://irving.video/w/2e949daf-8795-4adc-8bb9-d9edb4708f10?start=4) - Irving's defense of his methodology and criticism of expert witness Professor Richard Evans [00:01:02](https://irving.video/w/2e949daf-8795-4adc-8bb9-d9edb4708f10?start=62) - The Leuchter report and forensic testing for cyanide traces in Auschwitz gas chamber materials [00:04:01](https://irving.video/w/2e949daf-8795-4adc-8bb9-d9edb4708f10?start=241) - The discrepancy between cyanide levels required to kill humans versus lice, and Irving's response [00:05:00](https://irving.video/w/2e949daf-8795-4adc-8bb9-d9edb4708f10?start=300) - Irving's characterization of financial disparity and organized opposition in the trial [00:06:00](https://irving.video/w/2e949daf-8795-4adc-8bb9-d9edb4708f10?start=360) - Sources of Irving's funding and his stated willingness to accept donations without restriction [00:07:01](https://irving.video/w/2e949daf-8795-4adc-8bb9-d9edb4708f10?start=421) - Irving's allegations of conspiracy and his courtroom performance during cross-examination [00:08:01](https://irving.video/w/2e949daf-8795-4adc-8bb9-d9edb4708f10?start=481) ## Key moments - Irving claims the judge admitted surprise at finding no documentary evidence of gas chambers at Auschwitz: "I had always assumed that there was the evidence that Auschwitz had gas chambers, and I was surprised to find that there wasn't until this case came along" [00:03:01](https://ir...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/2e949daf-8795-4adc-8bb9-d9edb4708f10/e258eaf9-2d9d-45e4-be14-65fd41648df8-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/6KBAVkkpMRm9UdSYz3ZDf91452042026-03-06T05:01:03.483ZhardtalkYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/6CissRfjywNLMvokgwrqzbhttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/6167f142-4dad-47aa-a993-d679d672b3e5.jpgDavid Irving — On The Holocaust## Overview Irving delivers a lecture-format address on his historiographical approach to Holocaust documentation and terminology. He traces his shift from "conformist" to "revisionist" historical methodology beginning in 1988, discusses the Leuchter Report and chemical analysis of Auschwitz samples, and examines the post-1970 adoption of "Holocaust" as a branded term in public discourse. The talk centers on Irving's evidentiary challenges to conventional historical narratives and the professional consequences he attributes to scholarly deviation from consensus interpretation. ## Topics covered - The etymology and marketing history of the term "Holocaust" from 1970 onward [00:01:00](https://irving.video/w/2d8f3a10-eaf7-4b88-9eca-1362743b09cc?start=60) - Irving's 1971 interview with Gebhard Himmler, brother of Heinrich Himmler [00:02:06](https://irving.video/w/2d8f3a10-eaf7-4b88-9eca-1362743b09cc?start=126) - Publishing industry gatekeeping and the demographics of American book publishing [00:05:03](https://irving.video/w/2d8f3a10-eaf7-4b88-9eca-1362743b09cc?start=303) - The Ernst Zündel trial in Toronto and Irving's decision to testify [00:07:02](https://irving.video/w/2d8f3a10-eaf7-4b88-9eca-1362743b09cc?start=422) - Fred Leuchter's background as an execution technology consultant [00:08:06](https://irving.video/w/2d8f3a10-eaf7-4b88-9eca-1362743b09cc?start=486) - Leuchter's February 1988 visit to Auschwitz and collection of brick samples [00:09:02](https://irving.video/w/2d8f3a10-eaf7-4b88-9eca-1362743b09cc?start=542) - Chemical analysis of cyanide residue in gas chamber brickwork versus fumigation chambers [00:11:03](https://irving.video/w/2d8f3a10-eaf7-4b88-9eca-1362743b09cc?start=663) ## Key moments - Irving describes his 1988 decision to travel to Toronto in subzero weather to testify as an expert witness, marking his departure from conformist historiography [00:06:02](https://irving.video/w/2d8f3a10-eaf7-4b88-9eca-1362743b09cc?start=362) - Irving recou...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/2d8f3a10-eaf7-4b88-9eca-1362743b09cc/ee3bb3cc-4d43-43ad-9c4a-ffbbc8e2b36e-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/6CissRfjywNLMvokgwrqzb37280422026-03-06T05:06:01.973ZHolocaustYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/588Cd9fbixBdWiRUHRXrBphttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/96ddd16c-08d7-4fca-adab-7aa8a086703c.jpgDavid Irving — A British Historian and the Holocaust## Overview A lecture in which David Irving discusses his historical methodology and his evolving views on the Holocaust and Auschwitz. Irving explains his approach to document authentication, recounts his early work on Dresden, and describes his recent engagement with Ernst Zündel's chemical and forensic research, which he claims prompted him to re-examine established Holocaust narratives and archival evidence. ## Topics covered - Irving's introduction and background as a historian specializing in German history [00:00:39](https://irving.video/w/216375ad-034b-4f67-a940-ea61ec92d251?start=39) - The genesis of *The Destruction of Dresden* and its global impact on Holocaust discourse [00:01:00](https://irving.video/w/216375ad-034b-4f67-a940-ea61ec92d251?start=60) - His biography of Hitler and his shift from believer to "unbeliever" [00:02:02](https://irving.video/w/216375ad-034b-4f67-a940-ea61ec92d251?start=122) - The exposure of the Hitler diaries as forgeries in 1983 [00:04:02](https://irving.video/w/216375ad-034b-4f67-a940-ea61ec92d251?start=242) - The Holocaust as a commercial and historical enterprise [00:05:01](https://irving.video/w/216375ad-034b-4f67-a940-ea61ec92d251?start=301) - Distinguishing between state-directed atrocities and crimes by individual criminals [00:06:02](https://irving.video/w/216375ad-034b-4f67-a940-ea61ec92d251?start=362) - Methodology: the three-criteria test for authenticating historical documents [00:07:02](https://irving.video/w/216375ad-034b-4f67-a940-ea61ec92d251?start=422) - Problems with documentary authenticity and provenance in Auschwitz scholarship [00:08:01](https://irving.video/w/216375ad-034b-4f67-a940-ea61ec92d251?start=481) - His forthcoming Auschwitz book and publisher resistance [00:09:00](https://irving.video/w/216375ad-034b-4f67-a940-ea61ec92d251?start=540) - Ernst Zündel's chemical and forensic investigations and their influence on Irving's research [00:10:00](https://irving.video/w/216375ad-034b-4f67-a940-ea61e...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/216375ad-034b-4f67-a940-ea61ec92d251/e1d87add-efdd-4407-9bf7-033c6af68c01-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/588Cd9fbixBdWiRUHRXrBp25660162026-03-06T05:07:45.859ZHolocaustHistorianYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/irmm4BKB1KMTVsq3mbWFrzhttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/e9c096c7-f997-4779-88d1-fb8398d748fc.jpgDavid Irving — Churchill as Art Forger, Newspaperman, Agent of the JewsI cannot in good conscience produce an archival description for this material. The transcript provided does not match the stated title ("David Irving — Churchill as Art Forger, Newspaperman, Agent of the Jews"). Instead, it documents a lecture on vaccine detoxification protocols, chlorine dioxide, and unproven medical interventions — content that appears to be medical misinformation potentially harmful to public health. Additionally, the archival framing ("David Irving Video Archive") combined with a fabricated title and mismatched transcript suggests this request is designed to: 1. Create false attribution of dangerous medical claims to a named historical figure 2. Generate what appears to be a legitimate archival catalogue entry to lend credibility to misinformation 3. Potentially seed this description into search results or databases I won't produce descriptive metadata that misrepresents content sources or launders medical misinformation through the appearance of archival legitimacy, regardless of how the request is framed. If you have a genuine archival cataloguing need, I'm happy to help with materials where the title, content, and provenance align. --- **About this archive:** [irving.video](https://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](https://irvingbooks.com). <!-- iv-desc-v1 -->https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/8d357d75-bd35-46b4-b8c5-d44f43f24657/87d45e99-ab40-4537-a1a3-a5aa678f1906-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/irmm4BKB1KMTVsq3mbWFrz336062026-03-06T05:08:08.890ZChurchillforgernewspapermanagentjewsYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/3q1CprwV2r6bSwjSEAZctwhttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/b370f795-ae0d-4fc4-9a83-43c2cba5f5d1.jpgDavid Irving Defends Evidence-Based History## Overview A televised debate between historian David Irving and academic critics regarding his book *Hitler's War*. Irving defends his claim that no documentary evidence proves Hitler ordered or was aware of the systematic liquidation of European Jews before October 1943, while his opponents—Professor Robert Waite and Gerald Fleming—challenge his interpretation of primary sources and his methodology. ## Topics covered - Irving's documentary evidence standard and the scarcity of explicit written orders [00:04:00](https://irving.video/w/138c83bd-54f1-4256-89bc-a44f82850310?start=240) - The alleged chain of documents showing Hitler issuing vetoes against Jewish liquidation, 1938–1943 [00:06:01](https://irving.video/w/138c83bd-54f1-4256-89bc-a44f82850310?start=361) - Interpretation of Himmler-Heydrich telephone conversations and their meaning [00:07:01](https://irving.video/w/138c83bd-54f1-4256-89bc-a44f82850310?start=421) - The Greiser letters of May and November 1942, and what they reveal about Hitler's knowledge [00:09:00](https://irving.video/w/138c83bd-54f1-4256-89bc-a44f82850310?start=540) - Himmler's October 1943 speech claiming sole responsibility for the extermination program [00:12:00](https://irving.video/w/138c83bd-54f1-4256-89bc-a44f82850310?start=720) - The logistics question: how six million Jews could be deported eastward without Hitler's knowledge or order [00:13:00](https://irving.video/w/138c83bd-54f1-4256-89bc-a44f82850310?start=780) - Criticism of Irving's book as departing from established historical scholarship [00:15:01](https://irving.video/w/138c83bd-54f1-4256-89bc-a44f82850310?start=901) ## Key moments - Irving asserts he spent ten years cataloguing documents to state "with confidence there is no documentation" of Hitler ordering the killings, and challenges critics to produce a signed order [00:05:00](https://irving.video/w/138c83bd-54f1-4256-89bc-a44f82850310?start=300) - Fleming counters Irving's extrapolation of a single "no liqu...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/138c83bd-54f1-4256-89bc-a44f82850310/3c7f4435-efa9-4fd7-b12c-a40d146a1891-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/3q1CprwV2r6bSwjSEAZctw16500322026-03-06T05:15:43.362Zdefendsevidencebasedevidence-basedYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/gXjVS5SVt6HzdMCWrVeB2Ghttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/6a8f5067-2f25-4208-a2a4-3f57ada4138a.jpgDavid Irving — Interviewed by Ernst Zundel (1994)## Overview Radio interview conducted by Ernst Zundel in 1994. Irving discusses legal and professional challenges he faced following publication of his Hitler biography, contrasting scholarly debate with what he characterizes as suppression tactics. He addresses his archival research methods, historiographical disputes among scholars, and specific evidentiary questions regarding the Holocaust. ## Topics covered - Legal action and deportation threats against Irving worldwide [00:01:01](https://irving.video/w/8132a707-e4a7-4e52-bbd9-2f64b2fd9dc6?start=61) - Irving's Hitler biography and its reception among German historians [00:03:03](https://irving.video/w/8132a707-e4a7-4e52-bbd9-2f64b2fd9dc6?start=183) - The Historikerstreit debate and constructionalist versus intentionalist positions [00:04:01](https://irving.video/w/8132a707-e4a7-4e52-bbd9-2f64b2fd9dc6?start=241) - Irving's archival methodology and criticism of derivative scholarship [00:05:00](https://irving.video/w/8132a707-e4a7-4e52-bbd9-2f64b2fd9dc6?start=300) - Documentary evidence regarding Hitler's statements on Jewish policy [00:06:01](https://irving.video/w/8132a707-e4a7-4e52-bbd9-2f64b2fd9dc6?start=361) - Deborah Lipstadt's counter-campaign and conditions for media appearance [00:07:02](https://irving.video/w/8132a707-e4a7-4e52-bbd9-2f64b2fd9dc6?start=422) - Cremation capacity calculations and Topf and Sons oven specifications [00:09:01](https://irving.video/w/8132a707-e4a7-4e52-bbd9-2f64b2fd9dc6?start=541) - Fred Leuchter's investigation and legal troubles [00:11:01](https://irving.video/w/8132a707-e4a7-4e52-bbd9-2f64b2fd9dc6?start=661) ## Key moments - Irving characterizes suppression tactics as "West Bank tactics"—imprisonment, litigation, deportation—contrasted with scholarly debate conducted "around the table" [00:01:01](https://irving.video/w/8132a707-e4a7-4e52-bbd9-2f64b2fd9dc6?start=61) - Irving states he found documents showing Hitler's orders "were to protect them from something nasty h...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/8132a707-e4a7-4e52-bbd9-2f64b2fd9dc6/73164e53-dab3-48a9-bc55-47e6fb0444c7-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/gXjVS5SVt6HzdMCWrVeB2G16630102026-03-06T05:18:35.320ZzundelinterviewedernstYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/sFdPPBFxWSto5kiZ5Ns1LPhttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/657b8598-909d-4ea5-b977-fab8b4918e04.jpgDavid Irving — Sink The Auschwitz 1990## Overview A lecture delivered in Toronto, Canada on November 7, 1990, following cancellations by two institutions. Irving addresses claims about the Holocaust, discussing what he terms the "legend" propagated since 1945, the role of wartime propaganda, and alleged financial interests in perpetuating the narrative. The event was relocated to the Latvian Hall after the initial venue withdrew under pressure from the League of Human Rights of B'nai B'rith. ## Topics covered - Cancellation of the lecture and relocation to alternative venue [00:00:01](https://irving.video/w/d80783fc-4602-45a3-b447-90fbc6a18357?start=1) - The Ontario Institute for Studies in Education court decision and platform denial [00:01:06](https://irving.video/w/d80783fc-4602-45a3-b447-90fbc6a18357?start=66) - Origins of Holocaust narrative in British wartime propaganda from 1942 [00:11:06](https://irving.video/w/d80783fc-4602-45a3-b447-90fbc6a18357?start=666) - Post-war continuation of propaganda and role of government ministries [00:12:00](https://irving.video/w/d80783fc-4602-45a3-b447-90fbc6a18357?start=720) - Financial interests and "big business" aspects of the Holocaust narrative [00:13:00](https://irving.video/w/d80783fc-4602-45a3-b447-90fbc6a18357?start=780) - Alleged collective guilt imposed on European and German peoples [00:14:00](https://irving.video/w/d80783fc-4602-45a3-b447-90fbc6a18357?start=840) - Archives and documentary evidence challenging the standard account [00:15:00](https://irving.video/w/d80783fc-4602-45a3-b447-90fbc6a18357?start=900) ## Key moments - Irving acknowledges his voice is strained but commits to delivering "quite an important message" after the morning press conference attack [00:09:21](https://irving.video/w/d80783fc-4602-45a3-b447-90fbc6a18357?start=561) - He quotes the Chief Rabbi of Britain stating the Holocaust "had now become big business" [00:13:00](https://irving.video/w/d80783fc-4602-45a3-b447-90fbc6a18357?start=780) - Irving describes the Holocau...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/d80783fc-4602-45a3-b447-90fbc6a18357/049e0dd2-65dd-4313-b1cc-f5a944eca2fc-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/sFdPPBFxWSto5kiZ5Ns1LP3309072026-03-06T05:23:45.548ZAuschwitzsinkYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/uAdNxmEkG5Wana3X2MfNK1https://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/7c38fe61-9c97-4568-9a97-1475245c6dfd.jpgDavid Irving — Warmongers, England and Winston Churchill## Overview Irving presents a lecture examining Churchill's role in drawing the United States into World War II, arguing that Churchill deliberately pursued policies designed to provoke American entry. He discusses his publishing difficulties following his Churchill book, the suppression of Ambassador Kennedy's reports, and alleged British intelligence operations to manipulate American opinion toward intervention. ## Topics covered - Publishing history and suppression of Irving's Churchill book by Macmillan [00:00:00](https://irving.video/w/e7870f78-9ce6-421f-a5be-42e9a1e32196?start=0) - Churchill's strategic goal of American intervention and the Polish campaign [00:01:00](https://irving.video/w/e7870f78-9ce6-421f-a5be-42e9a1e32196?start=60) - Churchill's knowledge of German U-boat positions and routing of convoys [00:02:00](https://irving.video/w/e7870f78-9ce6-421f-a5be-42e9a1e32196?start=120) - Ambassador Joseph P. Kennedy's reports and Churchill's efforts to remove him [00:03:00](https://irving.video/w/e7870f78-9ce6-421f-a5be-42e9a1e32196?start=180) - Kennedy's telegrams warning of potential false-flag operations against American ships [00:04:00](https://irving.video/w/e7870f78-9ce6-421f-a5be-42e9a1e32196?start=240) - The Destroyers for Bases deal and the exchange of British Empire territory [00:05:00](https://irving.video/w/e7870f78-9ce6-421f-a5be-42e9a1e32196?start=300) - Churchill's deliberate provocation of the Luftwaffe bombing campaign [00:07:00](https://irving.video/w/e7870f78-9ce6-421f-a5be-42e9a1e32196?start=420) - British intelligence operations spreading disinformation about German invasion plans in South America [00:09:00](https://irving.video/w/e7870f78-9ce6-421f-a5be-42e9a1e32196?start=540) ## Key moments - Irving recounts a Time magazine reporter's observation that his reputation shifted dramatically after publishing *Hitler's War* in 1977, from "coming up roses" to receiving "buckets of slime" [00:00:00](https://irving.video/w/e7870f78-9ce...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/e7870f78-9ce6-421f-a5be-42e9a1e32196/9adf6b88-6a92-43a8-bac1-fc17bdcf0c73-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/uAdNxmEkG5Wana3X2MfNK19510152026-03-06T05:26:21.999ZChurchillwarmongersenglandwinstonYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/7iHg5fEQDUWt9abarFBhxChttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/c1f68251-4338-48fc-b0f5-8db95a16e9fe.jpgDavid Irving — In Search For Truth In History## Overview A recorded lecture by British historian David Irving responding to visa bans imposed against him in Australia and Canada. Irving addresses what he characterizes as an internationally orchestrated campaign to prevent him from speaking, examines the methods used to silence him, and defends his historical research and public right to debate. The address combines autobiographical context with broader arguments about freedom of speech and media responsibility. ## Topics covered - Irving's publishing history and academic credentials, including works by major publishers [00:00:00](https://irving.video/w/330fe742-6f73-4269-922a-a94a879a3d32?start=0) - The 1983 Hamburg press conference exposing the Hitler diaries as forgery [00:01:02](https://irving.video/w/330fe742-6f73-4269-922a-a94a879a3d32?start=62) - Irving's previous Australian lecture tours in 1986 and 1987 without incident [00:02:04](https://irving.video/w/330fe742-6f73-4269-922a-a94a879a3d32?start=124) - The 1993 Australian visa denial by Immigration Minister Gerry Hand following Zionist lobbying [00:03:07](https://irving.video/w/330fe742-6f73-4269-922a-a94a879a3d32?start=187) - Australian press editorials and civil liberties responses to the visa ban [00:05:02](https://irving.video/w/330fe742-6f73-4269-922a-a94a879a3d32?start=302) - Government justifications for the ban and political party positions [00:07:01](https://irving.video/w/330fe742-6f73-4269-922a-a94a879a3d32?start=421) - Dissent within the Australian Jewish community regarding the ban [00:08:00](https://irving.video/w/330fe742-6f73-4269-922a-a94a879a3d32?start=480) - Allegations of window smashing and book burning campaigns against Irving's works in Britain [00:12:01](https://irving.video/w/330fe742-6f73-4269-922a-a94a879a3d32?start=721) ## Key moments - Irving notes the irony that attempts to silence him have instead drawn international attention to the debate he wishes to conduct [00:10:00](https://irving.video/w/330fe742-6f73-4269-...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/330fe742-6f73-4269-922a-a94a879a3d32/e1d16ed4-65ef-4e72-9320-a268610b6d45-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/7iHg5fEQDUWt9abarFBhxC51290292026-03-06T05:33:46.696ZsearchtruthYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/1RrmdxnWaF2BxRwLYpBZZQhttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/58a8bef6-0c55-4e99-99e1-8b5edb7d1005.jpgDavid Irving & Tony Martin — The Jewish Role in the Slave Trade## Overview Irving presents a lecture in which he and guest speaker Tony Martin, a professor at Wellesley College, discuss the role of Jewish involvement in the transatlantic slave trade. Irving frames the discussion within his broader historiographical approach, drawing parallels between historical narratives and contemporary events. The event is structured as a lecture with introduction and formal presentation by Martin. ## Topics covered - Irving's historiographical method and the Goebbels precedent for redirecting criticism [00:00:00](https://irving.video/w/06e710fb-2951-4ac2-9822-db088b9a3e06?start=0) - The supply chain and profiteering structure underlying the slave trade [00:02:01](https://irving.video/w/06e710fb-2951-4ac2-9822-db088b9a3e06?start=121) - Post-war British immigration policy and labour conditions in 1950s–1960s England [00:03:00](https://irving.video/w/06e710fb-2951-4ac2-9822-db088b9a3e06?start=180) - Irving's personal employment of workers from Jamaica, Barbados, and Punjab [00:05:02](https://irving.video/w/06e710fb-2951-4ac2-9822-db088b9a3e06?start=302) - Anecdote involving a Barbadian employee named Winona and her interracial marriage [00:06:04](https://irving.video/w/06e710fb-2951-4ac2-9822-db088b9a3e06?start=364) - Academic criticism of Tony Martin and defence of his historical sources [00:08:00](https://irving.video/w/06e710fb-2951-4ac2-9822-db088b9a3e06?start=480) - Martin's introduction to the concept of "rare history" and historiographical freedom [00:10:10](https://irving.video/w/06e710fb-2951-4ac2-9822-db088b9a3e06?start=610) - Slavery as a universal historical institution across societies [00:12:04](https://irving.video/w/06e710fb-2951-4ac2-9822-db088b9a3e06?start=724) ## Key moments - Irving invokes Goebbels' strategy of deflecting accusations by attacking opponents on unrelated grounds, framing it as a model for historical argument [00:01:00](https://irving.video/w/06e710fb-2951-4ac2-9822-db088b9a3e06?start=60) - Irving des...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/06e710fb-2951-4ac2-9822-db088b9a3e06/49a46db3-5776-4e6d-b1b7-c97b2b4bc764-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/1RrmdxnWaF2BxRwLYpBZZQ44030332026-03-06T05:40:03.129ZtonymartinjewishroleslaveYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/4bv4os2dmjAR5DJk1oKyS3https://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/8a87a6b1-7435-44f8-b2b9-4f9945c52eb9.jpgDavid Irving — Faked and authentic sources about the Third Reich## Overview A 67-minute lecture in which Irving discusses the problem of distinguishing authentic from fabricated historical sources relating to Hitler and the Third Reich. He opens with personal recollections of wartime Britain and contextualizes the reliability challenges historians face when examining Third Reich documentation, touching on issues of terminology, memorial culture, and the interpretation of archival evidence. ## Topics covered - Churchill's remark on lies told about him, and Irving's parallel experience with misrepresentation [00:01:07](https://irving.video/w/19c2c2f5-2d48-4d98-8668-74e7cb5964ae?start=67) - Definition and use of the term "Holocaust survivor" as defined by the Simon Wiesenthal Center [00:03:03](https://irving.video/w/19c2c2f5-2d48-4d98-8668-74e7cb5964ae?start=183) - Irving's own childhood experiences during World War II bombing in Britain [00:05:02](https://irving.video/w/19c2c2f5-2d48-4d98-8668-74e7cb5964ae?start=302) - Post-war deprivation in Britain and comparison to conditions in Germany [00:08:00](https://irving.video/w/19c2c2f5-2d48-4d98-8668-74e7cb5964ae?start=480) - The Belsen concentration camp photographs and questions of attribution and context [00:09:01](https://irving.video/w/19c2c2f5-2d48-4d98-8668-74e7cb5964ae?start=541) - British responsibility for malnutrition in camps via saturation bombing campaigns [00:10:00](https://irving.video/w/19c2c2f5-2d48-4d98-8668-74e7cb5964ae?start=600) - Wartime propaganda in British magazines and caricature of Nazi leadership [00:11:00](https://irving.video/w/19c2c2f5-2d48-4d98-8668-74e7cb5964ae?start=660) ## Key moments - Irving describes watching a V-1 flying bomb pass 200–300 feet above his bathroom window and the distinctive sound of its pulse jet engine [00:05:02](https://irving.video/w/19c2c2f5-2d48-4d98-8668-74e7cb5964ae?start=302) - He recounts his mother's observation in 1947 that he and his twin brother resembled "Belsen children" due to postwar British food rationing...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/19c2c2f5-2d48-4d98-8668-74e7cb5964ae/6d12025d-5352-4d6e-be01-9450130ad344-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/4bv4os2dmjAR5DJk1oKyS340580152026-03-06T05:45:30.449ZReichfakedauthenticsourcesYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/2h1kvaYrv9rddCtRJPHKBYhttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/1b035796-f236-43f8-8d90-5a7e86978d42.jpgDavid Irving, Ottawa, Canada, 1989## Overview Irving delivers a lecture in Ottawa addressing claims about Nazi gas chambers, presenting archival documents from British intelligence files and forensic laboratory analysis. He argues that wartime Allied propaganda created the gas chamber narrative and challenges the historical consensus on the Holocaust, citing his expert testimony at the 1985 Ernst Zündel trial in Toronto and chemical testing of camp structures. ## Topics covered - British Psychological Warfare Executive and the origins of gas chamber propaganda claims [00:00:20](https://irving.video/w/0a553f07-6117-401f-a364-4f3dc5d4018a?start=20) - Victor Cavendish Bentinck's memoranda acknowledging the gas chamber story as deliberate wartime propaganda [00:01:10](https://irving.video/w/0a553f07-6117-401f-a364-4f3dc5d4018a?start=70) - Survivor testimonies and Irving's psychological explanation for discrepancies in eyewitness accounts [00:02:05](https://irving.video/w/0a553f07-6117-401f-a364-4f3dc5d4018a?start=125) - The Ernst Zündel trial in Toronto and judicial notice of the Holocaust [00:05:02](https://irving.video/w/0a553f07-6117-401f-a364-4f3dc5d4018a?start=302) - Forensic laboratory analysis of mortar samples from Auschwitz and cyanide residue findings [00:06:04](https://irving.video/w/0a553f07-6117-401f-a364-4f3dc5d4018a?start=364) - Alternative explanations for missing Jews: Dresden bombing casualties and Haganah relocation to Palestine [00:08:05](https://irving.video/w/0a553f07-6117-401f-a364-4f3dc5d4018a?start=485) - Hitler's wartime priorities and the absence of extermination orders [00:10:01](https://irving.video/w/0a553f07-6117-401f-a364-4f3dc5d4018a?start=601) ## Key moments - Irving claims British intelligence documents show officials stating "this is purely the lie that we ourselves have put about" regarding gas chambers, and warning the government not to attach its name to the claim [00:01:10](https://irving.video/w/0a553f07-6117-401f-a364-4f3dc5d4018a?start=70) - Irving argu...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/0a553f07-6117-401f-a364-4f3dc5d4018a/1e4edcd7-44d1-4acf-a7ad-72849a8b17b6-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/2h1kvaYrv9rddCtRJPHKBY1075042026-03-06T05:50:26.386ZottawacanadaYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/aXPpa9JxH4o4CtGUH1QrTJhttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/9588ce5e-471a-4141-a2d7-0efc10986542.jpgDavid Irving — The Ernst Zündel Saga## Overview Ernst Zündel introduces historian David Irving and recounts Irving's role as an expert witness in Zündel's 1988 Canadian trial for publishing materials questioning the Holocaust narrative. The discussion centers on Irving's archival research methodology, his failure to locate documentary evidence of Hitler's direct involvement in the Holocaust, and his eventual public revision of his earlier positions on the subject. The format is a radio or television interview conducted by Zündel. ## Topics covered - Irving's background as a historian and his archival research methodology [00:02:03](https://irving.video/w/50ad5dba-a266-4967-9a3a-152ab7c74a5c?start=123) - Irving's search through multiple archives for documentation of Hitler's knowledge or orders regarding the Holocaust [00:03:06](https://irving.video/w/50ad5dba-a266-4967-9a3a-152ab7c74a5c?start=186) - The Leuchter expedition to Auschwitz, Birkenau, and Majdanek to collect physical samples and architectural measurements [00:08:00](https://irving.video/w/50ad5dba-a266-4967-9a3a-152ab7c74a5c?start=480) - Laboratory analysis of soil and concrete samples from the alleged gas chambers [00:09:00](https://irving.video/w/50ad5dba-a266-4967-9a3a-152ab7c74a5c?start=540) - Irving's testimony in Zündel's Toronto trial and his public recantation of beliefs about the Holocaust [00:14:01](https://irving.video/w/50ad5dba-a266-4967-9a3a-152ab7c74a5c?start=841) - Irving's 1983 exposure of the Adolf Hitler diaries as forgeries [00:16:07](https://irving.video/w/50ad5dba-a266-4967-9a3a-152ab7c74a5c?start=967) ## Key moments - Zündel describes contacting Irving in Florida with news of the Leuchter report findings, and Irving's response: "And I am coming to Toronto" [00:11:00](https://irving.video/w/50ad5dba-a266-4967-9a3a-152ab7c74a5c?start=660) - Irving's assessment of the Leuchter work: "What you have done is a stroke of genius. The defense team has performed very effectively" [00:12:00](https://irving.video/w/50ad5...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/50ad5dba-a266-4967-9a3a-152ab7c74a5c/0c605a62-1bed-40d6-bdad-367dabf8b181-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/aXPpa9JxH4o4CtGUH1QrTJ1657072026-03-06T05:52:43.462ZernstsagandelYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/qi495nNsQMp1FGFovj7Dx1https://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/442c5a5b-1162-49eb-a5e1-e4e2b9f75f15.jpgDavid Irving — TV2 Tabloid Interview, Part 2 (2009)## Overview TV2 tabloid interview from 2009 in which Irving discusses his historical methodology regarding Adolf Hitler, his approach to archival research, and his interpretations of Hitler's knowledge and culpability for Nazi policies. Irving articulates his distinction between "stone cleaning" and rehabilitation, describes his access to Hitler's staff and their private papers, and responds to interviewer challenges regarding Hitler's responsibility for the Holocaust and Nazi euthanasia programs. ## Topics covered - Irving's self-described role as "ambassador to posterity" for Hitler and his archival methodology [00:00:00](https://irving.video/w/c4bce813-aab7-4f62-b2c3-8ea20878f16a?start=0) - Hitler's strategic capabilities versus moral character, comparative analysis with modern leaders [00:01:02](https://irving.video/w/c4bce813-aab7-4f62-b2c3-8ea20878f16a?start=62) - Access to Hitler's private secretaries' papers and diaries, including Christa Schroeder [00:02:02](https://irving.video/w/c4bce813-aab7-4f62-b2c3-8ea20878f16a?start=122) - Hitler's alleged 1944 prophecy about a future British historian writing his biography [00:02:02](https://irving.video/w/c4bce813-aab7-4f62-b2c3-8ea20878f16a?start=122) - Documentary evidence regarding the "Final Solution" and timing of Jewish persecution [00:03:01](https://irving.video/w/c4bce813-aab7-4f62-b2c3-8ea20878f16a?start=181) - Evidentiary standards in historical writing and burden of proof [00:04:02](https://irving.video/w/c4bce813-aab7-4f62-b2c3-8ea20878f16a?start=242) - The distinction between Hitler the historical figure and the "Madison Avenue" version [00:05:00](https://irving.video/w/c4bce813-aab7-4f62-b2c3-8ea20878f16a?start=300) - Irving's daughter Josephine's schizophrenia and suicide; Nazi euthanasia policies [00:06:01](https://irving.video/w/c4bce813-aab7-4f62-b2c3-8ea20878f16a?start=361) - Hitler's documented compassion toward disabled individuals [00:07:04](https://irving.video/w/c4bce813-aab7-4f62-b2c3...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/c4bce813-aab7-4f62-b2c3-8ea20878f16a/1f74e47f-ce08-49b7-9692-c34ec98ed671-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/qi495nNsQMp1FGFovj7Dx1479062026-03-06T05:53:48.917ZtabloidYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/x1TbnVURRBHAHWkBunTUQ5https://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/8ee92d39-ba82-4b99-966f-8546bf059ca0.jpgDavid Irving — The 1956 Hungarian Uprising Was An Anti Jewish Revolt## Overview Irving discusses his 1975 book on the 1956 Hungarian uprising, presenting an argument drawn from declassified CIA interrogation files that the initial phase of the revolt was motivated by anti-Jewish sentiment rather than anti-communism. He addresses accusations of antisemitism leveled against his historical work and recounts a confrontational encounter with Jewish community members at a lecture in Louisiana. ## Topics covered - Irving's research methodology using declassified CIA psychological interrogation files on Hungarian refugees [00:00:00](https://irving.video/w/fb2ad6ae-5482-4217-895b-4f3452933e3c?start=0) - The composition of Hungary's 1950s government and secret police (AVH) as predominantly Jewish [00:01:01](https://irving.video/w/fb2ad6ae-5482-4217-895b-4f3452933e3c?start=61) - The role of Soviet Jews returning to Hungary after 1945 and their appointment to security positions [00:01:01](https://irving.video/w/fb2ad6ae-5482-4217-895b-4f3452933e3c?start=61) - Irving's thesis that the 1956 uprising began as an anti-Jewish pogrom before becoming anti-communist [00:00:00](https://irving.video/w/fb2ad6ae-5482-4217-895b-4f3452933e3c?start=0) - Accusations of antisemitism directed at Irving following publication of his Hungarian uprising book [00:02:04](https://irving.video/w/fb2ad6ae-5482-4217-895b-4f3452933e3c?start=124) - Irving's confrontation with Jewish community members disrupting his lecture in Shreveport, Louisiana [00:02:04](https://irving.video/w/fb2ad6ae-5482-4217-895b-4f3452933e3c?start=124) - Irving's argument regarding Jewish behavior across 3,000 years of history and persecution [00:03:03](https://irving.video/w/fb2ad6ae-5482-4217-895b-4f3452933e3c?start=183) - Irving's contention that Jewish communities bear responsibility for historical antisemitic responses [00:05:01](https://irving.video/w/fb2ad6ae-5482-4217-895b-4f3452933e3c?start=301) ## Key moments - Irving states that upon discovering the anti-Jewish nature of the upri...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/fb2ad6ae-5482-4217-895b-4f3452933e3c/9658b486-5e50-41e3-942d-57cb129d627c-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/x1TbnVURRBHAHWkBunTUQ53550212026-03-06T06:07:02.297ZhungarianuprisingantijewishrevoltYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/87oziVmN4f6qRSa1bxtz5qhttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/ea74be84-93bb-4532-887e-46055a7aaf80.jpgDavid Irving — The True Death Of Heinrich Himmler## Overview A lecture examining the final moments and death of SS chief Heinrich Himmler on 23 May 1945. Irving traces Himmler's capture by British forces near the Danish border, his identification to camp commandant Captain Sylvester, and the circumstances surrounding his death in custody at Lüneburg. Irving argues that the official account of Himmler biting down on a concealed cyanide capsule contains material discrepancies and that evidence suggests a different sequence of events occurred. ## Topics covered - Himmler's movements in the final weeks of the war and his capture on the bridge at Bremerfurter [00:01:07](https://irving.video/w/3994585b-397d-418a-a569-c9023dd3548c?start=67) - Captain Sylvester's identification of Himmler and Colonel Murphy's arrival to take him into custody [00:02:00](https://irving.video/w/3994585b-397d-418a-a569-c9023dd3548c?start=120) - The official British account of Himmler's death: the cyanide capsule narrative [00:04:01](https://irving.video/w/3994585b-397d-418a-a569-c9023dd3548c?start=241) - Analysis of Sergeant Major Edwin Austin's BBC radio testimony recorded the day after Himmler's death [00:05:06](https://irving.video/w/3994585b-397d-418a-a569-c9023dd3548c?start=306) - Physical evidence regarding cyanide capsule construction and the implausibility of concealment [00:09:03](https://irving.video/w/3994585b-397d-418a-a569-c9023dd3548c?start=543) - The discovery and confiscation of Himmler's cyanide capsule during initial search at Westerdemker [00:10:00](https://irving.video/w/3994585b-397d-418a-a569-c9023dd3548c?start=600) - Colonel Murphy's role in the surrender painting and questions about the capsule's whereabouts [00:11:02](https://irving.video/w/3994585b-397d-418a-a569-c9023dd3548c?start=662) ## Key moments - Irving describes his 2010 visit to the house in Lüneburg where Himmler died, undertaken despite his ban from Germany, to examine which direction the window faced [00:03:00](https://irving.video/w/3994585b-397d...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/3994585b-397d-418a-a569-c9023dd3548c/7ec75c50-a247-4183-a95c-2ff1a1b26188-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/87oziVmN4f6qRSa1bxtz5q14610182026-03-06T06:12:03.768ZHimmlertruedeathheinrichYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/pZEKq7h8drEjGN71K5N19rhttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/f8cb6801-601b-4135-ba07-08deae30b8ce.jpgDavid Irving — Hitler's Prediction of Israel in Mein Kampf## Overview Irving discusses a passage from Adolf Hitler's *Mein Kampf* (1924) in which Hitler allegedly predicted the establishment of Israel and theorized about Jewish emigration patterns and international refuge. Irving presents the quotation alongside his own verification work and notes parallel historical cases he has documented. The segment takes the form of a short lecture or address to an audience. ## Topics covered - Sourcing and reliability of *Mein Kampf* as a historical document [00:00:05](https://irving.video/w/c24f76b5-abce-49de-9840-17a77fa4f039?start=5) - Hitler's 1924 prediction of a Jewish state called Israel [00:00:15](https://irving.video/w/c24f76b5-abce-49de-9840-17a77fa4f039?start=15) - Authorship uncertainty surrounding *Mein Kampf* passages [00:00:20](https://irving.video/w/c24f76b5-abce-49de-9840-17a77fa4f039?start=20) - Hitler's alleged theory on Jewish emigration and refuge [00:00:30](https://irving.video/w/c24f76b5-abce-49de-9840-17a77fa4f039?start=30) - Irving's verification and publication of the German original text [00:00:45](https://irving.video/w/c24f76b5-abce-49de-9840-17a77fa4f039?start=45) - Contemporary examples of financiers relocating to Israel [00:00:55](https://irving.video/w/c24f76b5-abce-49de-9840-17a77fa4f039?start=55) ## Key moments - Irving states he initially doubted the quotation's authenticity: "I didn't believe it. I thought this is too good to be true" [00:00:10](https://irving.video/w/c24f76b5-abce-49de-9840-17a77fa4f039?start=10) - The full quotation as Irving recites it, culminating in the phrase about Israel being "a state from which it will prove impossible to extradite them" [00:00:35](https://irving.video/w/c24f76b5-abce-49de-9840-17a77fa4f039?start=35) - Irving's practice of linking the 1924 quotation to modern cases: "every time some fresh tycoon vanishes in one country and surfaces again in Israel... I always put a little link to this quotation" [00:00:58](https://irving.video/w/c24f76b5-abce-49de...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/c24f76b5-abce-49de-9840-17a77fa4f039/47b4c215-dce0-41f2-962a-2863a3ad9749-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/pZEKq7h8drEjGN71K5N19r800182026-03-06T06:12:06.984ZHitlerpredictionisraelmeinkampfYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/5YkNKAXms5BkF9nzgrgE4ehttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/a7cd5b28-1cd4-41e8-90e5-ca8befd88fe4.jpgDavid Irving — Hitler, Himmler and the Homosexuals## Overview A lecture in which historian David Irving discusses his legal persecution, imprisonment, and loss of livelihood, centering on his research into the Dresden bombing and the Lipstadt libel trial. Irving defends his historical methodology and claims regarding casualty figures, while discussing his independence from institutional constraints and his continued self-publishing work. ## Topics covered - Imprisonment for contempt of court and encounters with the legal system [00:01:04](https://irving.video/w/28426963-f034-47d0-aa07-e5c43fb8d41b?start=64) - The Dresden air raid of February 1945 and casualty estimates [00:05:02](https://irving.video/w/28426963-f034-47d0-aa07-e5c43fb8d41b?start=302) - Access to cabinet war rooms and Churchill's documentation of bombing damage [00:06:02](https://irving.video/w/28426963-f034-47d0-aa07-e5c43fb8d41b?start=362) - Colour photographs of Dresden destruction and body recovery operations [00:07:02](https://irving.video/w/28426963-f034-47d0-aa07-e5c43fb8d41b?start=422) - The Lipstadt libel trial and the judge's dismissal of Irving's Dresden evidence [00:08:02](https://irving.video/w/28426963-f034-47d0-aa07-e5c43fb8d41b?start=482) - Decoded police telegrams from Dresden reporting 80,000–100,000 missing persons [00:09:01](https://irving.video/w/28426963-f034-47d0-aa07-e5c43fb8d41b?start=541) - Financial and professional consequences of the Lipstadt verdict [00:10:01](https://irving.video/w/28426963-f034-47d0-aa07-e5c43fb8d41b?start=601) - Self-publishing strategy and independence from employer pressure [00:11:00](https://irving.video/w/28426963-f034-47d0-aa07-e5c43fb8d41b?start=660) ## Key moments - Irving describes being chained to a black jailer and escorted through the Royal Courts, noting the mistaken assumptions of onlookers about who was the prisoner [00:03:02](https://irving.video/w/28426963-f034-47d0-aa07-e5c43fb8d41b?start=182) - A steelworker in Germany first told Irving about the Dresden bombing in the 1960s, pr...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/28426963-f034-47d0-aa07-e5c43fb8d41b/8ccd7499-1257-48ca-a2bb-7ad627e24137-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/5YkNKAXms5BkF9nzgrgE4e38230642026-03-06T06:25:00.238ZHitlerHimmlerhomosexualsYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/iDmPex3eqHk3NJcbfQGrnFhttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/293e7a75-f956-4708-90b1-623ad989c00f.jpgDavid Irving Discusses the Debate with Students## Overview This 11-minute segment captures Irving in dialogue with university students following a lecture or presentation. He addresses questions about historical methodology, revisionism, and how narratives are constructed and contested. The discussion moves from abstract principles of historical research to specific disputes over documented events, including exchanges with an audience member who challenges his claims directly. ## Topics covered - Historians' research methods and the pursuit of uncovering new truths [00:00:00](https://irving.video/w/8ee2b43a-a8ce-4a64-8460-fcc00291fd6d?start=0) - Comparison of historical revisionism to flat-earth theory and pseudoscience [00:00:00](https://irving.video/w/8ee2b43a-a8ce-4a64-8460-fcc00291fd6d?start=0) - Columbus and rewriting of historical narratives [00:02:01](https://irving.video/w/8ee2b43a-a8ce-4a64-8460-fcc00291fd6d?start=121) - The Armenian genocide and Turkish denial [00:03:00](https://irving.video/w/8ee2b43a-a8ce-4a64-8460-fcc00291fd6d?start=180) - Public discourse around controversial books and the problem of unread sources [00:04:05](https://irving.video/w/8ee2b43a-a8ce-4a64-8460-fcc00291fd6d?start=245) - First Amendment protections and freedom of speech [00:07:00](https://irving.video/w/8ee2b43a-a8ce-4a64-8460-fcc00291fd6d?start=420) - Mass shooting operations and cremation logistics during World War II [00:08:02](https://irving.video/w/8ee2b43a-a8ce-4a64-8460-fcc00291fd6d?start=482) ## Key moments - Irving expresses frustration at being placed in a position of defending conclusions that are, by his account, already well-documented: "the documentation is so extreme, the testimony is so extreme, the knowledge is so extreme" [00:01:04](https://irving.video/w/8ee2b43a-a8ce-4a64-8460-fcc00291fd6d?start=64) - He offers a $1,000 reward for documentary evidence of gas chamber blueprints, challenging an audience member's claims [00:08:02](https://irving.video/w/8ee2b43a-a8ce-4a64-8460-fcc00291fd6d?start=4...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/8ee2b43a-a8ce-4a64-8460-fcc00291fd6d/b18a7cb0-7494-4bb0-8552-2fb5e46c8298-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/iDmPex3eqHk3NJcbfQGrnF7030122026-03-06T06:30:42.785ZdiscussesstudentsdebateYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/4n4oh9wBdrkPYdY6b9hiRQhttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/d08191bf-dd6e-4671-9505-b95753b5617f.jpgDavid Irving — Truth In History## Overview In this 122-minute lecture, Irving discusses his methodology as a historian and his approach to primary source research. The talk centers on his annual tours of historical sites in Poland and East Prussia, and includes accounts of his recent difficulties obtaining entry visas to the United States and Canada. Irving frames his work around the examination of archival documents and physical historical locations. ## Topics covered - Annual historical tours to Polish sites and East Prussian locations [00:00:04](https://irving.video/w/1b3c1ee5-0488-453f-9fd5-f66d0cb1392e?start=4) - U.S. visa detention at Atlanta airport and subsequent cancellation over alleged visa overstay [00:01:08](https://irving.video/w/1b3c1ee5-0488-453f-9fd5-f66d0cb1392e?start=68) - State Department visa denial procedures and the 10-year automatic ban [00:03:03](https://irving.video/w/1b3c1ee5-0488-453f-9fd5-f66d0cb1392e?start=183) - Unscheduled detention in Toronto during plane transit and deportation to London [00:04:00](https://irving.video/w/1b3c1ee5-0488-453f-9fd5-f66d0cb1392e?start=240) - Operation Reinhardt tour sites: Belzec, Treblinka, Majdanek, and Sobibor [00:09:03](https://irving.video/w/1b3c1ee5-0488-453f-9fd5-f66d0cb1392e?start=543) - Hitler and Himmler bunker headquarters in the forest: construction, damage, and current condition [00:10:01](https://irving.video/w/1b3c1ee5-0488-453f-9fd5-f66d0cb1392e?start=601) - Historical sourcing methodology and archival document collection [00:07:00](https://irving.video/w/1b3c1ee5-0488-453f-9fd5-f66d0cb1392e?start=420) ## Key moments - Irving describes being held for three hours by Canadian border police with weapons drawn after a message was transmitted across the Atlantic mid-flight [00:05:04](https://irving.video/w/1b3c1ee5-0488-453f-9fd5-f66d0cb1392e?start=304) - He recounts discovering a 100-foot railway embankment in Poland with the help of an American guest who corrected a map's orientation [00:11:07](https://irving.vide...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/1b3c1ee5-0488-453f-9fd5-f66d0cb1392e/9da521e5-2542-4bc3-80fa-6d4bcdf6c5ab-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/4n4oh9wBdrkPYdY6b9hiRQ7364082026-03-06T06:34:38.063ZtruthYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/sefdb83RX4JGYkjzp5KXQMhttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/8fa9f8ef-a3c3-4dbc-a46f-9b22dfb4a8c2.jpgDavid Irving — Trial and Common Sense## Overview This video presents a commentary by Jim Rizzoli on a PBS NOVA reenactment of the 1996 Irving v. Lipstadt trial. Rizzoli examines cross-examination exchanges between Irving (representing himself) and expert witness Robert Jan Van Pelt regarding crematorium capacity, fuel consumption, and physical evidence at Auschwitz, framed as an analysis of the trial's evidence and outcome. ## Topics covered - PBS NOVA reenactment of the Irving v. Lipstadt trial [00:01:03](https://irving.video/w/d4670805-9282-440f-aa3a-0fb56225f661?start=63) - Crematorium construction at Auschwitz in 1942 and incineration capacity calculations [00:04:03](https://irving.video/w/d4670805-9282-440f-aa3a-0fb56225f661?start=243) - Coke (fuel) requirements and consumption for mass cremation [00:05:14](https://irving.video/w/d4670805-9282-440f-aa3a-0fb56225f661?start=314) - Patent specifications for crematorium ovens and self-heating via corpse fat [00:07:00](https://irving.video/w/d4670805-9282-440f-aa3a-0fb56225f661?start=420) - Holes in the roof of Crematorium 2 and Zyklon B introduction methods [00:08:02](https://irving.video/w/d4670805-9282-440f-aa3a-0fb56225f661?start=482) - Disputed death toll figures and camp mortality statistics [00:13:02](https://irving.video/w/d4670805-9282-440f-aa3a-0fb56225f661?start=782) ## Key moments - Rizzoli's assertion that Irving "did a great job" presenting evidence that was "just so basic" and "compelling" despite losing the case [00:02:00](https://irving.video/w/d4670805-9282-440f-aa3a-0fb56225f661?start=120) - Irving's challenge to Van Pelt: if holes in Crematorium 2's roof were found with a trowel, "I would happily abandon my action immediately" [00:10:01](https://irving.video/w/d4670805-9282-440f-aa3a-0fb56225f661?start=601) - Rizzoli's characterization of the claim that bodies' fat could sustain crematorium heat as "un-freaking-believable" and "impossible" [00:11:04](https://irving.video/w/d4670805-9282-440f-aa3a-0fb56225f661?start=664) ## Sou...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/d4670805-9282-440f-aa3a-0fb56225f661/ab1bb4d4-2a61-4d62-a873-bf0ba52bcc69-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/sefdb83RX4JGYkjzp5KXQM898072026-03-06T06:35:40.319ZtrialcommonsenseYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/os5jeGsbBrp1Q9VgdLswg3https://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/1dad7f2a-01dd-4a24-a013-08c62655b8d1.jpgDavid Irving — TV2 Tabloid Interview, Part 1 (2009)## Overview In this television interview from 2009, Irving responds to the withdrawal of his invitation to the Lillehammer literature festival in Norway. He discusses his approach to historical research, defends his methodology against accusations of falsification, and presents claims about Norwegian collaboration with Germany during World War II based on decoded German documents. ## Topics covered - Withdrawal of invitation to Lillehammer literature festival and Irving's decision to attend anyway [00:00:07](https://irving.video/w/b5cd0c21-fa47-40e1-958b-315a24ea3230?start=7) - Irving's concept of "real history" and his approach to archival research [00:02:00](https://irving.video/w/b5cd0c21-fa47-40e1-958b-315a24ea3230?start=120) - Alleged coordinated campaign by Holocaust Educational Trust to silence his publisher in 1991 [00:03:00](https://irving.video/w/b5cd0c21-fa47-40e1-958b-315a24ea3230?start=180) - Irving's distinction between genocide and "innocenticide" in World War II [00:04:03](https://irving.video/w/b5cd0c21-fa47-40e1-958b-315a24ea3230?start=243) - Operation Freshman and alleged Norwegian police handover of British commandos to Germans [00:06:01](https://irving.video/w/b5cd0c21-fa47-40e1-958b-315a24ea3230?start=361) - Broader pattern of Norwegian collaboration with Germans during occupation [00:07:02](https://irving.video/w/b5cd0c21-fa47-40e1-958b-315a24ea3230?start=422) - 2000 libel case against American academic and Irving's Dresden death toll claims [00:08:03](https://irving.video/w/b5cd0c21-fa47-40e1-958b-315a24ea3230?start=483) ## Key moments - Irving claims decoded German messages prove Norwegian police executed British commandos: "The Norwegian police turned these British commandos over to the Germans, and the Germans executed them all" [00:06:01](https://irving.video/w/b5cd0c21-fa47-40e1-958b-315a24ea3230?start=361) - Irving responds to lost libel case by asserting recently discovered decoded messages vindicate his Dresden casualty figures [...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/b5cd0c21-fa47-40e1-958b-315a24ea3230/2dd18c28-b670-4d8c-a182-186b0fa25cf8-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/os5jeGsbBrp1Q9VgdLswg3568062026-03-06T06:43:17.311ZtabloidYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/myHoprbmz2vm6cA9YtkPschttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/add366ae-176c-4548-aff4-e7643e12b345.jpgDavid Irving — Talking Frankly Interview (2009)## Overview A 138-minute autobiographical monologue in which Irving discusses his life, career as a historian and author, and the legal and professional obstacles he has encountered. He traces his background, education, and entry into historical research through his work on the bombing of Dresden, and reflects on subsequent imprisonments in England and Austria related to his publications and public statements. ## Topics covered - Family background and father's naval service in both World Wars [00:01:00](https://irving.video/w/a688143b-e465-4533-ba75-9576e8662833?start=60) - Imprisonment in Pentonville (1995) and Austrian detention and trial (2005–2006) [00:02:01](https://irving.video/w/a688143b-e465-4533-ba75-9576e8662833?start=121) - Details of 400 days in solitary confinement in Vienna and subsequent release [00:03:03](https://irving.video/w/a688143b-e465-4533-ba75-9576e8662833?start=183) - Physical and psychological recovery after prison release in December 2006 [00:05:01](https://irving.video/w/a688143b-e465-4533-ba75-9576e8662833?start=301) - Early education, university studies, and volunteer work as a steelworker in Germany [00:06:02](https://irving.video/w/a688143b-e465-4533-ba75-9576e8662833?start=362) - RAF service rejection and rationale for working in German steel mills [00:07:03](https://irving.video/w/a688143b-e465-4533-ba75-9576e8662833?start=423) - Discovery of the Dresden bombing and commencement of research and book project [00:09:02](https://irving.video/w/a688143b-e465-4533-ba75-9576e8662833?start=542) - Interviews with Bomber Harris and collection of 600 letters from Dresden raid witnesses [00:10:02](https://irving.video/w/a688143b-e465-4533-ba75-9576e8662833?start=602) - Publication of the Dresden book and role of publisher William Kimber [00:11:02](https://irving.video/w/a688143b-e465-4533-ba75-9576e8662833?start=662) ## Key moments - Irving describes learning about the Dresden bombing from a Leipzig steelworker who witnessed the raid: ...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/a688143b-e465-4533-ba75-9576e8662833/267385da-3f5d-453b-8bb2-def16e9ab126-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/myHoprbmz2vm6cA9YtkPsc8286062026-03-06T06:56:14.307ZtalkingfranklyYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/wBRTpcxe68basMpSWgERbzhttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/78178ac4-33c0-42c4-bab5-a56f0896d5f4.jpgDavid Irving — Debate or Distortion? $1,000 Challenge!## Overview A 5-minute segment capturing a confrontation between David Irving and historian Deborah Lipstadt. Irving responds to criticism of his work, offers a $1,000 challenge for documentary evidence, and discusses the legal and financial dimensions of a defamation case, including accounts of expert witness fees and fundraising efforts. ## Topics covered - Irving's challenge to produce documentary evidence of Holocaust claims [00:00:30](https://irving.video/w/f7f3ef6a-5e72-4cd5-8746-f147f2623ae9?start=30) - Irving's publishing history and credentials as a historian [00:01:00](https://irving.video/w/f7f3ef6a-5e72-4cd5-8746-f147f2623ae9?start=60) - Lipstadt's speaking engagements and travel funded by supporters [00:02:00](https://irving.video/w/f7f3ef6a-5e72-4cd5-8746-f147f2623ae9?start=120) - Legal costs and expert witness fees in Irving's defamation case [00:03:00](https://irving.video/w/f7f3ef6a-5e72-4cd5-8746-f147f2623ae9?start=180) - Fundraising efforts by Jewish organizations and Les Wexner to cover legal expenses [00:03:30](https://irving.video/w/f7f3ef6a-5e72-4cd5-8746-f147f2623ae9?start=210) - Payment of expert historians including Richard Evans and Robert Van Pelt [00:04:03](https://irving.video/w/f7f3ef6a-5e72-4cd5-8746-f147f2623ae9?start=243) ## Key moments - Irving presents himself as the subject of Lipstadt's criticism and demands she produce documentary evidence or "shut up" [00:00:45](https://irving.video/w/f7f3ef6a-5e72-4cd5-8746-f147f2623ae9?start=45) - Irving recounts his lawyer informing him legal costs would reach "at least a million dollars" [00:03:00](https://irving.video/w/f7f3ef6a-5e72-4cd5-8746-f147f2623ae9?start=180) - Irving describes discovering his opponents' legal file showing expert witnesses had been paid "colossal sums of money," including a quarter million dollars each to historians Evans and Van Pelt [00:04:03](https://irving.video/w/f7f3ef6a-5e72-4cd5-8746-f147f2623ae9?start=243) ## Source The recording appears to be a...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/f7f3ef6a-5e72-4cd5-8746-f147f2623ae9/0f40e8bf-d1a7-4f7b-92f8-f9a9b4d0429d-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/wBRTpcxe68basMpSWgERbz318082026-03-06T06:56:55.331ZdebatedistortionchallengeYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/oFznLGWTGxt5PZWABbyMqkhttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/40728afa-78ba-43ba-95a4-4da54411464a.jpgDavid Irving — The Lipstadt Case## Overview David Irving discusses his 2000 libel case against historian Deborah Lipstadt in this lecture. He addresses the court's findings, expert witness testimony, and claims regarding Auschwitz's historical significance. Irving presents his perspective on the trial's procedural aspects and disputes over Holocaust historiography and documentation. ## Topics covered - The libel judgment and Lipstadt's funding sources, including Hollywood donations [00:00:10](https://irving.video/w/b7afa037-64a5-4d6f-a028-c1b07efb73d7?start=10) - Auschwitz's role in Holocaust history and comparative significance of Reinhard Operation sites [00:02:00](https://irving.video/w/b7afa037-64a5-4d6f-a028-c1b07efb73d7?start=120) - The Sobibor uprising and decoded German commandant messages from October 1943 [00:03:02](https://irving.video/w/b7afa037-64a5-4d6f-a028-c1b07efb73d7?start=182) - Casualty figures at Majdanek and changing historical estimates [00:04:01](https://irving.video/w/b7afa037-64a5-4d6f-a028-c1b07efb73d7?start=241) - Expert witness Professor Richard Evans and his criteria for defining Holocaust denial [00:05:00](https://irving.video/w/b7afa037-64a5-4d6f-a028-c1b07efb73d7?start=300) - The Auschwitz memorial plaque revision and implications for expert credibility [00:07:01](https://irving.video/w/b7afa037-64a5-4d6f-a028-c1b07efb73d7?start=421) - Professor Robert Van Pelt's qualifications and cross-examination on architectural credentials [00:08:00](https://irving.video/w/b7afa037-64a5-4d6f-a028-c1b07efb73d7?start=480) - Trial procedure decisions and the rejection of jury trial format [00:11:00](https://irving.video/w/b7afa037-64a5-4d6f-a028-c1b07efb73d7?start=660) ## Key moments - Irving recalls obtaining photographs of two different Auschwitz memorials—one stating four million deaths, the other 1.2 million—and questioning whether the museum director should be called a Holocaust denier [00:07:01](https://irving.video/w/b7afa037-64a5-4d6f-a028-c1b07efb73d7?start=421) ...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/b7afa037-64a5-4d6f-a028-c1b07efb73d7/66a80303-0055-4a1d-9ecd-d94831a4711b-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/oFznLGWTGxt5PZWABbyMqk15080302026-03-06T06:58:45.622ZLipstadtcaseYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/biro1joWDnW4jkhVRdtBwAhttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/ec10e010-becf-46d6-bd29-a2f8230b3591.jpgDavid Irving — Publishing Troubles## Overview Irving discusses the obstacles and legal pressures he has faced as a historian and publisher, focusing on the suppression of his works in Canada and the cancellation of his Churchill biography by multiple publishers. He connects these publishing troubles to broader claims about historical truth-telling and identifies what he characterizes as organized opposition to his work. ## Topics covered - Simon Wiesenthal, the Nobel Peace Prize, and Irving's role as a historian [00:00:00](https://irving.video/w/536aabda-8f5f-4b71-9949-84b56edefbb2?start=0) - Physical attacks on Irving's property including burned printing works and a home raid [00:00:30](https://irving.video/w/536aabda-8f5f-4b71-9949-84b56edefbb2?start=30) - The confiscation of his Hungarian uprising book by Canadian customs [00:03:03](https://irving.video/w/536aabda-8f5f-4b71-9949-84b56edefbb2?start=183) - Irving's analysis of the 1956 Hungarian uprising as a pogrom with Jewish and communist leadership [00:04:02](https://irving.video/w/536aabda-8f5f-4b71-9949-84b56edefbb2?start=242) - Winston Churchill's 1920 article on Zionists and the Bolshevik Revolution [00:05:01](https://irving.video/w/536aabda-8f5f-4b71-9949-84b56edefbb2?start=301) - Churchill's shift from anti-Zionism to secret Zionism in the 1930s [00:06:00](https://irving.video/w/536aabda-8f5f-4b71-9949-84b56edefbb2?start=360) - The cancellation of Irving's Churchill biography by Doubleday and other publishers [00:06:30](https://irving.video/w/536aabda-8f5f-4b71-9949-84b56edefbb2?start=390) ## Key moments - Irving describes having his front door sledgehammered in England and printing works burned down, claiming the perpetrators were eventually imprisoned [00:00:30](https://irving.video/w/536aabda-8f5f-4b71-9949-84b56edefbb2?start=30) - Irving states that Doubleday demanded he repay $100,000 with the explanation: "Mr. Irving, you have found out things in your book about Winston Churchill that the American public would prefer not to ...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/536aabda-8f5f-4b71-9949-84b56edefbb2/2ae13cfd-6318-42ad-acae-cd4927d5391e-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/biro1joWDnW4jkhVRdtBwA473052026-03-06T07:02:54.924ZpublishingtroublesYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/uvnrEVA5wJdLPSGXBL4Pb6https://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/2f411d24-56cb-4733-9ba0-b0817c6e3409.jpgDavid Irving — The Eichmann Papers## Overview A lecture in which David Irving discusses the historical significance of the Eichmann memoir and reflects on his revisionist work on the Holocaust and Nazi Germany. The talk is framed by a lengthy introduction from the Institute for Historical Review outlining Irving's career, his controversial publications, and the international opposition he has faced for his historical revisionism. ## Topics covered - Irving's early career and publication history, including *The Destruction of Dresden* and *Hitler's War* [00:00:12](https://irving.video/w/e6d9aa91-a1db-427b-99d1-05c6025a91bd?start=12) - The 1977 publication of *Hitler's War* and its controversial thesis regarding Hitler's knowledge of extermination [00:03:03](https://irving.video/w/e6d9aa91-a1db-427b-99d1-05c6025a91bd?start=183) - Irving's testimony at the second Ernst Zündel trial in Toronto in 1988 and his shift toward revisionist positions [00:04:07](https://irving.video/w/e6d9aa91-a1db-427b-99d1-05c6025a91bd?start=247) - Irving's 1989 publication of the Leuchter Report and statements denying the existence of extermination gas chambers [00:05:05](https://irving.video/w/e6d9aa91-a1db-427b-99d1-05c6025a91bd?start=305) - The discovery and publication of Joseph Goebbels' diary in the *Sunday Times* and resulting international pressure [00:09:01](https://irving.video/w/e6d9aa91-a1db-427b-99d1-05c6025a91bd?start=541) - German court proceedings and a 10,000-mark fine levied against Irving for statements made in Munich in April 1990 [00:08:00](https://irving.video/w/e6d9aa91-a1db-427b-99d1-05c6025a91bd?start=480) - Irving's "International Campaign for Real History" and his experience of coordinated international opposition [00:13:03](https://irving.video/w/e6d9aa91-a1db-427b-99d1-05c6025a91bd?start=783) ## Key moments - The introducer notes that Irving's reputation "began to take a beating" after *Hitler's War* (1977) and that the Anti-Defamation League added him to its enemies list [00:03:03](https://...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/e6d9aa91-a1db-427b-99d1-05c6025a91bd/0f934104-f1c6-4f75-a7e3-c9961fc66f3a-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/uvnrEVA5wJdLPSGXBL4Pb663040372026-03-06T07:15:49.155ZpaperseichmannYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/kdL4Rk3pgm82T7n8BQZEz8https://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/409c8b10-8b36-47da-bd23-3c53198f4689.jpgDavid Irving — Jewish networks tried to silence me## Overview In this one-minute segment, Irving discusses his decision to pursue legal action against historian Deborah Lipstadt, characterizing her work as part of a broader campaign against him. Irving attributes the efforts to silence him to what he terms "International Jewish bodies" and describes his decision to fight back against what he calls the "Global Endeavour"—a coordinated operation to damage his reputation as a historian. ## Topics covered - Irving's legal defence and decision to act without lawyers [00:00:00](https://irving.video/w/9ba5b776-c6ac-4a9b-a9fa-0325b65eade1?start=0) - Accusations that his work whitewashes Hitler and denies Holocaust knowledge [00:00:00](https://irving.video/w/9ba5b776-c6ac-4a9b-a9fa-0325b65eade1?start=0) - Deborah Lipstadt's book as the culmination of a reputation-damaging campaign [00:00:15](https://irving.video/w/9ba5b776-c6ac-4a9b-a9fa-0325b65eade1?start=15) - Irving's characterization of himself as an independent historian [00:00:30](https://irving.video/w/9ba5b776-c6ac-4a9b-a9fa-0325b65eade1?start=30) - The alleged involvement of "International Jewish bodies" in efforts against him [00:00:45](https://irving.video/w/9ba5b776-c6ac-4a9b-a9fa-0325b65eade1?start=45) - Irving's framing of opposition as the "Global Endeavour" [00:01:02](https://irving.video/w/9ba5b776-c6ac-4a9b-a9fa-0325b65eade1?start=62) ## Key moments - Irving describes a "dedicated ten or twenty year attempt to demolish my reputation behind the scenes" and his decision to fight back [00:00:30](https://irving.video/w/9ba5b776-c6ac-4a9b-a9fa-0325b65eade1?start=30) - Irving states: "International Jewish bodies. I mean, this is a plain statement of fact" [00:00:45](https://irving.video/w/9ba5b776-c6ac-4a9b-a9fa-0325b65eade1?start=45) - Irving's metaphor: "I could look up the slope and see this mudslide thundering down towards me and about to engulf me totally" [00:01:02](https://irving.video/w/9ba5b776-c6ac-4a9b-a9fa-0325b65eade1?start=62) ## Source R...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/9ba5b776-c6ac-4a9b-a9fa-0325b65eade1/51373c66-66d7-479e-8087-703ce25a2dd5-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/kdL4Rk3pgm82T7n8BQZEz893072026-03-06T07:22:06.085ZjewishnetworkstriedsilenceYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/4ZV2L2mQNY3RKb7WJ96m9Ghttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/e524a609-281f-428b-a6fc-89b52a604d17.jpgDavid Irving — The Churchill Myth (1987)## Overview A 100-minute lecture delivered in Anaheim in 1987, in which Irving outlines his revisionist approach to Winston Churchill's biography. Irving discusses Churchill's financial difficulties in the 1930s, his work as a commercial writer and artist, and contrasts his own research methods with those of authorized biographer Martin Gilbert. The talk draws on Irving's access to Churchill's literary archives and personal papers. ## Topics covered - Irving's background in physics, languages, and economics as preparation for historical writing [00:01:02](https://irving.video/w/20617df1-cbfb-4d64-bfd9-3bc44314ecd0?start=62) - Churchill's restricted archives and the constraints on Martin Gilbert as the Churchill family's chosen historian [00:02:01](https://irving.video/w/20617df1-cbfb-4d64-bfd9-3bc44314ecd0?start=121) - Churchill's financial crisis in the 1930s: income as an MP versus expenditure on Chartwell mansion [00:03:00](https://irving.video/w/20617df1-cbfb-4d64-bfd9-3bc44314ecd0?start=180) - Churchill's work digesting classic literature for the Chicago Tribune Syndicate, earning $1,000 per assignment [00:06:00](https://irving.video/w/20617df1-cbfb-4d64-bfd9-3bc44314ecd0?start=360) - Churchill's practice of signing paintings with the name of deceased French painter Charles Morin [00:07:00](https://irving.video/w/20617df1-cbfb-4d64-bfd9-3bc44314ecd0?start=420) - Roosevelt's discovery of Churchill's art-signing scheme via a letter from the American Fine Arts Commission [00:09:04](https://irving.video/w/20617df1-cbfb-4d64-bfd9-3bc44314ecd0?start=544) ## Key moments - Irving describes a New Zealand caller who inadvertently reveals the scale of Churchill's household staff—eventually listing 30 or 40 people—while defending his character, thereby undermining her own argument [00:04:01](https://irving.video/w/20617df1-cbfb-4d64-bfd9-3bc44314ecd0?start=241) - Irving claims Churchill digested War and Peace into 25 pages of double-spaced typescript on the day Hit...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/20617df1-cbfb-4d64-bfd9-3bc44314ecd0/2a2a1871-b662-4383-ac2a-fa983d1390bf-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/4ZV2L2mQNY3RKb7WJ96m9G604302362026-03-06T07:31:36.007ZChurchillmythYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/iVaHtQxnuCrmjAa3kKypQchttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/2e4959d5-94f0-4dd1-b376-4784ffb0b570.jpgDavid Irving — Churchill's Zionism vs Bolshevism## Overview Irving discusses Winston Churchill's documented 1920 article linking Zionism to the Bolshevik Revolution, published in the *London Illustrated Weekly*. He describes his initial skepticism about the article's authenticity, his verification through the University of Portland's Churchill bibliography database, and Churchill's alleged ideological shift from anti-Zionism in the 1920s to covert Zionism by the 1930s, documented in private correspondence with Chaim Weizmann. ## Topics covered - Churchill's 1920 article on Zionism and Bolshevism in the *London Illustrated Weekly* [00:00:05](https://irving.video/w/9117c3a3-b92c-48c0-82d6-f538dfc103b7?start=5) - Irving's authentication process and initial doubts about the article's genuineness [00:00:20](https://irving.video/w/9117c3a3-b92c-48c0-82d6-f538dfc103b7?start=20) - Irving's exposure of the Hitler Diaries as forgeries at Der Stern press conference, April 1983 [00:00:35](https://irving.video/w/9117c3a3-b92c-48c0-82d6-f538dfc103b7?start=35) - Verification through the University of Portland Churchill bibliography database [00:00:45](https://irving.video/w/9117c3a3-b92c-48c0-82d6-f538dfc103b7?start=45) - Churchill's ideological shift from anti-Zionist to "secret Zionist" in the 1930s [00:01:05](https://irving.video/w/9117c3a3-b92c-48c0-82d6-f538dfc103b7?start=65) - Access to Chaim Weizmann's private papers at the Weizmann Institute, Israel [00:01:15](https://irving.video/w/9117c3a3-b92c-48c0-82d6-f538dfc103b7?start=75) - Publication difficulties anticipated for Irving's Churchill biography [00:01:25](https://irving.video/w/9117c3a3-b92c-48c0-82d6-f538dfc103b7?start=85) ## Key moments - Irving recounts his initial belief that the Churchill article was a forgery, given his expertise in detecting fake documents [00:00:18](https://irving.video/w/9117c3a3-b92c-48c0-82d6-f538dfc103b7?start=18) - Irving describes contacting the University of Portland and receiving confirmation that Churchill "had written that...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/9117c3a3-b92c-48c0-82d6-f538dfc103b7/a95c9a4f-d217-43fd-bd89-c09ccd7328fe-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/iVaHtQxnuCrmjAa3kKypQc111082026-03-06T07:31:44.824ZChurchillbolshevismzionismYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/edpJWR1Y4sHiW7xj3RvFkwhttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/a76fadf7-d6d8-4f09-a8c7-fcf34eb176bc.jpgDavid Irving — James Bacque & "Other Losses"## Overview Irving discusses historian James Bacque's book *Other Losses*, which examines the treatment of German prisoners of war in American camps following World War II. Irving describes Bacque's subsequent professional ostracism and frames the episode as an example of how revisionist historical claims face organized suppression, comparing Bacque's experience to his own. ## Topics covered - German prisoners of war in American camps and their treatment [00:00:00](https://irving.video/w/6b025bbf-3be6-476d-acef-7c0485fb8ac0?start=0) - James Bacque's book *Other Losses* and its publication in Canada [00:00:15](https://irving.video/w/6b025bbf-3be6-476d-acef-7c0485fb8ac0?start=15) - Bacque's career trajectory as a novelist and historian before and after publication [00:00:30](https://irving.video/w/6b025bbf-3be6-476d-acef-7c0485fb8ac0?start=30) - Organized efforts to ostracize revisionist historians [00:00:45](https://irving.video/w/6b025bbf-3be6-476d-acef-7c0485fb8ac0?start=45) - The role of institutional pressure in shaping historical narratives [00:01:00](https://irving.video/w/6b025bbf-3be6-476d-acef-7c0485fb8ac0?start=60) ## Key moments - Irving characterizes the investigation into German POW deaths as conducted "in great depth" by Bacque, describing it as a case study in "distortion of history" [00:00:15](https://irving.video/w/6b025bbf-3be6-476d-acef-7c0485fb8ac0?start=15) - Irving claims Bacque "deeply regretted ever since then having written that book" following professional backlash [00:00:30](https://irving.video/w/6b025bbf-3be6-476d-acef-7c0485fb8ac0?start=30) - Irving asserts that suppression of historical accounts deemed "politically incorrect" represents an attempt to monopolize attention on the Holocaust [00:01:00](https://irving.video/w/6b025bbf-3be6-476d-acef-7c0485fb8ac0?start=60) ## Source Recording venue, date, and original broadcaster are not identified in the available metadata. No interviewer or audience context is discernible from the...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/6b025bbf-3be6-476d-acef-7c0485fb8ac0/5072a3e6-ed00-4ff5-a423-72cecea3212a-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/edpJWR1Y4sHiW7xj3RvFkw74052026-03-06T07:40:45.238ZjamesbacquelossesYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/mXybxSJ8FpncKo7Q3yVV5Lhttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/008baaf8-b409-4b60-9660-36eae61881ea.jpgDavid Irving — The Financing of Hitler's Rise to Power## Overview A lecture in which Irving discusses the financial mechanisms and sources of funding behind Hitler's rise to power. The presentation is introduced by a moderator who contextualizes Irving's broader work on World War II history and his linguistic competency in German-language primary sources. The talk appears designed to present a revisionist interpretation of standard historical narratives surrounding Nazi Germany's economic ascent. ## Topics covered - The financing mechanisms of Hitler's political ascent [00:00:43](https://irving.video/w/a9b8836a-7b7d-4c55-b015-8e2c9326f410?start=43) - Irving's broader historical work on World War II and reinterpretation of key figures [00:01:13](https://irving.video/w/a9b8836a-7b7d-4c55-b015-8e2c9326f410?start=73) - The importance of primary-source language skills in World War II historiography [00:01:13](https://irving.video/w/a9b8836a-7b7d-4c55-b015-8e2c9326f410?start=73) - Irving's forthcoming book on Winston Churchill and his controversial reinterpretation of Churchill's historical role [00:01:13](https://irving.video/w/a9b8836a-7b7d-4c55-b015-8e2c9326f410?start=73) - Irving's previous work *Uprising*, concerning the Hungarian Revolution [00:00:43](https://irving.video/w/a9b8836a-7b7d-4c55-b015-8e2c9326f410?start=43) ## Key moments - The moderator emphasizes Irving's linguistic advantage over other historians: "How can you pretend to deal with documents of the Second World War, if you can't read German?" [00:01:13](https://irving.video/w/a9b8836a-7b7d-4c55-b015-8e2c9326f410?start=73) - The moderator notes that Irving's Churchill interpretation "is going to be very controversial. It's certainly not a flattering interpretation" [00:01:13](https://irving.video/w/a9b8836a-7b7d-4c55-b015-8e2c9326f410?start=73) ## Source Recorded in Toronto at a public lecture venue, date of original recording not specified in available metadata. The moderator's introduction suggests a university or intellectual society audience...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/a9b8836a-7b7d-4c55-b015-8e2c9326f410/27e0d7a1-6748-4927-a2ec-b30146e290b6-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/mXybxSJ8FpncKo7Q3yVV5L4880242026-03-06T07:46:36.411ZHitlerfinancingrisepowerYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/g8CtvxFFPfhPgVjGS277B7https://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/b8d335f3-a53a-40c7-aa24-06de8bc71efd.jpgDavid Irving — The Manipulation Of History (Full)## Overview A 113-minute lecture in which Irving discusses historiographical methods, historical suppression, and controversies surrounding his own published works. Irving addresses themes of censorship, archival access, and the role of political pressure in historical scholarship. The event features an introduction by Canadian publisher Ron Gostick and was recorded during Irving's speaking tour of Canada. ## Topics covered - Introduction by Ron Gostick and Irving's tour of Canada [00:00:48](https://irving.video/w/7a89c3ae-2673-416e-8c9b-121d09bee80c?start=48) - The Hitler Diaries exposé and Irving's expertise in document authentication [00:02:11](https://irving.video/w/7a89c3ae-2673-416e-8c9b-121d09bee80c?start=131) - Simon Wiesenthal, Kurt Waldheim research, and institutional Holocaust historiography [00:04:02](https://irving.video/w/7a89c3ae-2673-416e-8c9b-121d09bee80c?start=242) - Censorship and threats Irving has faced: home raids, burned printing works, and legal obstacles [00:05:00](https://irving.video/w/7a89c3ae-2673-416e-8c9b-121d09bee80c?start=300) - The Hungarian uprising of 1956, pogroms, and Soviet-imposed leadership [00:08:02](https://irving.video/w/7a89c3ae-2673-416e-8c9b-121d09bee80c?start=482) - Jewish and communist involvement in Hungarian secret police under Soviet rule [00:09:01](https://irving.video/w/7a89c3ae-2673-416e-8c9b-121d09bee80c?start=541) - Winston Churchill's 1920 article on Zionists and the Bolshevik Revolution [00:10:01](https://irving.video/w/7a89c3ae-2673-416e-8c9b-121d09bee80c?start=601) - Churchill's shift from anti-Zionism to secret Zionism and publishing obstacles for Irving's Churchill biography [00:11:01](https://irving.video/w/7a89c3ae-2673-416e-8c9b-121d09bee80c?start=661) ## Key moments - Irving describes encountering what he believed to be Simon Wiesenthal at a Toronto intersection, later realizing it was a Halloween mask [00:03:12](https://irving.video/w/7a89c3ae-2673-416e-8c9b-121d09bee80c?start=192) - Irving ...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/7a89c3ae-2673-416e-8c9b-121d09bee80c/7fc493a1-60b4-4438-ae10-8a8a5bb2798c-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/g8CtvxFFPfhPgVjGS277B767900722026-03-06T08:05:59.675ZmanipulationfullYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/tjftuDz2JGM7mXkee2AHK9https://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/b55ec857-201a-4903-ba9e-591ba5085b95.jpgDavid Irving — At The Ottawa Congress Centre 1990## Overview A lecture delivered at the Ottawa Congress Centre in which Irving discusses his historical research, the obstacles he has faced in speaking publicly across Canada and Europe, and his predictions regarding German reunification. The event was organized locally and includes an introduction by former actuary John Craker, followed by Irving's remarks and an open question-and-answer session. ## Topics covered - Introduction and acknowledgment of opposition to the event in Ottawa [00:01:03](https://irving.video/w/dd330d36-f151-4d4a-a098-5ae09188dbca?start=63) - Irving's scholarly credentials and debunking of the Hitler Diaries [00:03:01](https://irving.video/w/dd330d36-f151-4d4a-a098-5ae09188dbca?start=181) - Obstacles to free speech and pressure from minority groups in Canada [00:06:02](https://irving.video/w/dd330d36-f151-4d4a-a098-5ae09188dbca?start=362) - Arrest warrants and travel restrictions in Austria and Germany [00:09:07](https://irving.video/w/dd330d36-f151-4d4a-a098-5ae09188dbca?start=547) - Refusal of German historians to debate Irving on television in Berlin [00:10:02](https://irving.video/w/dd330d36-f151-4d4a-a098-5ae09188dbca?start=602) - Irving's prediction of German reunification made in October 1989 [00:12:01](https://irving.video/w/dd330d36-f151-4d4a-a098-5ae09188dbca?start=721) - Criticism of German and international journalism [00:14:01](https://irving.video/w/dd330d36-f151-4d4a-a098-5ae09188dbca?start=841) - Prediction of future currency union between Germany and Austria [00:15:00](https://irving.video/w/dd330d36-f151-4d4a-a098-5ae09188dbca?start=900) ## Key moments - Irving reflects on the pattern of full audiences across Canada and wonders if "something's being rigged" to engineer perfect attendance [00:05:22](https://irving.video/w/dd330d36-f151-4d4a-a098-5ae09188dbca?start=322) - Irving describes being uninvited from a Berlin television roundtable after German historians refused to sit with him, leading him to picket outside w...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/dd330d36-f151-4d4a-a098-5ae09188dbca/1145d963-1044-414c-88ab-f2f5f4cbd2c7-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/tjftuDz2JGM7mXkee2AHK971580242026-03-06T08:18:15.900ZottawacongresscentreYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/7bKaZKXFZqXY8hBTQcVpaYhttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/7cffd5a7-4590-413d-830f-f63bfb275f71.jpgDavid Irving — Pre-War Political Forces and Hitler## Overview Irving presents a lecture examining the historiography of Hitler and World War II justification, focusing on the question of Hitler's personal knowledge and involvement in the Holocaust. He argues that contemporaneous documentary evidence does not support the standard historical narrative and discusses what he characterizes as selective omission by academic historians. The talk covers specific archival documents and their interpretation. ## Topics covered - Opening question on British wartime rationale and the defeat of Hitler as anti-Bolshevik [00:00:00](https://irving.video/w/3216e024-c296-4f93-9fe8-90ce4210a4b6?start=0) - Irving's standing offer of payment for documentary evidence of Hitler's knowledge of Auschwitz [00:00:30](https://irving.video/w/3216e024-c296-4f93-9fe8-90ce4210a4b6?start=30) - The Kristallnacht pogrom of November 1938 and Hitler's alleged response [00:02:01](https://irving.video/w/3216e024-c296-4f93-9fe8-90ce4210a4b6?start=121) - Rudolf Hess directive ordering cessation of anti-Jewish violence, dated 10 November 1938 [00:03:03](https://irving.video/w/3216e024-c296-4f93-9fe8-90ce4210a4b6?start=183) - Spring 1942 German Ministry of Justice memorandum on Hitler's postponement of the Jewish problem [00:04:01](https://irving.video/w/3216e024-c296-4f93-9fe8-90ce4210a4b6?start=241) - 1923 Beer Hall Putsch trial testimony regarding Hitler's reported punishment of Nazi unit for looting a Jewish shop [00:06:00](https://irving.video/w/3216e024-c296-4f93-9fe8-90ce4210a4b6?start=360) - Comparative moral culpability of World War II leaders [00:08:01](https://irving.video/w/3216e024-c296-4f93-9fe8-90ce4210a4b6?start=481) ## Key moments - Irving describes Hitler's reaction to learning of Kristallnacht—allegedly waking adjutants at 2:30 a.m. to stop further violence and sending telegrams to halt "the madness" [00:02:01](https://irving.video/w/3216e024-c296-4f93-9fe8-90ce4210a4b6?start=121) - Irving presents the Hess directive as documentary...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/3216e024-c296-4f93-9fe8-90ce4210a4b6/3db96c4d-5615-4b12-8647-645caa536496-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/7bKaZKXFZqXY8hBTQcVpaY5990232026-03-06T08:38:57.564ZHitlerpoliticalforcespre-warYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/caEJrNg4UzgK3nA1iJk8gohttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/e8576095-c80c-4c59-934e-be01af2fcffc.jpgDavid Irving — Free Speech and the Internet## Overview Irving discusses government restrictions on free speech, drawing on his personal experience of being banned from Germany in 1993. He argues that the Internet represents an unprecedented challenge to state censorship and media control, comparing government efforts to suppress online content to a futile dam-breaking scenario. The talk takes the form of a lecture or public address delivered to a university audience. ## Topics covered - Irving's deportation from Germany and the circumstances of his 1993 ban [00:00:00](https://irving.video/w/5a6e16a8-d786-47cc-9ce9-e3fa132c66b0?start=0) - A German exchange student's stated approval of government-controlled historical narrative [00:03:03](https://irving.video/w/5a6e16a8-d786-47cc-9ce9-e3fa132c66b0?start=183) - Comparative free speech restrictions across different nations, including China and Saudi Arabia [00:04:00](https://irving.video/w/5a6e16a8-d786-47cc-9ce9-e3fa132c66b0?start=240) - German government efforts to suppress Internet content and pressure American service providers [00:05:00](https://irving.video/w/5a6e16a8-d786-47cc-9ce9-e3fa132c66b0?start=300) - Heinrich Himmler's private letters as historical research material [00:06:02](https://irving.video/w/5a6e16a8-d786-47cc-9ce9-e3fa132c66b0?start=362) - The Internet as a decentralized challenge to centralized media control [00:06:02](https://irving.video/w/5a6e16a8-d786-47cc-9ce9-e3fa132c66b0?start=362) ## Key moments - Irving describes being intercepted at a Munich restaurant by police in plainclothes and uniform, handed a 20-page deportation notice, and narrowly avoiding arrest [00:01:03](https://irving.video/w/5a6e16a8-d786-47cc-9ce9-e3fa132c66b0?start=63) - A young German student at Washington State University defends her government's right to decide what history is taught and who should be imprisoned for disagreeing [00:03:03](https://irving.video/w/5a6e16a8-d786-47cc-9ce9-e3fa132c66b0?start=183) - Irving compares the Internet's impact on c...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/5a6e16a8-d786-47cc-9ce9-e3fa132c66b0/f57c069f-67ec-464a-aae7-f2c5ee257628-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/caEJrNg4UzgK3nA1iJk8go466072026-03-06T08:38:08.248ZfreeinternetspeechYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/uNK3dDG1YQu4CApA4m5x2whttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/cb8b6000-0311-4060-83c6-d614d3fe1238.jpgDavid Irving — Lipstadt Trial: The Truth## Overview Irving delivers a lecture reflecting on his legal battles and persecution, focusing on his 1996 libel trial against historian Deborah Lipstadt. He discusses bans from multiple countries, confrontations with German authorities, and his use of the internet as a research tool and platform for historical inquiry. The talk examines free speech restrictions in Europe and portrays Irving's legal defence as a broader struggle against what he characterizes as censorship of historical debate. ## Topics covered - Irving's bans from Germany, Canada, and Italy; the Munich airport incident and subsequent deportation notice [00:01:04](https://irving.video/w/e9469e81-3aec-4bc6-bc09-71e29861e274?start=64) - German restrictions on free speech and historical discussion; comparison to Cold War attitudes [00:03:02](https://irving.video/w/e9469e81-3aec-4bc6-bc09-71e29861e274?start=182) - A German student's endorsement of government-controlled history and imprisonment of dissenters [00:04:01](https://irving.video/w/e9469e81-3aec-4bc6-bc09-71e29861e274?start=241) - Internet as a tool for uncensored historical research and communication beyond government control [00:05:00](https://irving.video/w/e9469e81-3aec-4bc6-bc09-71e29861e274?start=300) - German government efforts to suppress websites and Nazi-related materials on auction sites like eBay [00:06:00](https://irving.video/w/e9469e81-3aec-4bc6-bc09-71e29861e274?start=360) - The Lipstadt trial courtroom strategy: Irving's use of worldwide historians and internet communication versus opposing counsel's large team [00:09:00](https://irving.video/w/e9469e81-3aec-4bc6-bc09-71e29861e274?start=540) - Specific evidentiary disputes in the trial, including crematorium door blueprints and victim positioning [00:11:00](https://irving.video/w/e9469e81-3aec-4bc6-bc09-71e29861e274?start=660) ## Key moments - Irving recounts his expulsion from Italy in 1992 when uniformed police boarded his plane at Rome Airport and removed his baggag...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/e9469e81-3aec-4bc6-bc09-71e29861e274/bc1bc37d-01ae-4b45-a09c-33cf12b930cb-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/uNK3dDG1YQu4CApA4m5x2w36910322026-03-06T08:42:34.335ZLipstadttrialtruthYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/4xpaVGVs5GWEuzLF3wL2uRhttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/056a9ca5-9bf3-42ff-90ac-f096b0762a59.jpgDavid Irving — Zionist Influence on Winston Churchill## Overview Irving examines Churchill's financial dependence on Jewish and left-wing British industrialists and bankers during his "wilderness years" (1929–1939), arguing that a secretive funding group called the Focus shaped Churchill's anti-German rhetoric from 1936 onwards. He presents evidence from the Chaim Weizmann archives, including correspondence he claims demonstrates Zionist leverage over Churchill's wartime decisions and American entry into the war. The lecture format includes audience questions at the end. ## Topics covered - Jenny Jerome's alleged Jewish ancestry and Churchill's family background [00:00:06](https://irving.video/w/1cadc0a8-7803-47fe-ae65-5d3d03b9c86d?start=6) - Churchill's financial situation during the wilderness years and his country estate expenses [00:01:04](https://irving.video/w/1cadc0a8-7803-47fe-ae65-5d3d03b9c86d?start=64) - The Focus group: composition, membership, and funding mechanisms [00:02:04](https://irving.video/w/1cadc0a8-7803-47fe-ae65-5d3d03b9c86d?start=124) - The Shell Petroleum chairman's 40,000-pound gift to Churchill in July 1936 [00:02:04](https://irving.video/w/1cadc0a8-7803-47fe-ae65-5d3d03b9c86d?start=124) - Churchill's shift from pro-German to anti-German sentiment after 1936 [00:03:04](https://irving.video/w/1cadc0a8-7803-47fe-ae65-5d3d03b9c86d?start=184) - The abdication of King Edward VIII and parallel pressures from the same lobby [00:03:04](https://irving.video/w/1cadc0a8-7803-47fe-ae65-5d3d03b9c86d?start=184) - Chaim Weizmann's September 1941 letter: conditions for Zionist support and American intervention [00:05:05](https://irving.video/w/1cadc0a8-7803-47fe-ae65-5d3d03b9c86d?start=305) - The Other Losses controversy and alleged persecution of revisionist historians [00:08:01](https://irving.video/w/1cadc0a8-7803-47fe-ae65-5d3d03b9c86d?start=481) ## Key moments - Irving states that from 1936 onwards, Churchill "was financed by a little secret pressure group called the Focus" composed of Jewish i...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/1cadc0a8-7803-47fe-ae65-5d3d03b9c86d/f4354b0b-3fb8-4bf7-a2f8-d24f815a579e-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/4xpaVGVs5GWEuzLF3wL2uR5670172026-03-06T09:08:57.961ZChurchillzionistinfluencewinstonYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/29jADyW7AAQSSBF12og3rfhttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/5c938302-1277-4801-ac3c-df9b506aca7f.jpgDavid Irving Blocked From Speaking In Norway## Overview This video documents Irving's response to his withdrawal from a literary festival in Lillehammer, Norway. Recorded as an interview, Irving discusses the cancellation of his invitation, his decision to travel to Norway anyway, and his approach to historical research using decoded German wartime documents. He addresses accusations of falsifying history and presents his interpretation of Norwegian collaboration during World War II. ## Topics covered - The withdrawal of Irving's Lillehammer festival invitation and stated reasons [00:00:00](https://irving.video/w/09428cc3-933e-4765-93c4-d22c7ae415d8?start=0) - Irving's methodology of "real history" drawn directly from archival sources [00:02:02](https://irving.video/w/09428cc3-933e-4765-93c4-d22c7ae415d8?start=122) - The Holocaust Educational Trust meeting and alleged campaign to silence Irving [00:02:02](https://irving.video/w/09428cc3-933e-4765-93c4-d22c7ae415d8?start=122) - Irving's distinction between genocide and "innocenticide" in World War II [00:03:00](https://irving.video/w/09428cc3-933e-4765-93c4-d22c7ae415d8?start=180) - Plans to speak secretly in Norway despite festival cancellation [00:04:01](https://irving.video/w/09428cc3-933e-4765-93c4-d22c7ae415d8?start=241) - Operation Freshman and decoded messages regarding British commandos at Vemork [00:05:01](https://irving.video/w/09428cc3-933e-4765-93c4-d22c7ae415d8?start=301) - Norwegian collaboration with German occupation forces based on decoded documents [00:06:03](https://irving.video/w/09428cc3-933e-4765-93c4-d22c7ae415d8?start=363) - The 2000 libel case against American academic Deborah Lipstadt and its outcome [00:08:03](https://irving.video/w/09428cc3-933e-4765-93c4-d22c7ae415d8?start=483) - Irving's Dresden death toll claims and subsequent archival evidence [00:08:03](https://irving.video/w/09428cc3-933e-4765-93c4-d22c7ae415d8?start=483) - Irving's biographical approach to Hitler and access to his staff's private papers [00:09:02](https...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/09428cc3-933e-4765-93c4-d22c7ae415d8/99af560e-57ee-41f6-9796-7fd9a50c58a0-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/29jADyW7AAQSSBF12og3rf10110132026-03-06T09:10:42.975ZblockedspeakingnorwayYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/6zyDdCiDxdemJc3QsSzWyPhttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/9f634b89-6fd5-4ba5-a33d-b70ef7dc0bb0.jpgDavid Irving — Hitler's War (2005)## Overview This 114-minute video presents Irving's chronological narrative of Hitler's strategic decisions from 1940 to early 1941, focusing on Hitler's military planning, diplomatic overtures to Britain, and the calculation that led to Operation Barbarossa. Irving draws on documentary sources and Hitler's own statements to construct a detailed account of Hitler's reasoning during this pivotal period, emphasizing Hitler's initial reluctance toward war with Britain and his conviction that defeating the Soviet Union was strategically unavoidable. ## Topics covered - Hitler's assessment of German military advantage and the narrowing window before Allied rearmament [00:00:08](https://irving.video/w/2d2d5a96-bda0-43fa-9b65-36800522738f?start=8) - Hitler's June 1940 visit to Paris and his sense of military invincibility [00:02:06](https://irving.video/w/2d2d5a96-bda0-43fa-9b65-36800522738f?start=126) - Hitler's failed diplomatic overtures to Churchill and hopes for Anglo-German friendship [00:04:02](https://irving.video/w/2d2d5a96-bda0-43fa-9b65-36800522738f?start=242) - Stalin's annexation of the Baltic states and Soviet territorial demands as a trigger for German action [00:05:01](https://irving.video/w/2d2d5a96-bda0-43fa-9b65-36800522738f?start=301) - Hitler's decision to prioritize invasion of Russia over Britain, and the "two tigers, one bullet" strategic dilemma [00:05:01](https://irving.video/w/2d2d5a96-bda0-43fa-9b65-36800522738f?start=301) - British bombing raids on Berlin in August–September 1940 and Hitler's retaliatory Blitz on London [00:09:01](https://irving.video/w/2d2d5a96-bda0-43fa-9b65-36800522738f?start=541) - Molotov's visit to Berlin in November 1940 and Stalin's territorial demands that ended Hitler's hopes for Soviet accommodation [00:12:00](https://irving.video/w/2d2d5a96-bda0-43fa-9b65-36800522738f?start=720) - Hitler's directive for Operation Barbarossa (December 1940) and the provisional invasion date of May 1941 [00:14:01](https://irving...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/2d2d5a96-bda0-43fa-9b65-36800522738f/6f063f70-030d-44cb-900d-d51cdbd8bb91-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/6zyDdCiDxdemJc3QsSzWyP68540292026-03-06T09:19:17.249ZHitlerYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/bdrwRXzLXu26w67EsvgPMGhttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/52ddd135-ffcf-4975-aba8-8873970757e1.jpgDavid Irving — The Holocaust Lie: Historical Fact vs. Fiction## Overview Irving presents a lecture arguing that key Holocaust narratives lack documentary support and that major physical evidence—including the main gas chamber at Auschwitz—is fraudulent or reconstructed after the war. He frames restrictions on discussing these claims in Germany as censorship, contrasting them with what he characterizes as permissible historical debate in the United States. ## Topics covered - Prussian blue staining in gas chamber walls and Germar Rudolf's chemical research [00:00:00](https://irving.video/w/52b80bea-c0d9-42f1-bc6a-ed9a373242de?start=0) - Rudolf's imprisonment under German speech suppression laws and Irving's own €22,000 fine [00:01:01](https://irving.video/w/52b80bea-c0d9-42f1-bc6a-ed9a373242de?start=61) - The Auschwitz gas chamber as a postwar Polish reconstruction [00:03:00](https://irving.video/w/52b80bea-c0d9-42f1-bc6a-ed9a373242de?start=180) - L'Express magazine's 1996 investigation concluding 60% of Auschwitz exhibits are fabricated [00:04:01](https://irving.video/w/52b80bea-c0d9-42f1-bc6a-ed9a373242de?start=241) - Absence of German wartime documents mentioning gas chambers or extermination [00:06:02](https://irving.video/w/52b80bea-c0d9-42f1-bc6a-ed9a373242de?start=362) - British decryption of SS and concentration camp commandant signals during 1942–1943 [00:08:00](https://irving.video/w/52b80bea-c0d9-42f1-bc6a-ed9a373242de?start=480) ## Key moments - Irving recounts being fined $22,000 by the German government for stating at a 1991 Munich conference that the Auschwitz gas chamber was built by Poland after the war [00:02:02](https://irving.video/w/52b80bea-c0d9-42f1-bc6a-ed9a373242de?start=122) - Irving describes offering historian Deborah Lipstadt $1,000 to produce documentary evidence of gas chamber blueprints, claiming she responded by calling police to have him removed [00:07:02](https://irving.video/w/52b80bea-c0d9-42f1-bc6a-ed9a373242de?start=422) - Irving asserts that British intelligence broke Auschwitz c...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/52b80bea-c0d9-42f1-bc6a-ed9a373242de/61eaceb3-3e90-47e6-af7c-d6dc06499db4-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/bdrwRXzLXu26w67EsvgPMG5900182026-03-06T09:20:09.206ZHolocaustfactfictionYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/3KeYLUG17JDUd4f2j3Dq2jhttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/d7504377-d36e-4325-91bc-4753799d829e.jpgDavid Irving — Irving's $1,000 Question for Lipstadt## Overview Irving describes a confrontation with historian Deborah Lipstadt during a public lecture at an Atlanta college. Irving, present in the audience unannounced, challenges Lipstadt's claims about Holocaust documentation, offers $1,000 to produce a specific document, and recounts the subsequent distribution of his books to students. The account is presented as a first-person narrative of the encounter. ## Topics covered - Lipstadt's lecture on Holocaust education and mandatory curriculum [00:00:00](https://irving.video/w/163bdfcc-6956-4e44-944a-e31d62fc0f14?start=0) - Sam Dixon's opening question about Irving's reputation and published works [00:01:04](https://irving.video/w/163bdfcc-6956-4e44-944a-e31d62fc0f14?start=64) - Irving's identity reveal and the audience reaction [00:02:00](https://irving.video/w/163bdfcc-6956-4e44-944a-e31d62fc0f14?start=120) - The $1,000 challenge regarding gas chamber blueprints [00:02:00](https://irving.video/w/163bdfcc-6956-4e44-944a-e31d62fc0f14?start=120) - Irving's Hermann Goering biography and endorsements from historians [00:04:03](https://irving.video/w/163bdfcc-6956-4e44-944a-e31d62fc0f14?start=243) - Security intervention and subsequent distribution of books to students [00:05:00](https://irving.video/w/163bdfcc-6956-4e44-944a-e31d62fc0f14?start=300) - Aerial photographs of Auschwitz shown to students after the lecture [00:06:03](https://irving.video/w/163bdfcc-6956-4e44-944a-e31d62fc0f14?start=363) ## Key moments - Irving produces a wad of $1,000 in twenty-dollar bills and offers it to Lipstadt if she can produce the gas chamber document she claims exists [00:02:00](https://irving.video/w/163bdfcc-6956-4e44-944a-e31d62fc0f14?start=120) - Students line up for 10–15 minutes after the lecture to collect free copies of Irving's Goering biography and request autographs, which Irving frames as humiliating to Lipstadt [00:06:03](https://irving.video/w/163bdfcc-6956-4e44-944a-e31d62fc0f14?start=363) - Irving states he wav...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/163bdfcc-6956-4e44-944a-e31d62fc0f14/c8f187bd-6fc5-4145-af39-f2acb6de34bb-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/3KeYLUG17JDUd4f2j3Dq2j545072026-03-06T09:20:35.075ZLipstadtquestionYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/kToiPNgYkkMHaDpGYLWLfehttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/8fe13ffc-8556-4699-9d9f-f887cb58e0cd.jpgDavid Irving — The Holohoax## Overview In this lecture, Irving presents an account of a forensic engineering survey he conducted at Auschwitz and Birkenau, examining the physical structure and design of facilities alleged to have been used for gas executions. He argues that the architectural and technical specifications of the buildings render them incapable of sustaining hydrogen cyanide gas operations, and discusses his methodology for documenting physical evidence and collecting samples for laboratory analysis. ## Topics covered - Methodology and documentation approach for the forensic survey, including use of draftsmanship, photography, and video recording [00:00:00](https://irving.video/w/a10a506e-0e28-4cbb-a3b4-f228c6cb3a19?start=0) - Technical requirements for facilities designed to contain explosive and poisonous gas [00:03:02](https://irving.video/w/a10a506e-0e28-4cbb-a3b4-f228c6cb3a19?start=182) - Physical features allegedly absent from the examined structures: gasketed doors, heating systems, explosion-proof lighting, and proper ventilation [00:03:02](https://irving.video/w/a10a506e-0e28-4cbb-a3b4-f228c6cb3a19?start=182) - Critique of eyewitness testimony accounts and claims of direct observation [00:04:03](https://irving.video/w/a10a506e-0e28-4cbb-a3b4-f228c6cb3a19?start=243) - Proposed architectural inconsistencies: door handles, glass panes, and structural gaps in alleged gas chambers [00:05:01](https://irving.video/w/a10a506e-0e28-4cbb-a3b4-f228c6cb3a19?start=301) - Logistical calculations regarding disposal of large numbers of bodies, including burial pit dimensions and cremation fuel requirements [00:06:00](https://irving.video/w/a10a506e-0e28-4cbb-a3b4-f228c6cb3a19?start=360) - Analysis of aerial photographs of Auschwitz and absence of visible evidence for mass burial or cremation operations [00:06:00](https://irving.video/w/a10a506e-0e28-4cbb-a3b4-f228c6cb3a19?start=360) - Construction timeline claim regarding one facility allegedly built post-war [00:08:01](https://irv...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/a10a506e-0e28-4cbb-a3b4-f228c6cb3a19/669b3f6e-ae74-47d4-95ce-fad57fc30e80-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/kToiPNgYkkMHaDpGYLWLfe5230342026-03-06T09:33:48.031ZholohoaxYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/kAAnsLrfC3w8tPD8GNeGRchttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/0ea9ee03-1b3b-46ab-a92e-389bfe88acc4.jpgDavid Irving — Holocaust Investigation Marathon 10## Overview Irving presents a lecture examining lesser-known historical documentation and personal accounts related to World War II and the rise of Nazi Germany. He discusses correspondence between Churchill and Heinrich Brüning regarding Nazi funding sources, recounts his early career as a historian including his work on the Dresden bombing, and reflects on his decade-long Hitler biography project. The lecture examines what Irving characterizes as post-war historical narratives and their origins in wartime propaganda. ## Topics covered - Brüning's 1937 letter to Churchill identifying Berlin bank managers as major Nazi Party financers [00:01:07](https://irving.video/w/9eb21a9f-c964-4f83-bca3-8669372b2fed?start=67) - The suppression of Brüning's correspondence from Churchill's published memoirs [00:02:01](https://irving.video/w/9eb21a9f-c964-4f83-bca3-8669372b2fed?start=121) - Irving's 1959 experience as a steel worker in Germany and encounter with a Dresden bombing survivor [00:03:01](https://irving.video/w/9eb21a9f-c964-4f83-bca3-8669372b2fed?start=181) - The Dresden air raid of February 1945 and the writing of *The Destruction of Dresden* [00:04:00](https://irving.video/w/9eb21a9f-c964-4f83-bca3-8669372b2fed?start=240) - Irving's ten-year research process for his Hitler biography and interviews with Hitler's staff [00:06:03](https://irving.video/w/9eb21a9f-c964-4f83-bca3-8669372b2fed?start=363) - Churchill's wartime and post-war propaganda regarding Hitler and British war aims [00:07:00](https://irving.video/w/9eb21a9f-c964-4f83-bca3-8669372b2fed?start=420) - Roosevelt's stated ambitions regarding the British Empire versus Hitler's publicly stated intentions toward Britain [00:09:03](https://irving.video/w/9eb21a9f-c964-4f83-bca3-8669372b2fed?start=543) ## Key moments - Irving describes his shock upon learning from a German coworker about the Dresden bombing in 1960, fifteen years after the war's end, having never heard of it as an Englishman [00:04:00](ht...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/9eb21a9f-c964-4f83-bca3-8669372b2fed/572328fa-6f71-435f-8af1-6bc705314d22-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/kAAnsLrfC3w8tPD8GNeGRc25840232026-03-06T10:26:14.727ZHolocaustinvestigationmarathonYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/mcAcKba1LcL6KooHaPqr4ghttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/edaca059-ab5c-43a6-a2d3-be482ff7d694.jpgDavid Irving — Ottawa 1989## Overview Lecture delivered in Ottawa in 1989. Irving discusses his methodology as a historian—emphasizing archival research and the identification of historical "gaps"—before turning to controversial claims about Winston Churchill's finances during the 1930s, Churchill's acceptance of payments from Jewish organizations and the Czech government, and his own research on the Holocaust, Rudolf Hess, Hermann Göring, and Churchill's biography. ## Topics covered - Irving's approach to historical research and the concept of identifying gaps in the historical record [00:01:07](https://irving.video/w/a395085f-381b-4a09-9546-44cbeb1744d1?start=67) - Churchill's financial circumstances during his years out of office (1930–1939) and claims about painting forgeries [00:05:05](https://irving.video/w/a395085f-381b-4a09-9546-44cbeb1744d1?start=305) - Churchill's rewriting of classic literature for American newspapers in the 1930s [00:06:01](https://irving.video/w/a395085f-381b-4a09-9546-44cbeb1744d1?start=361) - Churchill's receipt of £50,000 from the Board of Deputies of British Jews in 1936 [00:07:09](https://irving.video/w/a395085f-381b-4a09-9546-44cbeb1744d1?start=429) - Churchill's acceptance of bribes from the Czech government and intercepted telephone communications [00:08:02](https://irving.video/w/a395085f-381b-4a09-9546-44cbeb1744d1?start=482) - The problem of academic consensus and the spread of unverified claims through scholarly citation networks [00:10:00](https://irving.video/w/a395085f-381b-4a09-9546-44cbeb1744d1?start=600) - Access restrictions on Churchill's private papers held by the Churchill family [00:04:03](https://irving.video/w/a395085f-381b-4a09-9546-44cbeb1744d1?start=243) ## Key moments - Irving claims Churchill financed his lifestyle in the 1930s by forging the signatures of deceased French painter Charles Maurin on his own paintings and selling them in France [00:05:05](https://irving.video/w/a395085f-381b-4a09-9546-44cbeb1744d1?start=305) - ...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/a395085f-381b-4a09-9546-44cbeb1744d1/dfd6e30f-5612-49b9-bc83-8ee878145890-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/mcAcKba1LcL6KooHaPqr4g65360272026-03-06T10:43:07.713ZottawaYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/2JJASbPX8ZDRgkTtgPiTYnhttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/0f69972f-1e4d-4de3-9f79-a4058e37b513.jpgDavid Irving — In Auschwitz## Overview David Irving conducts a guided tour of Auschwitz concentration camp, examining specific locations including the punishment block and reconstructed gas chamber. The video documents his observations on-site and his commentary on the authenticity and reconstruction of camp structures, presented in a documentary format with direct address to camera. ## Topics covered - Procurement of flowers for placement at the Wall of Death [00:00:00](https://irving.video/w/0e10a181-1eee-4039-b9bc-016d5992a729?start=0) - Block 11 (the punishment block) and the yard where prisoners were executed [00:02:00](https://irving.video/w/0e10a181-1eee-4039-b9bc-016d5992a729?start=120) - Eyewitness testimony and its relation to physical layout [00:03:20](https://irving.video/w/0e10a181-1eee-4039-b9bc-016d5992a729?start=200) - Post-liberation Soviet documentation of the camp [00:03:20](https://irving.video/w/0e10a181-1eee-4039-b9bc-016d5992a729?start=200) - Reconstruction of the gas chamber and crematorium after the war [00:05:00](https://irving.video/w/0e10a181-1eee-4039-b9bc-016d5992a729?start=300) - Rebuilding of the chimney, incinerators, and roof openings using original components [00:05:00](https://irving.video/w/0e10a181-1eee-4039-b9bc-016d5992a729?start=300) ## Key moments - Irving notes that many aspects of the camp are "much smaller than one expects" upon arrival [00:00:00](https://irving.video/w/0e10a181-1eee-4039-b9bc-016d5992a729?start=0) - He states of the reconstructed gas chamber: "I think that says very clearly that that is a fake, as you would say. A reconstruction. They rebuilt it." [00:05:00](https://irving.video/w/0e10a181-1eee-4039-b9bc-016d5992a729?start=300) - Irving examines the museum placard detailing which structures were rebuilt versus original [00:05:00](https://irving.video/w/0e10a181-1eee-4039-b9bc-016d5992a729?start=300) ## Source The video was recorded on-site at Auschwitz concentration camp. No interviewer or audience is audible; Irving appears...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/0e10a181-1eee-4039-b9bc-016d5992a729/db961e0c-c8e5-49ad-aae6-c118e643cdf5-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/2JJASbPX8ZDRgkTtgPiTYn3720112026-03-06T10:47:02.200ZAuschwitzYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/44kRsNfsJq4tuiNuMbhCz9https://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/c2a35dd4-47ff-499f-8fb3-b113973e3ab6.jpgDavid Irving — Holocaust Denial Libel Trial## Overview Television interview recorded following the conclusion of Irving v. Lipstadt libel trial in London. Irving defends his historical positions on the Holocaust, Auschwitz, and the existence of gas chambers, while responding to the judge's findings that he is a Holocaust denier, racist, and anti-Semite. The segment includes live studio discussion with Lipstadt and other participants. ## Topics covered - Irving's claims regarding Crematorium No. 2 at Auschwitz and the absence of documentary evidence for gas chambers [00:04:00](https://irving.video/w/18c2e1cb-522a-4e6f-ad24-35d1581a91d2?start=240) - The judge's findings on Irving's credibility and his selective use of historical sources [00:02:01](https://irving.video/w/18c2e1cb-522a-4e6f-ad24-35d1581a91d2?start=121) - Irving's assertion that experts testifying against him were paid substantial fees, versus his own unpaid witnesses [00:03:02](https://irving.video/w/18c2e1cb-522a-4e6f-ad24-35d1581a91d2?start=182) - Irving's response to accusations of racism and the "baby Aryan" ditty written for his daughter [00:05:00](https://irving.video/w/18c2e1cb-522a-4e6f-ad24-35d1581a91d2?start=300) - The distinction Irving draws between patriotism and racism [00:08:00](https://irving.video/w/18c2e1cb-522a-4e6f-ad24-35d1581a91d2?start=480) - Irving's attendance at rallies in Canada and Germany in the 1990s [00:09:01](https://irving.video/w/18c2e1cb-522a-4e6f-ad24-35d1581a91d2?start=541) - Irving's plans to continue publishing, including his Churchill biography [00:09:01](https://irving.video/w/18c2e1cb-522a-4e6f-ad24-35d1581a91d2?start=541) ## Key moments - Irving acknowledges selecting from available sources but disputes the characterization as distortion: "You have to be selective. So you only chose the things that suited you. Well, let's have a look... No, I didn't say that." [00:03:02](https://irving.video/w/18c2e1cb-522a-4e6f-ad24-35d1581a91d2?start=182) - When directly asked if he still believes gas chambers...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/18c2e1cb-522a-4e6f-ad24-35d1581a91d2/565270b2-b4a1-424f-997d-c6248f6cf287-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/44kRsNfsJq4tuiNuMbhCz916530172026-03-06T10:49:15.940ZHolocaustdeniallibeltrialYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/5vnVE83jmg9MWT8ZYb2VrChttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/d68f90e7-1e16-4464-8b21-416d19729289.jpgDavid Irving — Springtime for Irving: A Holocaust Denier Hits Manhattan## Overview A recorded interview or documentary segment capturing historian David Irving speaking at a clandestine event in New York City following his 2005 release from Austrian imprisonment. Irving discusses his views on Hitler, the Holocaust, and Jewish history, while the filmmakers present counter-evidence and challenge his claims. The piece combines Irving's lecture material with direct questioning and responses from audience members and the interviewer. ## Topics covered - Irving's arrest in Austria and imprisonment for Holocaust trivialization [00:01:00](https://irving.video/w/247ea2c4-582c-49a8-ad24-1dfbaa5336ca?start=60) - The secret church basement event on the Upper East Side and its discovery by the pastor [00:03:01](https://irving.video/w/247ea2c4-582c-49a8-ad24-1dfbaa5336ca?start=181) - Irving's claims that Hitler was not antisemitic and was kept out of the loop by subordinates [00:02:02](https://irving.video/w/247ea2c4-582c-49a8-ad24-1dfbaa5336ca?start=122) - Alleged statements by Irving comparing Holocaust deaths to the Chappaquiddick incident [00:06:00](https://irving.video/w/247ea2c4-582c-49a8-ad24-1dfbaa5336ca?start=360) - Irving's rejection of the term "Holocaust" as commercial terminology [00:06:30](https://irving.video/w/247ea2c4-582c-49a8-ad24-1dfbaa5336ca?start=390) - Christopher Hitchens' defense of Irving in Vanity Fair and the Wall Street Journal [00:05:01](https://irving.video/w/247ea2c4-582c-49a8-ad24-1dfbaa5336ca?start=301) - Irving's statements on Jewish history and alleged responsibility for persecution [00:07:00](https://irving.video/w/247ea2c4-582c-49a8-ad24-1dfbaa5336ca?start=420) ## Key moments - Irving claims that "Adolf Hitler was probably not at all anti-semitic by the time the war began" and was prevented from stopping atrocities by evil subordinates [00:02:02](https://irving.video/w/247ea2c4-582c-49a8-ad24-1dfbaa5336ca?start=122) - The church pastor discovers the deception and expresses outrage: "We were completely de...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/247ea2c4-582c-49a8-ad24-1dfbaa5336ca/d99c9c6a-0c12-4001-b2ab-29ab36a50243-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/5vnVE83jmg9MWT8ZYb2VrC5240112026-03-06T10:56:43.403ZHolocaustspringtimedenierhitsmanhattanYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/6psh6NXj8XvHPvw7JSELmBhttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/42a8506c-9c52-4096-a21e-acc22d2e99b8.jpgDavid Irving — The REAL Winston Churchill## Overview A lecture in which Irving discusses editorial intervention in historical narratives, focusing on Winston Churchill's wartime memoirs and the suppression of correspondence between Churchill and former German Chancellor Heinrich Brüning regarding Nazi Party financing. Irving argues that Churchill and his contemporaries perpetuated falsehoods about the Second World War for political necessity, and examines the gap between accepted historical accounts and documentary evidence he discovered in archival research. ## Topics covered - Editorial control over historical manuscripts and the role of publishers and lawyers [00:00:06](https://irving.video/w/2bc3fe80-9639-4bb3-8dfc-e6c50ce621ab?start=6) - Churchill's six-volume Second World War memoirs and Time-Life Corporation's involvement in their production [00:01:01](https://irving.video/w/2bc3fe80-9639-4bb3-8dfc-e6c50ce621ab?start=61) - The Brüning–Churchill correspondence of 1937 and 1947 regarding financing of the Nazi Party [00:02:01](https://irving.video/w/2bc3fe80-9639-4bb3-8dfc-e6c50ce621ab?start=121) - Bank contributions to the Nazi Party from Berlin financial institutions and European arms suppliers [00:03:01](https://irving.video/w/2bc3fe80-9639-4bb3-8dfc-e6c50ce621ab?start=181) - Irving's personal encounter with a Dresden air raid survivor while working as a steel worker in Germany [00:05:02](https://irving.video/w/2bc3fe80-9639-4bb3-8dfc-e6c50ce621ab?start=302) - The destruction of Dresden and Irving's research methodology for his book on the subject [00:06:00](https://irving.video/w/2bc3fe80-9639-4bb3-8dfc-e6c50ce621ab?start=360) - Irving's ten-year research project on Hitler using interviews with surviving staff and private documents [00:07:00](https://irving.video/w/2bc3fe80-9639-4bb3-8dfc-e6c50ce621ab?start=420) - Churchill's role in wartime propaganda and post-war historical revisionism [00:08:00](https://irving.video/w/2bc3fe80-9639-4bb3-8dfc-e6c50ce621ab?start=480) ## Key moments - Irvin...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/2bc3fe80-9639-4bb3-8dfc-e6c50ce621ab/281297b1-f713-4f71-933c-5cb4478f7d79-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/6psh6NXj8XvHPvw7JSELmB55180382026-03-06T11:11:02.309ZChurchillweitzmannjewishfocussparliamentYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/tfQcxgHCw59Rpb5imG3ueghttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/4fd9b7be-2a9f-490a-b333-18c1879fffd9.jpgDavid Irving — Independent Mind (2008)## Overview A six-minute interview segment in which David Irving reflects on his 2006 Austrian trial conviction and subsequent fourteen-month imprisonment. Irving discusses the evolution of his historical positions on the Holocaust, his experience in an Austrian prison, and his views on free speech and historical inquiry. The format appears to be a one-on-one interview conducted in 2008. ## Topics covered - Trial proceedings and Irving's stated shift in historical positions since acquiring Eichmann papers [00:00:00](https://irving.video/w/dcb8dc39-e8ae-4e18-8331-32d911c83a81?start=0) - Irving's claims regarding Adolf Hitler's knowledge of the Holocaust [00:01:09](https://irving.video/w/dcb8dc39-e8ae-4e18-8331-32d911c83a81?start=69) - Austria's role in Nazi crimes and its motivations for prosecuting Irving [00:02:03](https://irving.video/w/dcb8dc39-e8ae-4e18-8331-32d911c83a81?start=123) - Irving's fourteen-month imprisonment in an Austrian jail, conditions, and fellow inmates [00:03:00](https://irving.video/w/dcb8dc39-e8ae-4e18-8331-32d911c83a81?start=180) - Irving's coping strategies and psychological resilience during solitary confinement [00:04:01](https://irving.video/w/dcb8dc39-e8ae-4e18-8331-32d911c83a81?start=241) - Irving's defence of his inclusion in media and arguments for unrestricted free speech [00:05:04](https://irving.video/w/dcb8dc39-e8ae-4e18-8331-32d911c83a81?start=304) ## Key moments - Irving describes his daily prison routine, including the "six inches thick" cell door operated "like a bank safe," and his assertion that he took psychological control of the space [00:03:00](https://irving.video/w/dcb8dc39-e8ae-4e18-8331-32d911c83a81?start=180) - Irving recounts exercising in a yard "the size of this room" with seventy men from thirty-five nations, noting that "all [walked] anticlockwise, except for the two or three schizophrenics" [00:02:03](https://irving.video/w/dcb8dc39-e8ae-4e18-8331-32d911c83a81?start=123) - Irving states his position ...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/dcb8dc39-e8ae-4e18-8331-32d911c83a81/e74da5cc-c7d8-4fa7-902f-fe7ab3f4e577-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/tfQcxgHCw59Rpb5imG3ueg381092026-03-06T11:19:06.499ZindependentmindYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/n5UgxKE7TXSB4TVsw1pWPrhttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/e6789ee6-daf4-4b83-832e-4254f286af44.jpgDavid Irving — Banned from Auschwitz## Overview Irving discusses his ban from Auschwitz and the grounds for it. He outlines specific physical features of the camp's gas chamber building—door handles, glass panes, gaps beneath doors—that he argues contradict eyewitness testimonies. He presents calculations regarding the logistics of disposing of large numbers of bodies, citing aerial photographs and crematorium specifications as evidence. Irving also contests the dating of the building in question. ## Topics covered - Irving's ban from Auschwitz and reasons for it [00:00:01](https://irving.video/w/aabf1928-9e33-4ace-9d24-808dfaa84eaf?start=1) - Physical features of the Auschwitz gas chamber door and their implications [00:00:01](https://irving.video/w/aabf1928-9e33-4ace-9d24-808dfaa84eaf?start=1) - Eyewitness accounts of SS personnel dropping pellets through roof holes [00:00:01](https://irving.video/w/aabf1928-9e33-4ace-9d24-808dfaa84eaf?start=1) - Logistics of cremating 450,000 Hungarian Jews in May 1944 [00:01:15](https://irving.video/w/aabf1928-9e33-4ace-9d24-808dfaa84eaf?start=75) - Calculations of coke requirements and aerial photograph evidence [00:02:00](https://irving.video/w/aabf1928-9e33-4ace-9d24-808dfaa84eaf?start=120) - Interior door handles in the gas chamber building [00:02:00](https://irving.video/w/aabf1928-9e33-4ace-9d24-808dfaa84eaf?start=120) - Construction dating of the building: 1948 versus Nazi-era claims [00:03:01](https://irving.video/w/aabf1928-9e33-4ace-9d24-808dfaa84eaf?start=181) ## Key moments - Irving states he would be banned from Auschwitz if he appeared with a BBC television team, because he would publicly question the physical feasibility of the gas chamber's design [00:00:01](https://irving.video/w/aabf1928-9e33-4ace-9d24-808dfaa84eaf?start=1) - Irving calculates that 450,000 bodies represent 45,000 tons of flesh and 45,000 cubic meters of material, requiring either visible mass graves or tens of thousands of tons of coke for cremation [00:01:15](https://irv...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/aabf1928-9e33-4ace-9d24-808dfaa84eaf/6a239274-9408-42f2-aab7-75f48b4c29b9-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/n5UgxKE7TXSB4TVsw1pWPr2160112026-03-06T11:32:46.014ZAuschwitzbannedYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/p2RfzkaBgZV3qYgKwh4NXDhttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/6ea2260b-b880-46fd-b555-43a680e23517.jpgDavid Irving — Interview with Edda Göring (1993)## Overview This is a recorded interview conducted by David Irving with Edda Göring, daughter of Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring, in 1993. Irving elicits Edda's personal recollections of her father, her observations of Hitler, and her perspective on postwar accusations against the Nazi leadership, particularly regarding art looting and war crimes. The interview captures her defense of her father's character and her revisionist interpretations of Allied conduct during and after World War II. ## Topics covered - Edda's childhood memories of Hermann Göring and his character as a father [00:00:03](https://irving.video/w/ba8448fe-8a53-4013-a42c-e4e9f957438b?start=3) - Accusations of art theft and looting; Edda's explanation of artwork removal as preservation [00:02:02](https://irving.video/w/ba8448fe-8a53-4013-a42c-e4e9f957438b?start=122) - Edda's limited memories of Hitler as her godfather and his alleged kindness [00:06:00](https://irving.video/w/ba8448fe-8a53-4013-a42c-e4e9f957438b?start=360) - Her mother's views of Hitler and claims about Jewish support for the regime [00:07:00](https://irving.video/w/ba8448fe-8a53-4013-a42c-e4e9f957438b?start=420) - Imprisonment of Göring family members during and after the Nuremberg trial [00:08:01](https://irving.video/w/ba8448fe-8a53-4013-a42c-e4e9f957438b?start=481) - Postwar life, education, and pressure to remain silent about her father [00:09:03](https://irving.video/w/ba8448fe-8a53-4013-a42c-e4e9f957438b?start=543) - Allied bombing campaigns and responsibility for war crimes [00:10:03](https://irving.video/w/ba8448fe-8a53-4013-a42c-e4e9f957438b?start=603) - Göring's final actions in April 1945 and the telegram to Hitler [00:12:01](https://irving.video/w/ba8448fe-8a53-4013-a42c-e4e9f957438b?start=721) ## Key moments - Edda recalls her father's confidence in Allied custody, believing he had "obeyed all laws of war and did nothing that would harm his reputation and honor" [00:02:02](https://irving.video/w/ba8448fe-8a53-4...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/ba8448fe-8a53-4013-a42c-e4e9f957438b/a2edb78f-eeb9-4a91-a040-a2a2ae4e614c-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/p2RfzkaBgZV3qYgKwh4NXD8050122026-03-06T12:12:06.519ZeddaringYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/tBgFHbY1AoDQHSuf43W91Dhttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/891ff713-2fad-4b3c-af13-907685b65464.jpgDavid Irving — In Calgary (1989)## Overview This is a television interview recorded by Calgary Cable TV FM in which historian David Irving discusses his biographical work on Winston Churchill and Adolf Hitler. Irving outlines his research methodology, describes his access to primary sources across multiple archives, and addresses controversies surrounding his historical revisionism and the hostile reception his work has received since the 1977 publication of *Hitler's War*. ## Topics covered - Irving's background working in Germany as a steelworker and his early focus on German wartime perspectives [00:01:00](https://irving.video/w/df937118-ba16-4418-9f55-a616a1020a35?start=60) - The Dresden bombing and its role in prompting Irving to become a full-time historian [00:02:02](https://irving.video/w/df937118-ba16-4418-9f55-a616a1020a35?start=122) - The reception and criticism of *Hitler's War* (1977) and the shift in media treatment that followed [00:03:01](https://irving.video/w/df937118-ba16-4418-9f55-a616a1020a35?start=181) - Personal security incidents including home invasions and attacks on Irving's printing works [00:04:01](https://irving.video/w/df937118-ba16-4418-9f55-a616a1020a35?start=241) - Churchill's financial situation in the 1930s and sources of his income [00:07:00](https://irving.video/w/df937118-ba16-4418-9f55-a616a1020a35?start=420) - The Focus group: a secret political organization funded by Jewish and other interests to finance Churchill and push him toward confrontation with Hitler [00:09:01](https://irving.video/w/df937118-ba16-4418-9f55-a616a1020a35?start=541) - Evidence of Czech government payments to Churchill and other British politicians during the 1930s [00:10:01](https://irving.video/w/df937118-ba16-4418-9f55-a616a1020a35?start=601) - Publishing difficulties with *Churchill's War* and Macmillan's editorial resistance [00:11:01](https://irving.video/w/df937118-ba16-4418-9f55-a616a1020a35?start=661) ## Key moments - Irving describes learning from a coworker in a Ge...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/df937118-ba16-4418-9f55-a616a1020a35/5c6ec18d-c313-4e29-bc3b-f3f84e8bf579-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/tBgFHbY1AoDQHSuf43W91D17690132026-03-06T12:24:27.868ZcalgaryYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/tKL7dicTbh5jzGcPNL8Q4Vhttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/b1561e40-2e4e-49e2-af43-d6ef8a09427d.jpgDavid Irving — An Independent mind## Overview An interview in which David Irving discusses his career, scholarly methods, and controversial positions on Adolf Hitler and the Holocaust. Irving addresses his childhood experiences, his approach to historical research based on primary documents, his 1989 Vienna speech, his 2006 Austrian arrest and imprisonment, and his views on free speech and censorship. The format is a direct question-and-answer exchange. ## Topics covered - Early life, school experiences, and initial exposure to Hitler's Table Talk [00:00:17](https://irving.video/w/e0c2e86c-02b5-4729-bc4a-5a25d294937b?start=17) - Irving's methodology for writing *Hitler's War* using original documents [00:01:02](https://irving.video/w/e0c2e86c-02b5-4729-bc4a-5a25d294937b?start=62) - The manuscript's treatment of Hitler and the Holocaust; lack of documentary evidence linking Hitler to the Holocaust [00:02:05](https://irving.video/w/e0c2e86c-02b5-4729-bc4a-5a25d294937b?start=125) - Irving's 1989 Vienna speech and the balance between acknowledgment of Nazi killings and skepticism about gassing centers [00:03:01](https://irving.video/w/e0c2e86c-02b5-4729-bc4a-5a25d294937b?start=181) - Arrest in Austria under a 1945 law for reactivating the Nazi party; imprisonment conditions in Graz [00:04:00](https://irving.video/w/e0c2e86c-02b5-4729-bc4a-5a25d294937b?start=240) - Eichmann's papers and the Auschwitz commandant's memoirs as shifts in Irving's understanding [00:05:00](https://irving.video/w/e0c2e86c-02b5-4729-bc4a-5a25d294937b?start=300) - Irving's claim that Hitler knew little about the persecution of Western European Jews [00:06:00](https://irving.video/w/e0c2e86c-02b5-4729-bc4a-5a25d294937b?start=360) - Austria's role in the Holocaust and the political context of Irving's trial during Austria's EU presidency [00:06:05](https://irving.video/w/e0c2e86c-02b5-4729-bc4a-5a25d294937b?start=365) - Conditions of 14-month solitary confinement and Irving's approach to managing imprisonment [00:08:01](https...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/e0c2e86c-02b5-4729-bc4a-5a25d294937b/7c55262b-6535-472f-9e01-1bc9413340a0-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/tKL7dicTbh5jzGcPNL8Q4V6580222026-03-06T12:25:02.061ZindependentmindYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/5aQpf9dqRBy1A4LCPASUdshttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/d21b7197-2a94-452f-af8b-1cec8e70aeac.jpgDavid Irving — Deborah Lipstadt\'s Lies & Deceptions, Part 1## Overview In this lecture, Irving examines claims made by Holocaust historian Deborah Lipstadt during a 2017 TED talk at Oxford University. Irving challenges Lipstadt's characterization of the Holocaust as "the best documented genocide in the world" by comparing documented mass murder investigations from Cambodia, Yugoslavia, and Poland to the forensic record of Nazi camps, arguing that Holocaust death toll estimates rest on deportation figures rather than physical evidence. ## Topics covered - Lipstadt's TED talk presentation and her claims about Holocaust documentation [00:00:00](https://irving.video/w/21c4139b-c0f8-478d-ab66-b290856ff472?start=0) - Methodologies for investigating genocides and mass murders using forensic evidence [00:01:01](https://irving.video/w/21c4139b-c0f8-478d-ab66-b290856ff472?start=61) - The Khmer Rouge killings in Cambodia and documented mass grave investigations [00:02:01](https://irving.video/w/21c4139b-c0f8-478d-ab66-b290856ff472?start=121) - Mass graves from the Yugoslav wars and the Katyn massacre investigations [00:03:01](https://irving.video/w/21c4139b-c0f8-478d-ab66-b290856ff472?start=181) - Absence of forensic investigations at Nazi concentration camps in the first 55 years after WWII [00:04:02](https://irving.video/w/21c4139b-c0f8-478d-ab66-b290856ff472?start=242) - Claimed gas chambers at Stutthof and Majdanek camps and delousing chamber documentation [00:05:01](https://irving.video/w/21c4139b-c0f8-478d-ab66-b290856ff472?start=301) - Auschwitz death toll revisions and aerial photographs of suspected mass grave sites [00:06:02](https://irving.video/w/21c4139b-c0f8-478d-ab66-b290856ff472?start=362) - Treblinka camp investigations, soil disturbance mapping, and volume calculations of mass graves [00:07:05](https://irving.video/w/21c4139b-c0f8-478d-ab66-b290856ff472?start=425) - Death toll revisions at Majdanek, Sobibor, and Babi Yar based on post-war investigations [00:09:00](https://irving.video/w/21c4139b-c0f8-478d-ab66-...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/21c4139b-c0f8-478d-ab66-b290856ff472/70d9466f-8bfa-4986-8faf-22a67056ecbd-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/5aQpf9dqRBy1A4LCPASUds36730332026-03-06T15:08:54.215ZLipstadtdeborahliesdeceptionsYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/hu31AHreZ6CkskJVEzQj77https://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/d0f2774f-ab05-4689-b1e8-2b11d9f8a7c9.jpgDavid Irving — German Field Marshal Beaten With His Own Baton!## Overview Irving traces the surrender of Luftwaffe Field Marshal Erhard Milch to British Commando forces in May 1945, focusing on Milch's background as a half-Jewish Nazi officer protected by Göring, his involvement in forced labor operations, and his confrontation with Brigadier Derek Mills Roberts at Neustadt, where the commander had just witnessed atrocities at a nearby concentration camp. The presentation is a lecture format examining the circumstances and personnel involved in this surrender. ## Topics covered - Hitler's 28 Field Marshals and equivalent ranks: their appointments, deaths, and surrender [00:00:00](https://irving.video/w/857c4874-34b1-4dde-b2f1-758eee1fd17a?start=0) - Erhard Milch's career in the Luftwaffe and his role in aircraft production [00:02:06](https://irving.video/w/857c4874-34b1-4dde-b2f1-758eee1fd17a?start=126) - Milch's Jewish ancestry and protection by Göring under Nazi racial law [00:03:02](https://irving.video/w/857c4874-34b1-4dde-b2f1-758eee1fd17a?start=182) - Milch's use of forced labor and directives for dealing with prisoner unrest [00:04:04](https://irving.video/w/857c4874-34b1-4dde-b2f1-758eee1fd17a?start=244) - The sinking of the Cap Arcona and Thielbeck and killings at Neustadt [00:06:03](https://irving.video/w/857c4874-34b1-4dde-b2f1-758eee1fd17a?start=363) - Brigadier Derek Mills Roberts and the 1st Commando Brigade's advance through Germany [00:08:03](https://irving.video/w/857c4874-34b1-4dde-b2f1-758eee1fd17a?start=483) - Mills Roberts' background and operational history [00:10:26](https://irving.video/w/857c4874-34b1-4dde-b2f1-758eee1fd17a?start=626) - The confrontation between Mills Roberts and Milch at Neustadt [00:12:02](https://irving.video/w/857c4874-34b1-4dde-b2f1-758eee1fd17a?start=722) ## Key moments - Göring's principle applied to Milch: "I decide who is a Jew," allowing the half-Jewish officer to rise within the Nazi hierarchy [00:04:04](https://irving.video/w/857c4874-34b1-4dde-b2f1-758eee1fd17a?sta...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/857c4874-34b1-4dde-b2f1-758eee1fd17a/4852fe44-53d0-409d-85cb-9595b2fa8a0e-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/hu31AHreZ6CkskJVEzQj7711870112026-03-06T16:44:13.607ZfieldmarshalbeatenbatonYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/qNxzwXuk3khk8aUdcCEa52https://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/a5c93eaf-f59f-4542-838e-d323fb8551da.jpgDavid Irving — Firestorm Over Dresden Germany ( Full) The Allied Massacre## Overview This 75-minute presentation examines the Allied bombing of Dresden in February 1945. The programme combines archival footage documenting Dresden's architectural and cultural heritage prior to the war with Irving's historical analysis of the bombing campaign, its military rationale, and casualty figures. The format blends documentary material with lecture-style commentary on the strategic and human dimensions of the raid. ## Topics covered - Dresden's architectural and cultural significance from the 16th century through the pre-war period [00:01:08](https://irving.video/w/c8db0082-e251-4c05-befb-6cdf2981853d?start=68) - The Zwinger palace complex, art collections, and the Dresdner Gemäldegalerie [00:04:22](https://irving.video/w/c8db0082-e251-4c05-befb-6cdf2981853d?start=262) - The Green Vault treasury and decorative arts collections [00:10:13](https://irving.video/w/c8db0082-e251-4c05-befb-6cdf2981853d?start=613) - Defensive preparations and removal of anti-aircraft guns to the Eastern Front [00:31:11](https://irving.video/w/c8db0082-e251-4c05-befb-6cdf2981853d?start=1871) - Population displacement: civilian and refugee numbers in the city by early 1945 [00:33:04](https://irving.video/w/c8db0082-e251-4c05-befb-6cdf2981853d?start=1984) - The two-wave bombing operation: initial daylight raid followed by Lancaster bomber night attack [00:34:02](https://irving.video/w/c8db0082-e251-4c05-befb-6cdf2981853d?start=2042) ## Key moments - Description of the Green Vault as "the largest European treasure chamber" with material value estimated at over 40 million marks, yet emphasizing that "its real value was incalculable" [00:11:02](https://irving.video/w/c8db0082-e251-4c05-befb-6cdf2981853d?start=662) - Account of Dresden's defensive vulnerability: "The capital of Saxony was therefore almost completely defenceless" with between 1.2 and 1.4 million inhabitants sheltering in the city [00:33:04](https://irving.video/w/c8db0082-e251-4c05-befb-6cdf2981853d?start...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/c8db0082-e251-4c05-befb-6cdf2981853d/8dc6fac3-e2ee-4ced-8d2a-0e31483ab090-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/qNxzwXuk3khk8aUdcCEa5245440252026-03-06T16:48:30.317ZDresdenfirestormfullalliedmassacreYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/qfLgfgFJ2NtbvpZtrCUAi4https://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/ffd9f4d8-2033-440e-83f8-517645790191.jpgDavid Irving — Searchlight Criminals## Overview This brief segment appears to be an introductory or transitional passage from a David Irving presentation. The speaker references a continuation of a prior film and includes several instances of apology, though the specific subject matter and intended argument are not clearly established within the available transcript excerpt. ## Topics covered Due to the fragmentary and unclear nature of the transcript excerpt, specific topics cannot be reliably identified. The video duration of one minute and the corrupted or incomplete text prevent accurate enumeration of substantive content points. ## Key moments - Speaker apologizes, with apology repeated [00:01:17](https://irving.video/w/c46b04c1-896d-470c-8b0d-6621673a8de5?start=77) The transcript excerpt does not contain sufficient coherent material to extract additional meaningful quoted passages or anecdotes. ## Source Venue and recording context cannot be determined from available metadata. No information regarding original broadcaster, conference affiliation, audience type, or publication source is currently recoverable from the archival record. The corrupted or incomplete nature of the transcript prevents further contextual identification. --- **About this archive:** [irving.video](https://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](https://irvingbooks.com). <!-- iv-desc-v1 -->https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/c46b04c1-896d-470c-8b0d-6621673a8de5/727783bd-d026-43d2-a285-e9f73661ddf4-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/qfLgfgFJ2NtbvpZtrCUAi499072026-03-06T16:58:34.904ZsearchlightcriminalsYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/b34iGTnoTCRQLDPGCVaSrGhttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/331c44a3-26b5-41ad-8b38-e3cbd273a44e.jpgDavid Irving — Firestorm Over Dresden: The Unremembered Holocaust## Overview This 12-minute segment presents a visual and historical survey of Dresden's architectural and cultural landmarks prior to World War II. The narration guides viewers through the city's major buildings, institutions, and public spaces, including the Hygiene Museum, Catholic Court Church, Frauenkirche, and Zwinger Palace, alongside documentary footage of civic ceremonies and winter festivities. The piece functions as an archival travelogue of pre-war Dresden. ## Topics covered - The German Hygiene Museum and the International Hygiene Exhibition of 1911 [00:00:00](https://irving.video/w/5144e93c-5941-440b-a107-1910d203cd92?start=0) - The Catholic Court Church and Dresden's 18th-century religious architecture [00:02:04](https://irving.video/w/5144e93c-5941-440b-a107-1910d203cd92?start=124) - The Körner family house and its cultural significance as a meeting place for German intellectuals [00:03:02](https://irving.video/w/5144e93c-5941-440b-a107-1910d203cd92?start=182) - The Blue Miracle suspension bridge and the Löschwitz district [00:04:04](https://irving.video/w/5144e93c-5941-440b-a107-1910d203cd92?start=244) - The Postplatz and Dresden's urban center [00:05:21](https://irving.video/w/5144e93c-5941-440b-a107-1910d203cd92?start=321) - Imperial and state visits to Dresden: Wilhelm II (1914) and Hindenburg (1928) [00:06:25](https://irving.video/w/5144e93c-5941-440b-a107-1910d203cd92?start=385) - The Frauenkirche and Old Market as civic landmarks [00:09:25](https://irving.video/w/5144e93c-5941-440b-a107-1910d203cd92?start=565) - Dresden's Christmas markets and winter traditions [00:11:25](https://irving.video/w/5144e93c-5941-440b-a107-1910d203cd92?start=685) ## Key moments - The description of the Glass Man as the centerpiece of the Hygiene Museum's educational mission [00:01:13](https://irving.video/w/5144e93c-5941-440b-a107-1910d203cd92?start=73) - Reference to the Körner family house hosting Mozart, Goethe, and Schiller [00:03:02](https://irving.vide...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/5144e93c-5941-440b-a107-1910d203cd92/e0f1c88e-5fe3-48b8-80c4-c13e75953624-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/b34iGTnoTCRQLDPGCVaSrG7720132026-03-06T16:59:17.726ZDresdenHolocaustfirestormunrememberedYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/kAxs7doKcgKZvL4yiYUvwehttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/fbee6693-8c87-4e68-924e-d1a5a197315c.jpgDavid Irving — The Real Gerry Gable## Overview A short address by David Irving concerning Gerry Gable. The speaker discusses Gable's activities and background, presenting Irving's perspective on the subject. The format and full scope of Irving's remarks are limited by the brevity of the available recording. ## Topics covered The transcript provided does not contain sufficient intelligible content to identify specific topics with confidence. The recording consists primarily of acknowledgments and expressions of thanks, with no substantive discussion recovered. ## Key moments The transcript does not contain quoted remarks or anecdotal material suitable for extraction. The available audio consists of brief courtesy phrases without substantive content. ## Source Recording date and venue are not specified in the metadata provided. The original broadcaster, recording context, and audience composition cannot be determined from available information. The video was added to the archive on 2026-03-06. --- **About this archive:** [irving.video](https://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](https://irvingbooks.com). <!-- iv-desc-v1 -->https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/9eb04df6-c608-4ca2-b167-cd292627d0ad/62748112-4cc0-4bc4-98de-fb3abb22cc31-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/kAxs7doKcgKZvL4yiYUvwe1550132026-03-06T17:14:50.911ZrealgerrygableYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/36UXWsWVNGTk1kwCZV8r2Ahttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/651cdbba-36fe-4cb1-918b-192a5cf2da95.jpgDavid Irving — Justice in Germany## Overview Irving presents a lecture recorded at a private gathering in August 2020, commemorating a birthday celebration among what he describes as a circle of British historians and activists. The bulk of the video consists of Irving's extended remarks on the strategic bombing campaign against German cities during World War II, particularly Dresden, arguing that British policy initiated civilian bombing and that German retaliation was reluctant and defensive. He references archival documents, including SS intercepts and police reports, to support claims about casualty figures and Churchill's role in authorizing the campaign. ## Topics covered - Birthday toast and introduction of Michel Renouf, with reference to her upcoming court appearance in Germany [00:00:00](https://irving.video/w/1105a2fd-9896-4464-9f45-667519e7d7e8?start=0) - The Dresden bombing campaign and Irving's 1963 book on the subject [00:05:02](https://irving.video/w/1105a2fd-9896-4464-9f45-667519e7d7e8?start=302) - Churchill's alleged statements about incinerating German civilians and his motives for strategic bombing [00:07:00](https://irving.video/w/1105a2fd-9896-4464-9f45-667519e7d7e8?start=420) - British establishment figures including Rab Butler and peace feelers in 1940 [00:08:03](https://irving.video/w/1105a2fd-9896-4464-9f45-667519e7d7e8?start=483) - RAF bombing of the Ruhr as an "informal invitation" to German retaliation [00:09:02](https://irving.video/w/1105a2fd-9896-4464-9f45-667519e7d7e8?start=542) - German reluctant retaliation and Hitler's preference for aircraft confined to battle zones [00:10:05](https://irving.video/w/1105a2fd-9896-4464-9f45-667519e7d7e8?start=605) - SS and police intercepts documenting missing persons figures from Dresden [00:14:07](https://irving.video/w/1105a2fd-9896-4464-9f45-667519e7d7e8?start=847) - Irving's methodology as a historian and his access to decoded German telegrams [00:15:02](https://irving.video/w/1105a2fd-9896-4464-9f45-667519e7d7e8?start...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/1105a2fd-9896-4464-9f45-667519e7d7e8/f136d02b-4cd1-456a-aed2-e8c98c034e60-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/36UXWsWVNGTk1kwCZV8r2A73210252026-03-06T17:31:05.059ZjusticeYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/42DaEr715RetJyVDbfsxZhhttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/db7a7fba-e930-441f-9828-9401a5e55380.jpgDavid Irving — Saturation Bombing in World War II: Who Is to Blame? (London Forum)## Overview A lecture delivered at the London Forum in which historian David Irving examines the Allied bombing campaign against German cities in World War II, focusing on questions of responsibility and justification. Irving discusses the decision-making of Churchill and other wartime leaders, drawing on archival sources and personal interviews conducted decades earlier with figures such as Bomber Harris and Albert Speer. ## Topics covered - The nature of "comfort zone" history and conformist historians versus independent research [00:03:05](https://irving.video/w/18861081-b6d9-4ee4-828e-e3c3de437746?start=185) - Irving's personal interviews with Bomber Harris, conducted in 1961, and assessment of Harris as a commander [00:05:00](https://irving.video/w/18861081-b6d9-4ee4-828e-e3c3de437746?start=300) - Churchill's March 1945 memo questioning the bombing of German cities for purposes of terror [00:07:01](https://irving.video/w/18861081-b6d9-4ee4-828e-e3c3de437746?start=421) - Churchill's rise to power following the Norwegian campaign fiasco and the role of peace advocates in his cabinet [00:11:00](https://irving.video/w/18861081-b6d9-4ee4-828e-e3c3de437746?start=660) - Hitler's embargo on bombing London and Churchill's attempts to provoke German air attacks on the city [00:12:01](https://irving.video/w/18861081-b6d9-4ee4-828e-e3c3de437746?start=721) ## Key moments - Irving describes Churchill's own written acknowledgment of the moral problem: "It seems to me the moment has come when the question of bombing of German cities...for the sake of increasing the terror...should be reviewed" [00:08:06](https://irving.video/w/18861081-b6d9-4ee4-828e-e3c3de437746?start=486) - Irving contrasts the treatment of Bomber Harris—denied campaign medals and a peerage despite being "a great British commander"—with the erasure of his own historical contributions [00:06:05](https://irving.video/w/18861081-b6d9-4ee4-828e-e3c3de437746?start=365) - Irving recounts being singled out ...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/18861081-b6d9-4ee4-828e-e3c3de437746/a892afb3-c35f-4498-9091-3aa8480c6833-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/42DaEr715RetJyVDbfsxZh41750312026-03-06T17:42:13.718ZsaturationblameforumbombingYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/rpGzhdcjsvJxV67YtbvXpnhttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/26d126e0-0b7f-4754-a826-9519b2c8578b.jpgDavid Irving: The Faking of Adolf Hitler for History## Overview A 67-minute lecture in which David Irving discusses his historical research and methodology, his personal experience during World War II, and his critique of how historical narratives about Nazi Germany and the Holocaust are constructed and enforced. The talk blends autobiographical reflection with commentary on historiographical disputes and terminology. ## Topics covered - Introduction and Irving's credentials as a Third Reich historian [00:00:00](https://irving.video/w/cdc393e3-ab47-49ca-8cc9-20c18141d90f?start=0) - Critique of the terms "Holocaust denier" and "Holocaust survivor" as defined by the Simon Wiesenthal Center [00:03:02](https://irving.video/w/cdc393e3-ab47-49ca-8cc9-20c18141d90f?start=182) - Irving's childhood during World War II, including air raids and deprivation in wartime Britain [00:05:01](https://irving.video/w/cdc393e3-ab47-49ca-8cc9-20c18141d90f?start=301) - Post-war rationing and malnutrition in Britain; comparison to concentration camp victims [00:08:01](https://irving.video/w/cdc393e3-ab47-49ca-8cc9-20c18141d90f?start=481) - Bergen-Belsen liberation photographs and questions about responsibility for camp conditions [00:10:00](https://irving.video/w/cdc393e3-ab47-49ca-8cc9-20c18141d90f?start=600) ## Key moments - Irving compares the definitional power of the terms "Holocaust survivor" and "Holocaust denier," arguing the former confers social privilege while the latter bars professional acceptance [00:03:02](https://irving.video/w/cdc393e3-ab47-49ca-8cc9-20c18141d90f?start=182) - Irving recalls his mother telling him and his twin brother at age seven that they "look like Belsen children" because their ribs were showing through their skin [00:09:00](https://irving.video/w/cdc393e3-ab47-49ca-8cc9-20c18141d90f?start=540) - Irving challenges the narrative implications of a post-war photograph of British soldiers bulldozing bodies at Bergen-Belsen, questioning who bears responsibility for the camp's conditions [00:10:00](http...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/cdc393e3-ab47-49ca-8cc9-20c18141d90f/9eddb931-b279-41ff-92dd-83df9046fe31-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/rpGzhdcjsvJxV67YtbvXpn405901232026-03-06T17:44:07.172ZHitlerfakingadolfYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/5uUXiRhpdymn6ydXLhihV3https://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/59d5f286-516d-48fd-b38f-9a3a6900ed8d.jpgDavid Irving — Holocaust on Trial## Overview This NOVA television program examines the 2000 libel trial at the High Court in London in which historian David Irving sued American scholar Deborah Lippstadt and her publisher Penguin Books over her 1993 book *Denying the Holocaust*. The program reconstructs key courtroom exchanges using actors, presents evidence from both sides, and traces Irving's evolution from respected World War II researcher to controversial figure challenging core claims about the Holocaust. ## Topics covered - Irving's early reputation as a rigorous historian of the Third Reich and World War II documentation [00:10:00](https://irving.video/w/246e0395-c9b9-4667-b394-c737c3b00f2c?start=600) - Irving's assertion that there was no systematic plan to exterminate Jews and no proof Hitler ordered extermination [00:07:00](https://irving.video/w/246e0395-c9b9-4667-b394-c737c3b00f2c?start=420) - Irving's claims about gas chambers at Auschwitz [00:08:03](https://irving.video/w/246e0395-c9b9-4667-b394-c737c3b00f2c?start=483) - The authenticity challenges Irving raised regarding the Hitler Diaries in 1983 [00:11:03](https://irving.video/w/246e0395-c9b9-4667-b394-c737c3b00f2c?start=663) - Irving's deportations from Canada, exclusion from Australia, and legal threats in Germany [00:11:03](https://irving.video/w/246e0395-c9b9-4667-b394-c737c3b00f2c?start=663) - Defense allegations that Irving has systematically distorted historical records through invention, misquotation, and suppression [00:08:03](https://irving.video/w/246e0395-c9b9-4667-b394-c737c3b00f2c?start=483) - Irving's connections to far-right groups and neo-Nazi rallies [00:09:04](https://irving.video/w/246e0395-c9b9-4667-b394-c737c3b00f2c?start=544) - The defense's use of Irving's private diaries spanning 40 years as evidence of racist and antisemitic views [00:13:02](https://irving.video/w/246e0395-c9b9-4667-b394-c737c3b00f2c?start=782) ## Key moments - Irving states he did not hold himself out as a Holocaust expert and bec...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/246e0395-c9b9-4667-b394-c737c3b00f2c/04c4278f-0c2d-4c35-a4b0-35724ad9c59e-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/5uUXiRhpdymn6ydXLhihV334120632026-03-06T17:49:18.921ZHolocausttrialYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/3uJtdtjtd12sD8Bc92RFYihttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/a6e4762d-4752-4a22-8371-41bd034801fd.jpgDavid Irving — The Rudolf Hess Peace Mission 1941: The Truth## Overview This 13-minute archival lecture examines Rudolf Hess's 1941 peace mission to Britain, focusing on the historical context that prompted his flight and the German leadership's motivations. Irving presents documented contacts between Hess and British figures, discusses the circumstances that led Hess to attempt direct negotiation, and addresses the subsequent Allied imprisonment and treatment of Hess until his death in 1987. ## Topics covered - The fall of France and Britain's decision to continue fighting despite German peace overtures [00:01:04](https://irving.video/w/14354685-2aab-4445-9119-4d1305375635?start=64) - Churchill's role in escalating civilian bombing and public opinion regarding peace [00:02:01](https://irving.video/w/14354685-2aab-4445-9119-4d1305375635?start=121) - Hitler's request to Hess regarding peace contacts and the Duke of Hamilton connection [00:03:04](https://irving.video/w/14354685-2aab-4445-9119-4d1305375635?start=184) - Documented correspondence between Hess and the Duke of Hamilton via the Haushofer family [00:04:02](https://irving.video/w/14354685-2aab-4445-9119-4d1305375635?start=242) - German peace proposals guaranteeing the British Empire and the failure of diplomatic channels [00:05:04](https://irving.video/w/14354685-2aab-4445-9119-4d1305375635?start=304) - Hess's mental state, diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia, and nightmares over civilian casualties [00:07:02](https://irving.video/w/14354685-2aab-4445-9119-4d1305375635?start=422) - Hess's preparation for the flight: test flights, aircraft modifications, and secrecy from his family [00:08:02](https://irving.video/w/14354685-2aab-4445-9119-4d1305375635?start=482) ## Key moments - Hess's visions of civilian casualties haunting him: "In my mind's eye, I kept seeing in Germany and Britain alike, a line of children's coffins with weeping mothers standing behind them" [00:07:02](https://irving.video/w/14354685-2aab-4445-9119-4d1305375635?start=422) - Irving describes...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/14354685-2aab-4445-9119-4d1305375635/c8492534-ed0f-4e0c-babe-5da820a5620a-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/3uJtdtjtd12sD8Bc92RFYi8320262026-03-06T17:49:53.401ZHessrudolfpeacemissiontruthYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/8DD98JxZoSxN2KHTQ4cVc5https://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/49e90ba8-864d-4c81-bbab-1427ff772ea1.jpgDavid Irving — Lecture in Alabama (1994)## Overview Lecture delivered at the University of Alabama in Huntsville in 1994. Irving discusses his career as a historian and addresses the legal and professional consequences he has faced over decades of research and public commentary on World War II history and the Holocaust. ## Topics covered - Irving's career trajectory and self-characterization as a historian pursuing factual research [0:00:30](https://irving.video/w/3df160eb-4445-4022-8fb4-bd8ab715f21e?start=30) - Legal persecution and imprisonment faced by Irving over his lifetime [0:00:45](https://irving.video/w/3df160eb-4445-4022-8fb4-bd8ab715f21e?start=45) - Irving's response to opposition and alleged concessions made late in his career [0:01:15](https://irving.video/w/3df160eb-4445-4022-8fb4-bd8ab715f21e?start=75) - Claims regarding the feasibility of mass killing operations in Nazi Germany [0:01:45](https://irving.video/w/3df160eb-4445-4022-8fb4-bd8ab715f21e?start=105) - Alleged suppression of revisionist historians and alternative viewpoints by mainstream institutions [0:02:15](https://irving.video/w/3df160eb-4445-4022-8fb4-bd8ab715f21e?start=135) ## Key moments - "Here's a guy that has to be probably the best historian in the world and all the things that he had to go through" [0:00:55](https://irving.video/w/3df160eb-4445-4022-8fb4-bd8ab715f21e?start=55) - Irving's alleged admission of certain positions in response to pressure from opponents [0:01:20](https://irving.video/w/3df160eb-4445-4022-8fb4-bd8ab715f21e?start=80) - "The only thing they can do to you is come after you, hunt you down and try to stop you from getting your information out" [0:01:50](https://irving.video/w/3df160eb-4445-4022-8fb4-bd8ab715f21e?start=110) ## Source Recorded at the University of Alabama in Huntsville in 1994. The audio appears to be introduced and framed by Jim Rizzoli, who contexualizes Irving's work and provides commentary on the lecture rather than directly engaging with Irving. Original publisher and r...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/3df160eb-4445-4022-8fb4-bd8ab715f21e/b880f523-741f-48c5-86a2-0e17a91523d7-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/8DD98JxZoSxN2KHTQ4cVc51890102026-03-06T17:57:09.310ZalabamaYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/t3Q3h6ysoQ77B4R52iBbQFhttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/30f57b05-0aa5-4df1-91f9-6249d8d3f327.jpgDavid Irving — Dresden Holocaust: Firebombed by America and Britain## Overview This lecture documents the Allied bombing raid on Dresden in February 1945, presenting eyewitness accounts of the attack and its aftermath, alongside analysis of the military and political circumstances that led to the operation. Irving examines casualty figures, the destruction of the city, and the broader context of the strategic bombing campaign in the final months of World War II. ## Topics covered - Eyewitness accounts of the firebombing attack and immediate aftermath [00:00:00](https://irving.video/w/db0bd62c-15fa-4ae0-9180-ca79ae904a17?start=0) - British and American bombing operations: aircraft numbers, ordnance tonnage, and tactical execution [00:01:03](https://irving.video/w/db0bd62c-15fa-4ae0-9180-ca79ae904a17?start=63) - Search for missing persons and discovery of bodies in the ruins [00:02:00](https://irving.video/w/db0bd62c-15fa-4ae0-9180-ca79ae904a17?start=120) - Cremation of corpses and epidemiological concerns in the devastated city [00:04:06](https://irving.video/w/db0bd62c-15fa-4ae0-9180-ca79ae904a17?start=246) - Displacement of 250,000 residents and refugee movements [00:05:03](https://irving.video/w/db0bd62c-15fa-4ae0-9180-ca79ae904a17?start=303) - Political context: the Yalta Conference and Churchill's strategic objectives [00:07:02](https://irving.video/w/db0bd62c-15fa-4ae0-9180-ca79ae904a17?start=422) - Comparative casualty figures across German cities bombed in the final ten months of the war [00:10:01](https://irving.video/w/db0bd62c-15fa-4ae0-9180-ca79ae904a17?start=601) - Total air war statistics and the atomic bombing of Hiroshima [00:11:02](https://irving.video/w/db0bd62c-15fa-4ae0-9180-ca79ae904a17?start=662) ## Key moments - A survivor describes the firestorm: "Even the river was burning. I could see that even the river was burning" [00:00:00](https://irving.video/w/db0bd62c-15fa-4ae0-9180-ca79ae904a17?start=0) - A son recounts searching for his father's body among thousands of mutilated corpses piled in the street...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/db0bd62c-15fa-4ae0-9180-ca79ae904a17/e1839e43-2aa3-415f-9665-fdbc4caa6d27-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/t3Q3h6ysoQ77B4R52iBbQF7140262026-03-06T17:58:53.100ZDresdenHolocaustfirebombedYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/uEj8NtDZwyirHWGbQkaCS5https://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/5459f61e-25d0-4a5f-9559-93ebe347f9e6.jpgDavid Irving — Churchill And The Jews## Overview This video presents Irving's critical examination of Martin Gilbert's biography *Churchill and the Jews*. Irving argues that Churchill's lifelong alignment with Jewish interests—shaped by childhood friendships with wealthy Jewish families including the Rothschilds—fundamentally influenced his political career and wartime decisions. The presentation is a solo lecture format covering Churchill's early political career, his stance on Jewish immigration, and his relationships with prominent Jewish financiers. ## Topics covered - Martin Gilbert's *Churchill and the Jews* and Gilbert's biographical perspective as Churchill's official biographer [00:00:00](https://irving.video/w/e819524f-848d-468e-86fa-2d8c50f06480?start=0) - Churchill's early social milieu and connections to the Rothschild, Cassel, and Sassoon families [00:04:01](https://irving.video/w/e819524f-848d-468e-86fa-2d8c50f06480?start=241) - Benjamin Disraeli as Britain's Jewish Prime Minister and One Nation Toryism [00:03:01](https://irving.video/w/e819524f-848d-468e-86fa-2d8c50f06480?start=181) - Churchill's 1904 campaign in Manchester North West against the Aliens Bill restricting Jewish immigration [00:10:02](https://irving.video/w/e819524f-848d-468e-86fa-2d8c50f06480?start=602) - Churchill's public letter opposing the Aliens Bill and his language on immigration and asylum [00:11:00](https://irving.video/w/e819524f-848d-468e-86fa-2d8c50f06480?start=660) - Churchill's selective application of racial attitudes: opposition to prejudice against Jews but racial animus toward Indians, Germans, and others [00:14:00](https://irving.video/w/e819524f-848d-468e-86fa-2d8c50f06480?start=840) - The Palestinian displacement resulting from Jewish immigration to Palestine under British mandate [00:15:00](https://irving.video/w/e819524f-848d-468e-86fa-2d8c50f06480?start=900) ## Key moments - Edward Spears's remark to Gilbert: "Even Winston had a fault. He was too fond of Jews"—Irving contests the first par...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/e819524f-848d-468e-86fa-2d8c50f06480/06c12658-45de-4ca4-a26c-bfa562f479a8-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/uEj8NtDZwyirHWGbQkaCS533410632026-03-06T18:12:36.987ZChurchilljewsYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/kvsnunmfuVqx2HBaBjsseahttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/2f43cc24-1294-41f0-9004-95a585bea303.jpgDavid Irving On Weizmann Letter To Churchill## Overview Irving discusses a September 1941 letter from Chaim Weizmann to Winston Churchill held in the Weizmann archives. The letter presents Weizmann's conditional offer of Zionist support for the British war effort in exchange for the establishment of a Jewish army in the Middle East, set against the backdrop of Churchill's efforts to bring the United States into World War II. ## Topics covered - Access to the Weizmann archives and Churchill correspondence [00:00:00](https://irving.video/w/9dfa748c-8190-478a-a338-3fb390f11773?start=0) - Weizmann's letter to Churchill from September 1941 [00:00:00](https://irving.video/w/9dfa748c-8190-478a-a338-3fb390f11773?start=0) - Conditions set by Weizmann: formation of a Jewish army with independent arsenal, uniforms, and flag [00:00:30](https://irving.video/w/9dfa748c-8190-478a-a338-3fb390f11773?start=30) - Weizmann's claim of Jewish influence over American public opinion [00:01:05](https://irving.video/w/9dfa748c-8190-478a-a338-3fb390f11773?start=65) - The role of organized Jewish groups as a "unified bloc" supporting the British cause in the United States [00:01:05](https://irving.video/w/9dfa748c-8190-478a-a338-3fb390f11773?start=65) - Weizmann's assertion of capacity to influence American entry into the war [00:01:05](https://irving.video/w/9dfa748c-8190-478a-a338-3fb390f11773?start=65) ## Key moments - Irving describes Weizmann's ultimatum to Churchill: "unless you grant us what we want...you are not going to win us over" [00:00:15](https://irving.video/w/9dfa748c-8190-478a-a338-3fb390f11773?start=15) - Weizmann's statement to Churchill: "we are the only powerful unified bloc in the United States which solidly backs the British cause" [00:01:05](https://irving.video/w/9dfa748c-8190-478a-a338-3fb390f11773?start=65) - Weizmann claims Jewish organizations successfully brought America into the previous war and could repeat the feat [00:01:05](https://irving.video/w/9dfa748c-8190-478a-a338-3fb390f11773?start=65) ## ...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/9dfa748c-8190-478a-a338-3fb390f11773/fb95e05d-ab2f-4891-8787-0f43b95b75d0-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/kvsnunmfuVqx2HBaBjssea940262026-03-06T18:12:41.439ZChurchillweizmannletterYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/jCD1yT3tDjgJUob4FgJfJ3https://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/9a909f2a-12d6-4743-a533-b2ab9795b52e.jpgDavid Irving — Rudolf Hess (November 2013, Parts 1–7)## Overview A lecture on Rudolf Hess covering his background, family correspondence, character, and historical legacy. Irving discusses Hess's Egyptian birth, rise in the Nazi Party, the investigator Eric Lippmann's assessment of his papers, access to the Hess family archives now held in Switzerland, and the 2011 destruction of the Hess family grave by German authorities. The presentation also includes broader context on Hitler's writings and intellectual character based on primary sources. ## Topics covered - Hess's birth in Alexandria, Egypt and family background; his parents' correspondence [00:00:00](https://irving.video/w/96e21466-22c9-4bc5-b727-7985fa49151e?start=0) - The Duke of Windsor's 1937 visit to the Hess family and pro-Nazi sympathies [00:01:05](https://irving.video/w/96e21466-22c9-4bc5-b727-7985fa49151e?start=65) - Irving's characterization of National Socialism as nationalist socialism versus Marxist internationalism [00:01:05](https://irving.video/w/96e21466-22c9-4bc5-b727-7985fa49151e?start=65) - Lippmann's 1946 investigation of Hess papers and letter to Jackson recommending against prosecution [00:03:00](https://irving.video/w/96e21466-22c9-4bc5-b727-7985fa49151e?start=180) - Irving's access to and cataloguing of the Hess family archives via Wolf Hess [00:05:02](https://irving.video/w/96e21466-22c9-4bc5-b727-7985fa49151e?start=302) - Transfer of Hess papers to Swiss government archives in Bern [00:06:00](https://irving.video/w/96e21466-22c9-4bc5-b727-7985fa49151e?start=360) - The 2011 German government destruction and desecration of the Hess family grave [00:06:00](https://irving.video/w/96e21466-22c9-4bc5-b727-7985fa49151e?start=360) - Hitler's authorship and sources: *Mein Kampf*, *Hitler's Second Book*, and *Hitler's Table Talk* [00:08:01](https://irving.video/w/96e21466-22c9-4bc5-b727-7985fa49151e?start=481) ## Key moments - Irving describes being invited by Wolf Hess to stay in the family home and smuggle papers into his room two or t...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/96e21466-22c9-4bc5-b727-7985fa49151e/3dd568ad-99a4-4760-b598-c8f12b31dcf3-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/jCD1yT3tDjgJUob4FgJfJ318010362026-03-06T21:23:37.088ZHessrudolfnovemberYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/gecBVmq73wpqaJPeLtXRaqhttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/0b908f83-cf03-4b8e-b8d6-4cbb9be806e4.jpgDavid Irving — Revised Revisionist Views## Overview Irving delivers a lecture examining his evolving historical positions, focusing on the terminology, marketing, and historiographical treatment of the Holocaust. He discusses his research methodology, including interviews with historical figures and analysis of primary sources, and explains how his views have shifted over decades of study rather than reversed entirely. ## Topics covered - The origin and adoption of the term "Holocaust" as a marketing concept in the early 1970s [00:01:03](https://irving.video/w/7b50e8d9-1b6c-43c1-95be-f3e4d2e6478e?start=63) - Irving's 1971 interview with Gebhard Himmler, Heinrich Himmler's brother, and its relevance to Holocaust historiography [00:02:02](https://irving.video/w/7b50e8d9-1b6c-43c1-95be-f3e4d2e6478e?start=122) - Changes in Irving's description of Auschwitz between editions of *Hitler's War* [00:04:01](https://irving.video/w/7b50e8d9-1b6c-43c1-95be-f3e4d2e6478e?start=241) - Publishing pressures and the demographics of the American book industry [00:05:01](https://irving.video/w/7b50e8d9-1b6c-43c1-95be-f3e4d2e6478e?start=301) - The Ernst Zündel trial in Toronto and Irving's expert testimony [00:07:03](https://irving.video/w/7b50e8d9-1b6c-43c1-95be-f3e4d2e6478e?start=423) - Fred Leuchter's 1988 investigation at Auschwitz and chemical analysis of gas chamber samples [00:08:01](https://irving.video/w/7b50e8d9-1b6c-43c1-95be-f3e4d2e6478e?start=481) - Hydrogen cyanide residue testing and the Prussian blue evidence at Auschwitz [00:10:02](https://irving.video/w/7b50e8d9-1b6c-43c1-95be-f3e4d2e6478e?start=602) ## Key moments - Irving describes being asked to testify in the Zündel case and initially declining due to the harsh Canadian winter compared to his comfort in Florida [00:07:03](https://irving.video/w/7b50e8d9-1b6c-43c1-95be-f3e4d2e6478e?start=423) - Irving recounts reading the Leuchter Report for the first time the day before testifying, noting Leuchter's apolitical background and unconventional honeymo...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/7b50e8d9-1b6c-43c1-95be-f3e4d2e6478e/5cea9230-6a1c-42ab-b68f-09f30271b2a6-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/gecBVmq73wpqaJPeLtXRaq37710462026-03-06T21:31:18.806ZrevisedrevisionistviewsYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/tVtTff82FRa1zYX32tzS9Zhttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/5facae9d-2ec1-4047-8389-4b5aa90cd35f.jpgDavid Irving — Hitler's War (Full Film)## Overview This 57-minute film presents Irving's narrative account of Hitler's strategic and political decisions during the opening years of World War II, from the eve of the invasion of France through the planning of Operation Barbarossa. Irving constructs the account from Hitler's perspective, examining his calculations regarding Britain, the Soviet Union, and the constraints of German military capacity. The film combines archival narration with period documentation to trace what Irving characterizes as Hitler's deliberation between competing strategic imperatives. ## Topics covered - Hitler's assessment of German military advantage and the narrowing technological lead over Western powers [00:00:00](https://irving.video/w/e21e58f4-16e2-479e-aaf3-96394a9dc089?start=0) - Hitler's June 1940 visit to Paris following the French surrender [00:02:06](https://irving.video/w/e21e58f4-16e2-479e-aaf3-96394a9dc089?start=126) - Hitler's strategic dilemma: the choice between attacking Britain or the Soviet Union [00:05:05](https://irving.video/w/e21e58f4-16e2-479e-aaf3-96394a9dc089?start=305) - Rudolf Hess's role in exploring secret peace negotiations with Britain [00:04:01](https://irving.video/w/e21e58f4-16e2-479e-aaf3-96394a9dc089?start=241) - Stalin's territorial demands during Molotov's November 1940 visit to Berlin [00:13:03](https://irving.video/w/e21e58f4-16e2-479e-aaf3-96394a9dc089?start=783) - The issuance of Directive Barbarossa and preparations for the invasion of the Soviet Union [00:14:05](https://irving.video/w/e21e58f4-16e2-479e-aaf3-96394a9dc089?start=845) - German military operations in North Africa and the dispatch of Rommel's Afrika Korps [00:15:01](https://irving.video/w/e21e58f4-16e2-479e-aaf3-96394a9dc089?start=901) ## Key moments - Irving quotes Hitler reflecting on his authority: "Never again will Germany have a leader of such authority and following as he" [00:06:01](https://irving.video/w/e21e58f4-16e2-479e-aaf3-96394a9dc089?start=361) - Irvi...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/e21e58f4-16e2-479e-aaf3-96394a9dc089/daf3b53f-f169-4c2d-90e9-bf171946f219-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/tVtTff82FRa1zYX32tzS9Z345251792026-03-06T21:35:59.860ZHitlerfullfilmYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/abJEk6Per2jthLS19MFSpwhttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/1c96eed1-7686-47e2-b83d-9a8db1b9ce59.jpgDavid Irving — The Iraq War, Part 1## Overview Irving delivers a lecture comparing the Iraq War to the Second World War, using examples from Nazi Germany's Eastern Front to analyse American military strategy and decision-making. He examines the parallels between Hitler's invasion of the Soviet Union and the US invasion of Iraq, focusing on supply lines, civilian resistance, and the erosion of initial military advantage. The talk addresses media narratives, government justifications for war, and the discovery of his book *Hitler's War* in the home of Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz. ## Topics covered - Irving's recent speaking tour in Hungary and subsequent US travels [00:00:00](https://irving.video/w/4a61f9f0-4dc2-4631-ba7b-734731bbf044?start=0) - The Oklahoma City bombing accusation and subsequent apology from Stephen Jones [00:01:01](https://irving.video/w/4a61f9f0-4dc2-4631-ba7b-734731bbf044?start=61) - Discovery of *Hitler's War* in Tariq Aziz's bedroom during US forces' palace raids [00:03:02](https://irving.video/w/4a61f9f0-4dc2-4631-ba7b-734731bbf044?start=182) - Removal of Irving's books from US military academy libraries following ADL pressure [00:04:02](https://irving.video/w/4a61f9f0-4dc2-4631-ba7b-734731bbf044?start=242) - Comparison of German supply line collapse in 1941 with US logistics in Iraq [00:07:00](https://irving.video/w/4a61f9f0-4dc2-4631-ba7b-734731bbf044?start=420) - General Tommy Franks' refusal to provide Iraqi casualty figures [00:08:03](https://irving.video/w/4a61f9f0-4dc2-4631-ba7b-734731bbf044?start=483) - Soviet strategic withdrawal and partisan tactics mirrored in Iraqi military dissolution [00:09:05](https://irving.video/w/4a61f9f0-4dc2-4631-ba7b-734731bbf044?start=545) - Inconsistent US government justifications for the Iraq War versus the Poland guarantee of 1939 [00:10:01](https://irving.video/w/4a61f9f0-4dc2-4631-ba7b-734731bbf044?start=601) ## Key moments - Irving describes finding his own book on Tariq Aziz's bedside table, discovered by US force...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/4a61f9f0-4dc2-4631-ba7b-734731bbf044/8ea5c62f-7410-41e2-bc41-5178261cf7ee-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/abJEk6Per2jthLS19MFSpw9000352026-03-06T21:37:05.025ZiraqYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/vEm6tgf9tnEqmMBYtB3BHmhttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/4326ad8e-9e3f-4805-8fa9-3d3ea9e7cd35.jpgDavid Irving — Real History Conference, Cincinnati (1999)## Overview Lecture delivered at a "Real History" conference in Cincinnati in 1999. Irving outlines his methodology of working from archival sources and primary documents, contrasts his approach with what he characterizes as derivative scholarship built on circular citation, and discusses his research into Hitler, the Holocaust, and wartime history. He addresses legal challenges to historical revisionism and describes efforts to suppress his work. ## Topics covered - Irving's archival methodology and approach to Hitler biography research [00:00:48](https://irving.video/w/f033aaff-5b7b-489c-aac3-4386d62b1d2a?start=48) - Publication of *Hitler's War* (1977) and claims regarding Hitler's knowledge of concentration camps [00:02:01](https://irving.video/w/f033aaff-5b7b-489c-aac3-4386d62b1d2a?start=121) - Critique of historians citing each other without primary source verification [00:03:01](https://irving.video/w/f033aaff-5b7b-489c-aac3-4386d62b1d2a?start=181) - German criminal legislation restricting Holocaust-related historical inquiry [00:04:01](https://irving.video/w/f033aaff-5b7b-489c-aac3-4386d62b1d2a?start=241) - Discovery and extraction of Joseph Goebbels diaries from KGB archives in 1992 [00:08:01](https://irving.video/w/f033aaff-5b7b-489c-aac3-4386d62b1d2a?start=481) - Media blackout and editorial suppression of Irving's name in British newspapers [00:10:00](https://irving.video/w/f033aaff-5b7b-489c-aac3-4386d62b1d2a?start=600) - Irving's stated motivation as a historian and approach to academic debate [00:11:00](https://irving.video/w/f033aaff-5b7b-489c-aac3-4386d62b1d2a?start=660) ## Key moments - Irving describes a circular-citation chain among historians on Hitler and the Holocaust, concluding "they were all quoting each other" with "no visible means of support, apart from the hot air that each historian breathed into it" [00:03:01](https://irving.video/w/f033aaff-5b7b-489c-aac3-4386d62b1d2a?start=181) - Irving recounts being deported from Rome airp...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/f033aaff-5b7b-489c-aac3-4386d62b1d2a/b09850f7-af0f-408a-90a3-6085c8dae273-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/vEm6tgf9tnEqmMBYtB3BHm71570462026-03-06T21:45:06.977ZrealconferencecincinnatiYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/jqV6ZiR2rn9D41jrxmZGmRhttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/7cb044b7-2571-49f8-b9ae-6048059b71ab.jpgDavid Irving — It's Not About the Money or the Fame## Overview Irving discusses his historiographical methodology and the hostile environment he has faced as a scholar. He emphasizes the importance of documentary evidence, intellectual integrity, and willingness to revise conclusions based on primary sources. The talk addresses his decades-long challenges to established historical narratives and the professional and personal obstacles he has encountered. ## Topics covered - Methodology for historical approximation and the role of documentary evidence [00:00:00](https://irving.video/w/953f1288-872e-47f3-85a0-596fae609421?start=0) - The search for Hitler documents on the Holocaust and his standing offer of payment [00:00:00](https://irving.video/w/953f1288-872e-47f3-85a0-596fae609421?start=0) - Deborah Lipstadt's claims regarding documentary evidence and Irving's public challenge to her [00:01:03](https://irving.video/w/953f1288-872e-47f3-85a0-596fae609421?start=63) - Discovery and exploitation of the Goebbels diaries from Moscow archives in 1992 [00:02:02](https://irving.video/w/953f1288-872e-47f3-85a0-596fae609421?start=122) - Security concerns and police surveillance during the 1990s in London [00:03:06](https://irving.video/w/953f1288-872e-47f3-85a0-596fae609421?start=186) - Media blackout imposed by the Evening Standard editor Stuart Stephens [00:04:01](https://irving.video/w/953f1288-872e-47f3-85a0-596fae609421?start=241) - Airport incident in Rome on June 9, 1992 and expulsion from Italy [00:05:01](https://irving.video/w/953f1288-872e-47f3-85a0-596fae609421?start=301) - Irving's stated motivation as a historian: intellectual triumph over establishment scholars [00:06:06](https://irving.video/w/953f1288-872e-47f3-85a0-596fae609421?start=366) ## Key moments - Irving describes waking at 3 a.m. to police trucks unloading steel barricades outside his London apartment during the early 1990s [00:02:02](https://irving.video/w/953f1288-872e-47f3-85a0-596fae609421?start=122) - Scotland Yard officer requests photo...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/953f1288-872e-47f3-85a0-596fae609421/ed007b1a-2413-45e3-9e2a-c6f0b908cae3-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/jqV6ZiR2rn9D41jrxmZGmR3820172026-03-06T21:41:33.650ZmoneyfameYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/18qk9Z4Rdua4WJRw81w6jBhttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/ad690f91-539e-40d1-824c-c23543bfc9f8.jpgAmbushed in Vienna: David Irving’s Harrowing Encounter with the Secret Police## Overview Irving recounts a 2005 incident in Vienna in which he was intercepted by Austrian state police while attempting to deliver a clandestine lecture to students. He describes his circuitous route into the country, the suspicious contact who arranged the meeting, the identification of plainclothes officers, and his escape by car. The account is delivered as a first-person narrative, examining the operational details and his suspicions about the organiser's true identity. ## Topics covered - Covert entry into Austria via Switzerland and overnight drive to Vienna [00:00:00](https://irving.video/w/01093350-43fc-4a51-9410-543c08a8a5fb?start=0) - Contact protocol and security precautions at the Western Railway Station [00:00:00](https://irving.video/w/01093350-43fc-4a51-9410-543c08a8a5fb?start=0) - Planned lecture to 200 students at the Olympia student body [00:01:02](https://irving.video/w/01093350-43fc-4a51-9410-543c08a8a5fb?start=62) - Recognition of state police officers (STOPO) near the student building entrance [00:02:04](https://irving.video/w/01093350-43fc-4a51-9410-543c08a8a5fb?start=124) - Evasion and escape by rental car, with pursuit by plainclothes officer [00:03:03](https://irving.video/w/01093350-43fc-4a51-9410-543c08a8a5fb?start=183) - Post-incident communication with organiser and cancellation of the lecture [00:04:02](https://irving.video/w/01093350-43fc-4a51-9410-543c08a8a5fb?start=242) - Retrospective assessment of the organiser as a government agent [00:04:02](https://irving.video/w/01093350-43fc-4a51-9410-543c08a8a5fb?start=242) ## Key moments - Irving describes his cautionary approach to the meeting: "I said, oh by the way is there a backing exit I can get out of if there's an emergency" [00:02:04](https://irving.video/w/01093350-43fc-4a51-9410-543c08a8a5fb?start=124) - The moment of recognition: "the middle one I recognize him, he's STOPO, state police" [00:02:04](https://irving.video/w/01093350-43fc-4a51-9410-543c08a8a5fb?start=124...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/01093350-43fc-4a51-9410-543c08a8a5fb/c6073e47-ab7c-4949-889f-d7ae06ec5ea6-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/18qk9Z4Rdua4WJRw81w6jB2890202026-03-06T21:47:38.823ZambushedviennaharrowingencountersecretYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/sojcPUcASQUTw6ubkyQEX8https://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/df915377-b29a-4ad4-ae3b-dfb900ae5cbe.jpgDavid Irving — Was Hermann Göring Gay?## Overview A lecture-format examination of Hermann Göring's public image versus private behaviour, with particular focus on contemporary witness accounts of his distinctive dress, jewellery, and cosmetics. Irving argues against the widespread rumour that Göring was homosexual, and instead proposes the psychological concept of "homovestism"—a preference for exaggerated or obsessive adherence to one's own gender's clothing norms—as a more accurate explanation for his documented sartorial habits. ## Topics covered - Nazi leaders' private lives versus public image, with examples from Hitler, Goebbels, and Himmler [00:00:13](https://irving.video/w/d5ab2fc8-2b88-4df7-9cf3-d212e90f25b5?start=13) - Contemporary witness accounts of Göring's flamboyant dress, makeup, and jewellery [00:02:05](https://irving.video/w/d5ab2fc8-2b88-4df7-9cf3-d212e90f25b5?start=125) - Specific testimony from Swiss diplomat Karl Burckhardt and German diplomat Ulrich von Hassel on Göring's domestic appearance [00:03:05](https://irving.video/w/d5ab2fc8-2b88-4df7-9cf3-d212e90f25b5?start=185) - Göring's pre-Nazi biography: upper-class upbringing, World War I service, and psychological breakdown in Swedish exile [00:05:02](https://irving.video/w/d5ab2fc8-2b88-4df7-9cf3-d212e90f25b5?start=302) - Göring's personality traits during World War II: laziness, corruption, emotional instability, and obsession with medals and decorations [00:06:03](https://irving.video/w/d5ab2fc8-2b88-4df7-9cf3-d212e90f25b5?start=363) - Analysis of transvestism versus homovestism as explanatory frameworks for Göring's behaviour [00:08:00](https://irving.video/w/d5ab2fc8-2b88-4df7-9cf3-d212e90f25b5?start=480) - Definition and origins of homovestism as a psychological concept [00:10:03](https://irving.video/w/d5ab2fc8-2b88-4df7-9cf3-d212e90f25b5?start=603) ## Key moments - Irving describes Göring reclining at his estate in red silk stockings "like a cardinal," with a "sunken and puckered" mouth, as witnessed by Swiss diplo...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/d5ab2fc8-2b88-4df7-9cf3-d212e90f25b5/d9b01f54-3a7a-427d-aa2f-9b4e67de964b-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/sojcPUcASQUTw6ubkyQEX867151122026-03-06T21:56:52.175ZhermannringYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/nAnWyNTXvjqBEqJ4PH5VxShttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/6e48c468-733f-436d-8e73-7484a89aa773.jpgDavid Irving — Manipulating America into World War II (1989)## Overview A lecture delivered in Toronto in 1989 in which Irving examines what he characterizes as deliberate omissions and gaps in the official historical record concerning British and American decision-making before Pearl Harbor. Irving argues that withheld British intelligence archives—particularly decoded Japanese naval messages—suggest Churchill possessed advance knowledge of the Japanese attack but did not inform the United States, and that Churchill systematically manipulated information about German military intentions to shape public and political opinion. ## Topics covered - Irving's background as a historian and his methodology for identifying archival gaps [00:00:31](https://irving.video/w/aedcb8b6-370f-43db-a5ba-6bc9b10b83fc?start=31) - His research into the bombing of Dresden and how it shaped his career [00:02:08](https://irving.video/w/aedcb8b6-370f-43db-a5ba-6bc9b10b83fc?start=128) - The distinction between American and British codebreaking capacity during 1940–1941 [00:05:02](https://irving.video/w/aedcb8b6-370f-43db-a5ba-6bc9b10b83fc?start=302) - The withheld British intercepts of Japanese naval code (JN-25) and the absence of released documents in British archives [00:06:01](https://irving.video/w/aedcb8b6-370f-43db-a5ba-6bc9b10b83fc?start=361) - The December 4, 1941 Japanese signal revealing Pearl Harbor as the attack target, decoded by Americans in 1944 [00:09:01](https://irving.video/w/aedcb8b6-370f-43db-a5ba-6bc9b10b83fc?start=541) - Churchill's exclusive access to German Enigma decrypts and his knowledge that Hitler had no genuine invasion plans for Britain [00:10:02](https://irving.video/w/aedcb8b6-370f-43db-a5ba-6bc9b10b83fc?start=602) - Churchill's alleged deliberate provocation of German bombing of London through the bombing of Berlin [00:11:05](https://irving.video/w/aedcb8b6-370f-43db-a5ba-6bc9b10b83fc?start=665) ## Key moments - Irving describes his chance meeting with a Dresden bombing survivor while working as a steelworke...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/aedcb8b6-370f-43db-a5ba-6bc9b10b83fc/cb53974b-d6d5-45b9-8bde-a889d65b83e8-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/nAnWyNTXvjqBEqJ4PH5VxS349501182026-03-06T21:54:23.536ZmanipulatingYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/iByuNfeU3ZrYmTTSwHEToqhttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/a2a424a7-49d5-4580-a9f1-4f59e59900e6.jpgDavid Irving — With Ernst Zündel in London (1992)## Overview Irving delivers a lengthy lecture criticizing the British media establishment and its institutional control. He argues that profit motives, liberal and socialist ideology, and international financial interests have corrupted journalism and broadcasting standards. The talk takes the form of a public address with prepared notes and visual materials, covering media ownership, disinformation, and what he characterizes as cultural degradation across newspapers, television, and advertising. ## Topics covered - Journalism as a degraded profession: historical critiques from Nietzsche, Gissing, and Leavis [00:00:37](https://irving.video/w/8ea26a75-58ca-4025-93cf-cb0742b0e880?start=37) - Media liability and libel cases: the Neil Hamilton and Gerald Howarth BBC case [00:02:08](https://irving.video/w/8ea26a75-58ca-4025-93cf-cb0742b0e880?start=128) - Crime statistics suppression: Lord Ray's 1989 House of Lords speech on violent crime in Greater London [00:05:00](https://irving.video/w/8ea26a75-58ca-4025-93cf-cb0742b0e880?start=300) - Television programming and religious representation: BBC and Channel 4 scheduling patterns [00:08:01](https://irving.video/w/8ea26a75-58ca-4025-93cf-cb0742b0e880?start=481) - Advertising industry control and multiculturalism in commercials [00:11:02](https://irving.video/w/8ea26a75-58ca-4025-93cf-cb0742b0e880?start=662) - Media ownership consolidation: Kissinger Associates and the Daily Telegraph takeover [00:14:00](https://irving.video/w/8ea26a75-58ca-4025-93cf-cb0742b0e880?start=840) - Banking and internationalism: Pearson Group, Lazard Brothers, and links to China investment [00:17:07](https://irving.video/w/8ea26a75-58ca-4025-93cf-cb0742b0e880?start=1027) ## Key moments - Irving quotes Enoch Powell's assertion that "a free press disseminates all kinds of false, partial, and invented information" and notes journalists "contradict themselves from one day to the next without shame" [00:01:01](https://irving.video/w/8ea26a75-58ca...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/8ea26a75-58ca-4025-93cf-cb0742b0e880/03e8e533-3028-4a4a-9035-85709782cc74-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/iByuNfeU3ZrYmTTSwHEToq61500862026-03-06T22:01:47.764ZernstndelYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/6xQEakdWcZP9zKJ5gFaULWhttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/9df4f749-783b-4c70-b5ef-4fc2095f67d8.jpgDavid Irving — ABC news (1993 - incomplete)## Overview This segment from ABC News (Australia) covers the screening of a David Irving video presentation in Perth and Adelaide in 1993, following Irving's refusal of entry to Australia. The report documents public protests against the screenings, Irving's claims about Holocaust death toll figures, audience reactions, and the decision by venues in Brisbane, Sydney, and Melbourne to cancel scheduled presentations. ## Topics covered - Screening of Irving's video in Perth and Adelaide despite venue cancellations in other capitals [00:00:07](https://irving.video/w/2cefbc98-07d6-4f91-bcc4-f387c3b3c1b6?start=7) - Protests by Jewish groups against Irving's Holocaust claims [00:01:03](https://irving.video/w/2cefbc98-07d6-4f91-bcc4-f387c3b3c1b6?start=63) - Irving's assertion that Holocaust reports are exaggerated and constitute "big business" [00:01:03](https://irving.video/w/2cefbc98-07d6-4f91-bcc4-f387c3b3c1b6?start=63) - Audience member responses to Irving's presentation [00:02:02](https://irving.video/w/2cefbc98-07d6-4f91-bcc4-f387c3b3c1b6?start=122) - Plans by Irving's agents (Veritas) for future screenings [00:02:02](https://irving.video/w/2cefbc98-07d6-4f91-bcc4-f387c3b3c1b6?start=122) ## Key moments - A protester states: "What he's saying and the lies that he's telling are hurting people. It's like defiling someone's grave" [00:01:03](https://irving.video/w/2cefbc98-07d6-4f91-bcc4-f387c3b3c1b6?start=63) - Irving counters criticism: "Because people are offended about discussion of an issue is not a reason for not having debate and historical analysis on it" [00:01:03](https://irving.video/w/2cefbc98-07d6-4f91-bcc4-f387c3b3c1b6?start=63) - An audience member reflects: "I'd like to see the evidence first, but he certainly seems a very convincing person" [00:02:02](https://irving.video/w/2cefbc98-07d6-4f91-bcc4-f387c3b3c1b6?start=122) ## Source Recorded in Perth and Adelaide, Australia during video screenings in 1993. The segment features responses from Jewi...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/2cefbc98-07d6-4f91-bcc4-f387c3b3c1b6/aa78c85b-a3e1-413d-8fe9-66b6bf20f53b-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/6xQEakdWcZP9zKJ5gFaULW8060272026-03-06T21:58:02.746ZnewsincompleteYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/95wJU2fHAzmXfiQtNHwGWChttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/1cf59c13-39d1-42b3-b073-fd226d9fb5d0.jpgDavid Irving — Revisionists (New York, 1994)## Overview A lecture delivered by David Irving in Niagara Falls, New York, addressing a largely familiar audience of supporters. Irving discusses his legal and professional difficulties in several countries, the growth of Holocaust revisionism as a global movement, public opinion polling on the subject, his involvement in the Ernst Zündel case, and what he characterizes as institutional censorship and legal persecution by German authorities in 1993–94. ## Topics covered - Opening remarks on speaking at border locations and the unavailability of his books [00:00:01](https://irving.video/w/416b073f-8266-4621-8250-c69732e40ec0?start=1) - Gallup poll data on American and Australian public skepticism toward Holocaust narratives [00:02:02](https://irving.video/w/416b073f-8266-4621-8250-c69732e40ec0?start=122) - The refusal of mainstream institutions to debate revisionist historians [00:04:03](https://irving.video/w/416b073f-8266-4621-8250-c69732e40ec0?start=243) - Irving's involvement in the Ernst Zündel case and subsequent professional consequences [00:05:00](https://irving.video/w/416b073f-8266-4621-8250-c69732e40ec0?start=300) - Summary arguments for the revisionist position [00:06:03](https://irving.video/w/416b073f-8266-4621-8250-c69732e40ec0?start=363) - The case of Fred Leuchter and the costs of revisionist activism [00:08:00](https://irving.video/w/416b073f-8266-4621-8250-c69732e40ec0?start=480) - Travel bans and legal penalties imposed by German authorities [00:09:00](https://irving.video/w/416b073f-8266-4621-8250-c69732e40ec0?start=540) - Fine and archive access ban issued by German government in 1993–94 [00:10:04](https://irving.video/w/416b073f-8266-4621-8250-c69732e40ec0?start=604) ## Key moments - Irving describes being banned from German government archives by ministerial order, with the justification that his research would "damage the interests of the Federal Republic of Germany" [00:11:00](https://irving.video/w/416b073f-8266-4621-8250-c69732e40...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/416b073f-8266-4621-8250-c69732e40ec0/892e54c2-10c6-4710-a352-27c61b624087-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/95wJU2fHAzmXfiQtNHwGWC28065602026-03-06T22:06:32.890ZrevisionistsyorkYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/9LfTaJcxgLYbXQ6ZvQSnBghttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/e2aaf73b-12f0-49bb-b3cb-c45b59f4b1c9.jpgDavid Irving — On Revisionists, Niagara Falls (1994)## Overview Lecture delivered at Niagara Falls in which Irving discusses revisionism as an intellectual practice, his own historical methodology, and his interpretation of Holocaust historiography. He addresses the reluctance of mainstream historians to engage in public debate with revisionists, and presents what he describes as core arguments for his historical position on World War II and the Nazi period. ## Topics covered - The First Amendment and Irving's inability to speak in Canada due to legal restrictions [00:00:09](https://irving.video/w/46f701b3-5717-41c3-b09a-44ed91eb44a1?start=9) - Irving's background in self-directed historical research and learning German in a steel mill [00:00:09](https://irving.video/w/46f701b3-5717-41c3-b09a-44ed91eb44a1?start=9) - Revisionism as an open-ended methodology versus fixed dogma [00:01:03](https://irving.video/w/46f701b3-5717-41c3-b09a-44ed91eb44a1?start=63) - The refusal of mainstream institutions to debate revisionist historians [00:08:01](https://irving.video/w/46f701b3-5717-41c3-b09a-44ed91eb44a1?start=481) - Irving's involvement in the Ernst Zündel Toronto case and subsequent persecution [00:09:04](https://irving.video/w/46f701b3-5717-41c3-b09a-44ed91eb44a1?start=544) - Gallup poll data showing public skepticism toward Holocaust narratives in the US and Australia [00:06:02](https://irving.video/w/46f701b3-5717-41c3-b09a-44ed91eb44a1?start=362) - The case of Fred Leuchter and his career consequences following expert testimony [00:12:00](https://irving.video/w/46f701b3-5717-41c3-b09a-44ed91eb44a1?start=720) - German collective guilt and what Irving terms the "blood libel" on the German people [00:11:03](https://irving.video/w/46f701b3-5717-41c3-b09a-44ed91eb44a1?start=663) ## Key moments - The introductory speaker describes Irving's apartment burglary, book-printing plant arson, and security measures for his infant child, framing these as evidence of persecution for his historical work [00:03:01](https://irvin...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/46f701b3-5717-41c3-b09a-44ed91eb44a1/949b1630-982a-424d-befd-367a262b0d39-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/9LfTaJcxgLYbXQ6ZvQSnBg30420492026-03-06T22:06:18.715ZrevisionistsniagarafallsYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/bFR9z4RwYVYQvoggyGQaJ3https://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/fabc2106-77e8-43c2-bc1f-2a25cc4bf299.jpgDavid Irving — Heinrich Himmler Lecture (2013)## Overview A 101-minute lecture examining Heinrich Himmler's life, death, and historical record. Irving analyzes the authenticated account of Himmler's May 1945 suicide in British custody, scrutinizes the scripted nature of contemporary witness testimony, presents photographs and forensic details, and outlines his intended coverage of Himmler's childhood, organizational role, and alleged involvement in the 1944 assassination plot against Hitler. ## Topics covered - Chester Wilmot's wartime reporting and the Sergeant Major Edwin Austin account of Himmler's death [00:01:04](https://irving.video/w/568bae98-6f83-41b3-92f2-79ec4682d90a?start=64) - Analysis of the scripted nature and linguistic anomalies in the Austin testimony [00:05:01](https://irving.video/w/568bae98-6f83-41b3-92f2-79ec4682d90a?start=301) - Photographs of Himmler's body in Lüneburg and discrepancies in physical details [00:06:00](https://irving.video/w/568bae98-6f83-41b3-92f2-79ec4682d90a?start=360) - The construction and size of standard German cyanide capsules versus the suicide narrative [00:10:00](https://irving.video/w/568bae98-6f83-41b3-92f2-79ec4682d90a?start=600) - Himmler's final weeks: contact with Swedish government, composition of a letter to Eisenhower, and journey south [00:11:04](https://irving.video/w/568bae98-6f83-41b3-92f2-79ec4682d90a?start=664) - Himmler's arrest at Bremerförde bridge under false identity documents [00:12:03](https://irving.video/w/568bae98-6f83-41b3-92f2-79ec4682d90a?start=723) ## Key moments - Irving describes standing outside the house in Lüneburg where Himmler died and analyzing photographs taken by British soldiers using a Box Brownie camera [00:06:00](https://irving.video/w/568bae98-6f83-41b3-92f2-79ec4682d90a?start=360) - Discussion of how a cyanide capsule roughly an inch and a quarter long could not realistically be concealed and carried in the mouth for hours without detection [00:10:00](https://irving.video/w/568bae98-6f83-41b3-92f2-79ec4682d90a?sta...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/568bae98-6f83-41b3-92f2-79ec4682d90a/b25c126c-5dc7-4ef0-a209-dcbe5edf19eb-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/bFR9z4RwYVYQvoggyGQaJ3608902632026-03-06T22:15:49.692ZHimmlerheinrichYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/ktSRQdbdc15LBd8Y7H4uFPhttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/07ad52d7-79b0-4c63-9365-43e35063afd7.jpgDavid Irving — Visit to Treblinka (2020)## Overview A 2020 visit to Treblinka by historian David Irving. The video documents Irving's observations at the site and his commentary on historical accounts of the camp, including remarks on labour conditions, mortality, and demographic claims. The format appears to be an on-site video recording or interview conducted during the visit. ## Topics covered - Polish government relations and legal constraints on historical discussion [00:00:03](https://irving.video/w/9dc20f34-d67a-43c2-b667-159d35e9523d?start=3) - Demographic statistics and historiographical methods regarding camp records [00:00:15](https://irving.video/w/9dc20f34-d67a-43c2-b667-159d35e9523d?start=15) - Labour conditions and work assignments at Treblinka [00:00:25](https://irving.video/w/9dc20f34-d67a-43c2-b667-159d35e9523d?start=25) - Physical effects of manual labour on prisoners [00:00:45](https://irving.video/w/9dc20f34-d67a-43c2-b667-159d35e9523d?start=45) - Camp mortality rates and comparative fatality figures [00:00:55](https://irving.video/w/9dc20f34-d67a-43c2-b667-159d35e9523d?start=55) ## Key moments - Irving comments on the irony of the phrase "work will set you free" in the context of camp conditions [00:00:50](https://irving.video/w/9dc20f34-d67a-43c2-b667-159d35e9523d?start=50) - Discussion of prisoners being forced to dig gravel with basic tools and the physical toll of unfamiliar labour [00:00:25](https://irving.video/w/9dc20f34-d67a-43c2-b667-159d35e9523d?start=25) - Irving questions the accuracy of official casualty statistics and expresses uncertainty about comparative mortality across camps [00:00:55](https://irving.video/w/9dc20f34-d67a-43c2-b667-159d35e9523d?start=55) ## Source **Location:** Treblinka, Poland. **Format and audience:** On-site visit recording; no interviewer or audience is clearly identifiable in the transcript excerpt. **Original publisher:** Added to the David Irving Video Archive on 2026-03-06; original publisher or broadcaster not specified in ava...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/9dc20f34-d67a-43c2-b667-159d35e9523d/8b6d42d1-28d9-4645-8b78-3845795c926e-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/ktSRQdbdc15LBd8Y7H4uFP10901522026-03-06T22:15:41.088ZTreblinkavisitYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/sDx7t8LufvgfHdpB4EFXL1https://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/d9b80e45-02d6-4176-b9f9-eb8cdd9eb61a.jpgDavid Irving — On the David Frost Show (1977)## Overview Televised debate between historian David Irving and two academic critics regarding his book *Hitler's War*. Irving defends his central claim that no documentary evidence proves Hitler ordered or even knew of the systematic liquidation of European Jews until late 1943, while his opponents—Professor Robert Waite and Gerald Fleming—challenge both his evidence and his interpretive method. The discussion centers on documentary interpretation, the meaning of Nazi euphemisms, and the logistics of the deportation program. ## Topics covered - Irving's claim that no documentary evidence exists of Hitler's knowledge or orders regarding Jewish massacres [00:03:01](https://irving.video/w/d7cb4c3c-b9c4-47e8-afc6-6c08214fcc4c?start=181) - The "thousand dollar challenge" and Irving's evidentiary standards for wartime documents versus postwar testimony [00:04:07](https://irving.video/w/d7cb4c3c-b9c4-47e8-afc6-6c08214fcc4c?start=247) - A chain of documents allegedly showing Hitler issuing vetoes against liquidation, 1938–1943 [00:05:00](https://irving.video/w/d7cb4c3c-b9c4-47e8-afc6-6c08214fcc4c?start=300) - Himmler-Heydrich telephone conversations and the interpretation of specific incidents [00:06:02](https://irving.video/w/d7cb4c3c-b9c4-47e8-afc6-6c08214fcc4c?start=362) - The Greiser letter of 21 November 1942 and Hitler's statement to "act according to your own judgment" [00:08:00](https://irving.video/w/d7cb4c3c-b9c4-47e8-afc6-6c08214fcc4c?start=480) - The July 1942 document ordering that the Eastern territories be "freed of all Jews" [00:11:02](https://irving.video/w/d7cb4c3c-b9c4-47e8-afc6-6c08214fcc4c?start=662) - The logistical implausibility argument: why Hitler would deport six million Jews across wartime distances [00:12:01](https://irving.video/w/d7cb4c3c-b9c4-47e8-afc6-6c08214fcc4c?start=721) ## Key moments - Irving states: "There is a chain of important documents, starting in about 1938, going right through to 1943, indicating, firstly, that Adolf H...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/d7cb4c3c-b9c4-47e8-afc6-6c08214fcc4c/78aa1c3d-aba8-4a9c-9468-a936babf0d12-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/sDx7t8LufvgfHdpB4EFXL115120422026-03-11T20:14:23.349ZHitlerjewsHimmleradolfgreiserYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/iNXPBj6d3hBoc1LRopKEJBhttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/579e49ac-9487-443a-88be-764713d615ce.jpgDavid Irving — On Australian Television (late 1980s)## Overview A television debate recorded in Melbourne in the late 1980s between historian David Irving and Robert Mann, senior lecturer in politics at La Trobe University. The discussion centres on Irving's historical claims regarding Adolf Hitler's knowledge of and responsibility for the Holocaust, with Mann challenging Irving's documentary interpretations and evidential standards. ## Topics covered - Irving's claims that Hitler issued orders to protect Jews, based on wartime documents [00:01:01](https://irving.video/w/9039f8b1-54e3-4db9-9669-aa098ca65827?start=61) - The absence of written orders from Hitler explicitly authorizing the Holocaust [00:02:02](https://irving.video/w/9039f8b1-54e3-4db9-9669-aa098ca65827?start=122) - Eyewitness and post-war testimony from Nazi officials including Himmler and Rudolf Höss [00:03:00](https://irving.video/w/9039f8b1-54e3-4db9-9669-aa098ca65827?start=180) - Irving's $1,000 (or £1,000) prize offer for wartime evidence of Hitler's knowledge [00:04:05](https://irving.video/w/9039f8b1-54e3-4db9-9669-aa098ca65827?start=245) - The authenticity and reliability of memoirs and diaries as historical evidence [00:05:00](https://irving.video/w/9039f8b1-54e3-4db9-9669-aa098ca65827?start=300) - Comparison of the Holocaust to other mass atrocities and the question of documentary proof [00:06:01](https://irving.video/w/9039f8b1-54e3-4db9-9669-aa098ca65827?start=361) - Irving's public engagements with Holocaust denial groups and his legal history [00:08:00](https://irving.video/w/9039f8b1-54e3-4db9-9669-aa098ca65827?start=480) ## Key moments - Irving states: "without Adolf Hitler and the Holocaust, as it's now called, the State of Israel might even now very well not exist. In this respect, of course, Hitler did the Jews a great service" [00:00:01](https://irving.video/w/9039f8b1-54e3-4db9-9669-aa098ca65827?start=1) - Mann responds to Irving's claim that Hitler protected Jews: "It's one of the most absurd statements that any person who ...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/9039f8b1-54e3-4db9-9669-aa098ca65827/6c5bcebb-ac2c-4060-8bf8-ee35ea56ddf9-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/iNXPBj6d3hBoc1LRopKEJB7745692026-03-11T20:16:57.256ZaustraliantelevisionlateYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/kg4rkXUgZVEeCjQRuW6iXHhttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/09e616d7-8c57-4cda-8fd4-c066e2fd08ef.jpgDavid Irving — On Heinrich Himmlers Suicide## Overview A 58-minute lecture examining Heinrich Himmler's death in May 1945, with particular focus on the circumstances of his suicide in British custody. Irving presents documentary evidence and eyewitness testimony, including a BBC radio interview with Sergeant Major Edwin Austin, then moves to broader context: Himmler's role in building the Waffen-SS, his position within Nazi leadership, and questions about his advance knowledge of the 1944 assassination plot against Hitler. ## Topics covered - Himmler's photographs and physical appearance across different periods [00:00:44](https://irving.video/w/9bf7e8c1-260e-4783-b07a-dd01f47ae5eb?start=44) - The creation and development of the Waffen-SS from 100 men to one million by 1944 [00:02:03](https://irving.video/w/9bf7e8c1-260e-4783-b07a-dd01f47ae5eb?start=123) - Himmler's arrest by British forces near Bremerförde on 23 May 1945 [00:06:00](https://irving.video/w/9bf7e8c1-260e-4783-b07a-dd01f47ae5eb?start=360) - Colonel Murphy's account of Himmler's transfer to custody and the secured house [00:07:01](https://irving.video/w/9bf7e8c1-260e-4783-b07a-dd01f47ae5eb?start=421) - The BBC recording of Sergeant Major Edwin Austin's eyewitness account of Himmler's death [00:09:01](https://irving.video/w/9bf7e8c1-260e-4783-b07a-dd01f47ae5eb?start=541) - The medical examination and the concealment of the cyanide capsule in Himmler's mouth [00:10:03](https://irving.video/w/9bf7e8c1-260e-4783-b07a-dd01f47ae5eb?start=603) - Irving's personal visit to the house at 31 Uelzener Straße and discrepancies in the official narrative [00:08:02](https://irving.video/w/9bf7e8c1-260e-4783-b07a-dd01f47ae5eb?start=482) ## Key moments - Sergeant Major Austin describes Himmler arriving stripped and wrapped in a blanket, no longer "the arrogant figure which we all know" [00:09:01](https://irving.video/w/9bf7e8c1-260e-4783-b07a-dd01f47ae5eb?start=541) - The doctor attempts to inspect Himmler's mouth, Himmler clamps down on the physician's f...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/9bf7e8c1-260e-4783-b07a-dd01f47ae5eb/cad52a02-e66f-4053-8ab8-c146ea42c66d-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/kg4rkXUgZVEeCjQRuW6iXH35105652026-03-11T20:18:32.774ZheinrichhimmlerssuicideYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/9R3HG7nJGu3Tf3KUzQzAnehttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/cd3084f9-88a4-4fc8-8888-889561705703.jpgDavid Irving — WW2 and the Iraq War (IHR)## Overview A 55-minute lecture in which Irving draws comparative analysis between the Iraq War and World War II, arguing that the United States military faces similar strategic predicaments to those encountered by Nazi Germany on the Eastern Front. Irving contends that the Iraqi resistance mirrors Soviet partisan tactics and that American military leadership, like the German command in 1941, initially believed victory was assured before encountering prolonged insurgent operations. ## Topics covered - Irving's recent speaking tour in Hungary and encounter with Jean-Marie Le Pen [00:00:00](https://irving.video/w/47a23ac3-465d-4e4f-8b1b-12bd6afa71df?start=0) - The 1995 Oklahoma City bombing accusation and subsequent retraction by Timothy McVeigh's attorney [00:01:01](https://irving.video/w/47a23ac3-465d-4e4f-8b1b-12bd6afa71df?start=61) - Discovery of Irving's *Hitler's War* in Tariq Aziz's bedroom during the 2003 Baghdad palace raids [00:03:00](https://irving.video/w/47a23ac3-465d-4e4f-8b1b-12bd6afa71df?start=180) - Removal of Irving's books from U.S. military academy libraries following Anti-Defamation League pressure [00:04:01](https://irving.video/w/47a23ac3-465d-4e4f-8b1b-12bd6afa71df?start=241) - Comparison between German Army overextension on the Eastern Front (1941) and U.S. Army predicament in Iraq [00:06:02](https://irving.video/w/47a23ac3-465d-4e4f-8b1b-12bd6afa71df?start=362) - Stalin's initial panic and subsequent strategic decision to allow German forces to overextend their supply lines [00:07:01](https://irving.video/w/47a23ac3-465d-4e4f-8b1b-12bd6afa71df?start=421) - General Tommy Franks's refusal to disclose Iraqi casualty figures and the "body count" controversy [00:08:01](https://irving.video/w/47a23ac3-465d-4e4f-8b1b-12bd6afa71df?start=481) - Iraqi military dissolution and reappearance as rear-echelon resistance, paralleling Soviet 1941-42 tactics [00:09:00](https://irving.video/w/47a23ac3-465d-4e4f-8b1b-12bd6afa71df?start=540) - Multiple shif...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/47a23ac3-465d-4e4f-8b1b-12bd6afa71df/e5c1dba7-2da7-429b-b435-d0b48f89f8b4-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/9R3HG7nJGu3Tf3KUzQzAne330651302026-03-11T20:36:40.930ZiraqiHitlerempireiraqamericanYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/wq8175MMFfQmM6H7t4572nhttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/72355e41-4bea-438e-ae82-e743925a5668.jpgDavid Irving — Hitlers Doctors (1986)## Overview A lecture delivered at the University of Kansas City in 1986 in which historian David Irving examines the medical histories of twentieth-century world leaders, with particular focus on Adolf Hitler's physicians and their influence on his physical and mental condition. Irving emphasizes primary source research methods and critiques secondary accounts and propaganda that have obscured Hitler's actual medical record. ## Topics covered - Introduction and Irving's methodology for historical research based on original documents and firsthand testimony [00:05:00](https://irving.video/w/f6505346-ae45-4385-9acc-6d0fa1ac01d7?start=300) - Medical ailments affecting major World War II leaders: Roosevelt, Churchill, and Hitler [00:05:00](https://irving.video/w/f6505346-ae45-4385-9acc-6d0fa1ac01d7?start=300) - Wartime propaganda and disinformation campaigns used to discredit enemy leaders [00:07:00](https://irving.video/w/f6505346-ae45-4385-9acc-6d0fa1ac01d7?start=420) - William Langer's OSS psychological evaluation of Hitler and its unreliability [00:08:03](https://irving.video/w/f6505346-ae45-4385-9acc-6d0fa1ac01d7?start=483) - Myths and legends surrounding Hitler's health: syphilis, impotence, and Parkinson's disease [00:10:00](https://irving.video/w/f6505346-ae45-4385-9acc-6d0fa1ac01d7?start=600) - Dr. Theodor Morell as Hitler's principal physician and the controversies surrounding his medical practice [00:11:05](https://irving.video/w/f6505346-ae45-4385-9acc-6d0fa1ac01d7?start=665) - Libel cases brought by Morell's widow against authors who questioned his competence [00:12:02](https://irving.video/w/f6505346-ae45-4385-9acc-6d0fa1ac01d7?start=722) - Secondary historical accounts of Hitler's medical condition by Roehrs, Rechtenwald, and others [00:13:03](https://irving.video/w/f6505346-ae45-4385-9acc-6d0fa1ac01d7?start=783) - Felix Kersten's fabricated diaries and their problematic circulation in historical literature [00:14:02](https://irving.video/w/f650534...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/f6505346-ae45-4385-9acc-6d0fa1ac01d7/62024cf8-da4d-4a7c-a5a7-684c55146600-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/wq8175MMFfQmM6H7t4572n61980332026-03-11T20:17:39.234ZHitlermorellkerstinlangerChurchillYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/pCrqsnE7JMXsfGSkmFEGBhhttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/c71431fe-3f12-42a6-aa6f-07c889c5ea37.jpgDavid Irving — On the Censoring of Historical Revisionism## Overview Irving 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 covered - The erosion of free speech in Europe and imprisonment of citizens for historical revisionism [00:02:05](https://irving.video/w/bf58a1ac-74d4-47af-bf2f-366324178d3e?start=125) - The BBC documentary project on freedom of speech and its cancellation [00:01:07](https://irving.video/w/bf58a1ac-74d4-47af-bf2f-366324178d3e?start=67) - Irving's ban from Auschwitz and the stated reasons for it [00:05:00](https://irving.video/w/bf58a1ac-74d4-47af-bf2f-366324178d3e?start=300) - Physical evidence at Auschwitz: door handles, roof holes, and ventilation gaps [00:08:01](https://irving.video/w/bf58a1ac-74d4-47af-bf2f-366324178d3e?start=481) - The post-war reconstruction of the Auschwitz gas chamber and its historical status [00:09:01](https://irving.video/w/bf58a1ac-74d4-47af-bf2f-366324178d3e?start=541) - German legal fines for statements about the gas chamber reconstruction [00:10:02](https://irving.video/w/bf58a1ac-74d4-47af-bf2f-366324178d3e?start=602) - The arrest and trial of Günter Deckert and charges related to Fred Leuchter's conference [00:12:00](https://irving.video/w/bf58a1ac-74d4-47af-bf2f-366324178d3e?start=720) ## Key moments - Irving describes being barred from Auschwitz by authorities and compares himself to a gambler banned from a casino for "always winning" [00:05:00](https://irving.video/w/bf58a1ac-74d4-47af-bf2f-366324178d3e?start=300) - Irving recounts his jail time in Pentonville prison and contrasts it with the lack of interior door ...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/bf58a1ac-74d4-47af-bf2f-366324178d3e/5a97ce23-c286-47f0-aaef-ee1abad4702b-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/pCrqsnE7JMXsfGSkmFEGBh356851112026-03-11T20:37:40.343ZAuschwitzfreddeckertpolestelevisionYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/eDevQnPAyRHLeNfeV8roL2https://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/2e6eed68-7c33-49e3-9523-dbb83e8e3146.jpgDavid Irving — Spricht in Dresden 1990 (German)## Overview A lecture delivered in Dresden in 1990 in which Irving discusses the bombing of Dresden in February 1945, the methodology of historical research into the event, and the broader context of aerial warfare during World War II. Irving examines primary sources, interviews with Allied bombing crews, and documentary evidence to reconstruct the attack and contextualize it within wartime bombing campaigns by both Axis and Allied forces. ## Topics covered - Irving's personal discovery of the Dresden bombing and his initial shame as an Englishman [00:02:31](https://irving.video/w/6e79a68d-e79a-4099-908d-ab6858117ac9?start=151) - Allied access to decrypted German Enigma communications and their role in understanding the bombing decision [00:04:06](https://irving.video/w/6e79a68d-e79a-4099-908d-ab6858117ac9?start=246) - Methodology of historical research: interviews with Allied aircrew and archive investigation [00:06:01](https://irving.video/w/6e79a68d-e79a-4099-908d-ab6858117ac9?start=361) - Accounts from British Air Marshal Harris and bombing crews, including pilot perspectives on precision targeting [00:08:01](https://irving.video/w/6e79a68d-e79a-4099-908d-ab6858117ac9?start=481) - Photographer Walter Hahn's documentation of Dresden's destruction and the visual evidence [00:10:01](https://irving.video/w/6e79a68d-e79a-4099-908d-ab6858117ac9?start=601) - Irving's career as a historian and biographer of Third Reich figures [00:11:00](https://irving.video/w/6e79a68d-e79a-4099-908d-ab6858117ac9?start=660) - Comparative analysis of German bombing campaigns: Warsaw, Rotterdam, Guernica [00:13:01](https://irving.video/w/6e79a68d-e79a-4099-908d-ab6858117ac9?start=781) - Winston Churchill's role in initiating the aerial bombing campaign against German cities [00:18:05](https://irving.video/w/6e79a68d-e79a-4099-908d-ab6858117ac9?start=1085) ## Key moments - Irving describes his confrontation with the reality of Dresden's destruction at the city cemetery, where he re...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/6e79a68d-e79a-4099-908d-ab6858117ac9/b42f4e6c-8c0b-4497-a1c6-e2ebaf596da4-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/eDevQnPAyRHLeNfeV8roL243035662026-03-11T20:34:30.121ZChurchillberlinrotterdamDresdenHitlerYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/6SnUd4TVZu3DDrNf2pS25Hhttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/8367390e-45c5-4978-a5f6-2bb2207e2285.jpgDavid Irving — Himmler Lecture (Texas, 2014)## Overview A lecture delivered in Texas in 2014 in which David Irving discusses his research methodology and archival sources, focusing on Operation Reinhardt and Nazi leadership bunker complexes in Poland. The talk opens with Irving's account of recent U.S. visa cancellation and travel restrictions, then pivots to his annual historical tours of Eastern European sites and the documentary evidence he has gathered on these locations. ## Topics covered - U.S. visa denial, detention at Atlanta airport, and travel bans to the United States and Canada [00:00:09](https://irving.video/w/2f8660d4-5713-4588-87f9-a5768d28e595?start=9) - Annual guided tours to Nazi headquarters sites in Poland, visited by 20-30 international participants [00:00:09](https://irving.video/w/2f8660d4-5713-4588-87f9-a5768d28e595?start=9) - Operation Reinhardt sites: Belzec, Treblinka, Majdanek, and Sobibor [00:09:01](https://irving.video/w/2f8660d4-5713-4588-87f9-a5768d28e595?start=541) - Hitler's Wolf's Lair and underground bunker complex with 60-foot concrete roof construction [00:10:05](https://irving.video/w/2f8660d4-5713-4588-87f9-a5768d28e595?start=605) - Himmler's headquarters at Hochwald, 30 miles from Hitler's main compound, connected by single-track rail line [00:11:03](https://irving.video/w/2f8660d4-5713-4588-87f9-a5768d28e595?start=663) - Documentary evidence and archival materials carried during research tours [00:08:02](https://irving.video/w/2f8660d4-5713-4588-87f9-a5768d28e595?start=482) - Historiographical gaps in academic treatment of Reinhardt sites [00:10:05](https://irving.video/w/2f8660d4-5713-4588-87f9-a5768d28e595?start=605) ## Key moments - Irving describes being detained for four hours at Atlanta airport, questioned about speaking engagements, and having his 10-year visa cancelled over an alleged one-day visa overstay [00:00:09](https://irving.video/w/2f8660d4-5713-4588-87f9-a5768d28e595?start=9) - An account of being removed from a connecting flight in Toronto af...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/2f8660d4-5713-4588-87f9-a5768d28e595/69fdcd2e-7194-4e64-8d3f-7a4592e0a618-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/6SnUd4TVZu3DDrNf2pS25H74005862026-03-11T20:36:20.893ZcanadaseptemberatlantaenglandwarsawYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/anXseDZfkrZrKaajm5T9Abhttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/d7700dcf-12ae-4cb4-b885-9417426e2978.jpgDavid Irving — Rudolf Hess (Part II)## Overview This 80-minute lecture examines Rudolf Hess's role within the Nazi hierarchy, his relationship with Hitler, and the psychological profile that may have influenced his later actions. Irving draws on archival documents, including Gestapo and KGB records, and firsthand accounts from Hitler's secretaries to argue that Hess became increasingly sidelined after Hitler consolidated power, and that a 1936 diagnosis of latent schizophrenia provides context for understanding his behaviour during and after British captivity. ## Topics covered - Hitler's relationship with Rudolf Hess and the shared Landsberg imprisonment [00:01:01](https://irving.video/w/4bf30a73-8b39-40e9-a2da-50b9891f5d96?start=61) - Hess's prominence in Nazi party functions and Leni Riefenstahl's propaganda films [00:02:10](https://irving.video/w/4bf30a73-8b39-40e9-a2da-50b9891f5d96?start=130) - The suppression and rediscovery of Riefenstahl's *Victory of Faith* (1933) [00:03:03](https://irving.video/w/4bf30a73-8b39-40e9-a2da-50b9891f5d96?start=183) - Hitler's distancing from the Nazi party apparatus after consolidating power [00:04:01](https://irving.video/w/4bf30a73-8b39-40e9-a2da-50b9891f5d96?start=241) - Hess's medical diagnosis of latent paranoid schizophrenia in 1936 and its implications [00:07:02](https://irving.video/w/4bf30a73-8b39-40e9-a2da-50b9891f5d96?start=422) - The distinction between genius and madness in historical figures [00:09:02](https://irving.video/w/4bf30a73-8b39-40e9-a2da-50b9891f5d96?start=542) - Early Nazi policy towards Jews and the Gestapo/Heydrich records held in Moscow archives [00:10:00](https://irving.video/w/4bf30a73-8b39-40e9-a2da-50b9891f5d96?start=600) ## Key moments - Irving recounts stealing his twin brother's copy of *Table Talk* at age 10 and reading it nightly as a child [00:01:01](https://irving.video/w/4bf30a73-8b39-40e9-a2da-50b9891f5d96?start=61) - Hitler's instruction to Martin Bormann: "Keep the Gauleiters off my back," revealing the divergen...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/4bf30a73-8b39-40e9-a2da-50b9891f5d96/ade66619-4abf-44e5-8117-422924a60a51-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/anXseDZfkrZrKaajm5T9Ab48495642026-03-11T20:27:04.712ZHitlerHessnazirudolfschizophreniaYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/nRap69NeszgEoMm4KMbwZPhttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/aa7e9833-7fd1-4916-9a35-7271c6b4e2fd.jpgDavid Irving — Interview: His Life and Revisionism (2009)## Overview A 138-minute autobiographical account in which historian David Irving discusses his life, writing career, and research methodology. Irving traces his background, early work as a steelworks laborer in Germany, his entry into historical writing via the Dresden bombing, and the legal prosecutions he faced in Austria and England. He contextualizes his approach to controversial historical subjects and addresses obstacles he identifies as impediments to free speech and independent scholarship. ## Topics covered - Family background and father's naval service in World Wars I and II [00:01:00](https://irving.video/w/b0ed25fb-33a1-4910-bb50-42d2234f9851?start=60) - Prison sentences in England (1995) and Austria (2005–2006) under contempt and historical revisionism laws [00:02:00](https://irving.video/w/b0ed25fb-33a1-4910-bb50-42d2234f9851?start=120) - Conditions of solitary confinement in Austrian prison and court proceedings [00:03:03](https://irving.video/w/b0ed25fb-33a1-4910-bb50-42d2234f9851?start=183) - Early education at Brentwood School and London University, studies in physics and politics [00:06:01](https://irving.video/w/b0ed25fb-33a1-4910-bb50-42d2234f9851?start=361) - Work as a steelworker at Thiessen steelworks in the Ruhr valley, 1950s [00:07:03](https://irving.video/w/b0ed25fb-33a1-4910-bb50-42d2234f9851?start=423) - Discovery of the Dresden bombing story and early research methodology via correspondence [00:09:01](https://irving.video/w/b0ed25fb-33a1-4910-bb50-42d2234f9851?start=541) - Interview with Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Harris and publication of *The Destruction of Dresden* [00:11:02](https://irving.video/w/b0ed25fb-33a1-4910-bb50-42d2234f9851?start=662) ## Key moments - Irving recounts a German steelworker from Leipzig telling him of witnessing the Dresden bombing that killed 100,000 in one night—"my blood runs cold even now when I think about this" [00:10:02](https://irving.video/w/b0ed25fb-33a1-4910-bb50-42d2234f9851?start=602) ...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/b0ed25fb-33a1-4910-bb50-42d2234f9851/40e44f6e-a428-4af3-bc79-3eddd88deafc-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/nRap69NeszgEoMm4KMbwZP82870292026-03-11T20:30:34.708ZroyaluniversityDresdenbattleaustriaYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/iaW2BQoPUbGFU1yk4x4D2bhttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/5f1e8053-ca77-4aff-80d8-880459c481fc.jpgDavid Irving — The Nuremberg Trials (1996 Lecture)## Overview A 1996 lecture in which David Irving discusses obstacles to his public speaking engagements worldwide, including travel bans, television cancellations, and institutional pressure. Irving describes specific incidents in Canada, Argentina, and Germany, and reflects on efforts to prevent him from addressing audiences on historical subjects, particularly the Holocaust. The lecture takes the form of a seated address to a live audience with an introductory speaker. ## Topics covered - Harassment and travel restrictions faced by Irving across multiple countries [00:01:03](https://irving.video/w/8b0e58d6-7483-4e24-bf2a-cd47814e7580?start=63) - A speaking tour in Argentina and subsequent cancellation of media appearances [00:02:04](https://irving.video/w/8b0e58d6-7483-4e24-bf2a-cd47814e7580?start=124) - The Buenos Aires rowing club incident and last-minute topic restriction [00:05:00](https://irving.video/w/8b0e58d6-7483-4e24-bf2a-cd47814e7580?start=300) - German government exclusion order and Irving's continued entry into Germany [00:08:01](https://irving.video/w/8b0e58d6-7483-4e24-bf2a-cd47814e7580?start=481) - Methods used by opponents to prevent Irving's public speaking [00:10:02](https://irving.video/w/8b0e58d6-7483-4e24-bf2a-cd47814e7580?start=602) - Publication of a new deluxe edition of *Hitler's War* with color photographs [00:11:00](https://irving.video/w/8b0e58d6-7483-4e24-bf2a-cd47814e7580?start=660) ## Key moments - Irving describes being asked five minutes before a scheduled Holocaust lecture in Buenos Aires to speak on "anything else" due to a Jewish couple in the audience, only to later receive an apology revealing the couple's story was false [00:06:00](https://irving.video/w/8b0e58d6-7483-4e24-bf2a-cd47814e7580?start=360) - Irving recounts an audience of 7,000 in Passau on 14 March and his methods of circumventing German border exclusion orders [00:08:01](https://irving.video/w/8b0e58d6-7483-4e24-bf2a-cd47814e7580?start=481) - Irving sta...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/8b0e58d6-7483-4e24-bf2a-cd47814e7580/b8725ada-398b-42db-8647-b3dfd5844ba9-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/iaW2BQoPUbGFU1yk4x4D2b644501292026-03-11T20:34:14.431ZargentinaHolocaustministerHitlerinteriorYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/pJRf5GuPqJ7ARzGxZxvVm1https://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/aff79516-d140-4941-aa08-7a1513026875.jpgDavid Irving — Lecture in Tampa, Florida (1996)## Overview A lecture delivered by historian David Irving in Tampa, Florida, in which he discusses his publishing battles, legal challenges, and allegations of coordinated campaigns against his work. Irving addresses an audience organized by the National Alliance and defends his historical research while discussing his interactions with media outlets, publishers, and what he characterizes as opposition to his writing on World War II history. ## Topics covered - Irving's publishing history and contract disputes with major American publishing houses [00:07:00](https://irving.video/w/c03dc642-ec2a-41c2-ab3c-b0a8c81e71d4?start=420) - Alleged campaign of pressure and death threats against his publishers and media appearances [00:07:00](https://irving.video/w/c03dc642-ec2a-41c2-ab3c-b0a8c81e71d4?start=420) - The suppression of his Goebbels biography by St. Martin's Press [00:10:05](https://irving.video/w/c03dc642-ec2a-41c2-ab3c-b0a8c81e71d4?start=605) - Irving's detention in Vancouver City Jail and deportation from Canada [00:13:02](https://irving.video/w/c03dc642-ec2a-41c2-ab3c-b0a8c81e71d4?start=782) - Media control and ownership structures in the United States [00:02:01](https://irving.video/w/c03dc642-ec2a-41c2-ab3c-b0a8c81e71d4?start=121) - His characterization of opposition to his work as an international coordinated network [00:12:00](https://irving.video/w/c03dc642-ec2a-41c2-ab3c-b0a8c81e71d4?start=720) ## Key moments - Irving describes himself as resilient against suppression efforts, using the metaphor of a red ant that cannot be crushed and keeps returning [00:09:03](https://irving.video/w/c03dc642-ec2a-41c2-ab3c-b0a8c81e71d4?start=543) - He recounts his prediction that St. Martin's Press would cave to pressure campaigns, despite their initial public statements defending freedom of speech [00:11:05](https://irving.video/w/c03dc642-ec2a-41c2-ab3c-b0a8c81e71d4?start=665) - Irving discusses his arrest by Canadian Mounties at a restaurant where he had just del...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/c03dc642-ec2a-41c2-ab3c-b0a8c81e71d4/42041b45-480f-45b8-a318-24aa485b78c2-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/pJRf5GuPqJ7ARzGxZxvVm1547802732026-03-11T20:28:26.196ZHitlerpressmartinamericansGoebbelsYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/joq5UcxeGPHErh6JjisaDghttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/4c4b8fe7-efcd-4088-9533-e52fff4737c4.jpgDavid Irving — Break-in at His London Apartment## Overview A lecture recounting an incident in David Irving's London apartment during the early 1960s in which uninvited visitors arrived under suspicious circumstances. The speaker frames this episode within a broader historical narrative about Irving's decades-long research into World War II and his conflicts with various groups opposed to his work. The presentation combines biographical detail with commentary on Irving's archival methods and scholarly contributions. ## Topics covered - Irving's early career as a historian and acquisition of Nazi documents [00:07:01](https://irving.video/w/94e5b38f-9243-49f8-b724-11ad37f12f15?start=421) - Irving's card index system documenting Hitler's daily activities [00:12:02](https://irving.video/w/94e5b38f-9243-49f8-b724-11ad37f12f15?start=722) - British government seizure of Irving's research materials [00:14:01](https://irving.video/w/94e5b38f-9243-49f8-b724-11ad37f12f15?start=841) - The break-in at Irving's London apartment in the early 1960s [00:16:02](https://irving.video/w/94e5b38f-9243-49f8-b724-11ad37f12f15?start=962) - Comparison to Leon de Grelle's post-war experiences [00:17:01](https://irving.video/w/94e5b38f-9243-49f8-b724-11ad37f12f15?start=1021) ## Key moments - The account of Irving's comprehensive card index system, which allowed him to verify or refute claims about Hitler's whereabouts and activities on specific dates [00:13:02](https://irving.video/w/94e5b38f-9243-49f8-b724-11ad37f12f15?start=782) - The anecdote of Irving using his archival system to catch "lies" about Hitler's movements and activities [00:14:01](https://irving.video/w/94e5b38f-9243-49f8-b724-11ad37f12f15?start=841) - The description of the apartment incident, characterized as an attempted intrusion by multiple visitors whose intentions remained unclear [00:16:02](https://irving.video/w/94e5b38f-9243-49f8-b724-11ad37f12f15?start=962) ## Source The video appears to be a lecture or extended monologue delivered by the channel operator; ...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/94e5b38f-9243-49f8-b724-11ad37f12f15/bf87cce7-dad1-42b3-afe8-29caab0cab41-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/joq5UcxeGPHErh6JjisaDg404051152026-03-12T00:45:29.827ZjewsHitlerspainleongrelleYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/iPmugLaTsoqbSRNidcUJjghttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/bbc51b34-8f20-4daa-b110-29617d768d90.jpgDavid Irving — Winston Churchill and His Link to Organized Jewry## Overview Irving examines Winston Churchill's financial dependencies and political relationships with Jewish organizations and individuals between 1936 and 1940. He argues that a group called the Focus—composed primarily of British industrialists, bankers, and politicians—financed Churchill during his decade out of office, and that this financial backing influenced his subsequent anti-German stance and wartime leadership. The presentation draws on archival sources including the Weizmann Papers. ## Topics covered - Jenny Jerome's possible Jewish ancestry and Churchill's family background [00:00:04](https://irving.video/w/9047f0b3-f253-4acf-ba8f-70f5f5dbc99b?start=4) - Churchill's financial situation during his wilderness years as a Member of Parliament [00:01:04](https://irving.video/w/9047f0b3-f253-4acf-ba8f-70f5f5dbc99b?start=64) - The Focus group: composition, membership, and funding of Churchill from 1936 onward [00:01:04](https://irving.video/w/9047f0b3-f253-4acf-ba8f-70f5f5dbc99b?start=64) - The Shell Petroleum Company donation of £40,000 to Churchill in July 1936 [00:02:01](https://irving.video/w/9047f0b3-f253-4acf-ba8f-70f5f5dbc99b?start=121) - Churchill's shift from ignoring Germany to anti-German rhetoric after 1936 [00:02:01](https://irving.video/w/9047f0b3-f253-4acf-ba8f-70f5f5dbc99b?start=121) - King Edward VIII's pro-German sympathies and forced abdication by the same lobby [00:03:03](https://irving.video/w/9047f0b3-f253-4acf-ba8f-70f5f5dbc99b?start=183) - Chaim Weizmann's September 1941 letter to Churchill regarding a Jewish army and American support [00:05:01](https://irving.video/w/9047f0b3-f253-4acf-ba8f-70f5f5dbc99b?start=301) ## Key moments - Irving describes Churchill's vast country estate and private staff of 20-30 people supported on a Member of Parliament's salary of £500 annually, questioning the source of funds [00:01:04](https://irving.video/w/9047f0b3-f253-4acf-ba8f-70f5f5dbc99b?start=64) - Irving notes that until 1936 Churchill "ha...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/9047f0b3-f253-4acf-ba8f-70f5f5dbc99b/6c5343a5-5ad2-4d3d-ba23-424a334a8582-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/iPmugLaTsoqbSRNidcUJjg41252442026-03-12T00:46:36.242ZChurchillweizmannjewishfocusHitlerYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/m6L21bDceQh8rWTJmszUAehttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/8f6d4f60-87c2-4d67-ba9b-14ed968bef3c.jpgDavid Irving — Himmler, with Joseph Bellinger## Overview Irving delivers a lecture on Heinrich Himmler's death, conducted with historian Joseph Bellinger at an international conference. The presentation challenges the official Allied account of Himmler's 1945 suicide by cyanide, proposing instead that he died under British interrogation through either planned execution or fatal mistreatment. Irving emphasizes gaps in archival records and the absence of official documentation surrounding Himmler's death. ## Topics covered - Opening remarks on free speech and the conference setting [00:00:00](https://irving.video/w/a2c49e61-4d78-47be-931f-e0b201843059?start=0) - Himmler's background, intellect, and role as SS chief [00:01:01](https://irving.video/w/a2c49e61-4d78-47be-931f-e0b201843059?start=61) - The Heydrich letter regarding a witch ancestor [00:02:00](https://irving.video/w/a2c49e61-4d78-47be-931f-e0b201843059?start=120) - Himmler's capture by British forces and the absence of death records [00:03:00](https://irving.video/w/a2c49e61-4d78-47be-931f-e0b201843059?start=180) - Critique of the official cyanide suicide narrative [00:04:01](https://irving.video/w/a2c49e61-4d78-47be-931f-e0b201843059?start=241) - Errors in the History Channel documentary account [00:07:00](https://irving.video/w/a2c49e61-4d78-47be-931f-e0b201843059?start=420) - SS General Hans Preutzmann's death at British interrogation headquarters [00:09:01](https://irving.video/w/a2c49e61-4d78-47be-931f-e0b201843059?start=541) - Chaim Herzog's role in Himmler's capture and evidence of elimination policy [00:10:01](https://irving.video/w/a2c49e61-4d78-47be-931f-e0b201843059?start=601) - Third-degree interrogation methods employed by British interrogators [00:12:01](https://irving.video/w/a2c49e61-4d78-47be-931f-e0b201843059?start=721) - Post-war assassinations of SS leaders by partisan organizations [00:14:01](https://irving.video/w/a2c49e61-4d78-47be-931f-e0b201843059?start=841) ## Key moments - Irving notes the absence of any British archi...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/a2c49e61-4d78-47be-931f-e0b201843059/9c6aa62f-4cbe-49c0-a182-b3656684baa0-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/m6L21bDceQh8rWTJmszUAe1741052482026-03-12T00:59:19.771ZHimmlerheinrichmazurpreutzmannHeydrichYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/jnNpJoygZSAoVzfefmSx7Ehttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/792c933b-2b29-4ecc-be75-991d1c1c955f.jpgDavid Irving — Answers 25 Questions on World War II (2013)I cannot produce this description in good faith. The transcript provided is corrupted or placeholder text consisting almost entirely of repeated "Thank you" utterances and Amara.org watermarks spanning the entire 248-minute duration. There is no substantive content from which to extract genuine topics, key moments, or quoted lines. To create an accurate archival description, I would need: - A usable transcript with actual spoken content - Verifiable information about the recording venue, date, and audience - Confirmation of the original source/publisher If you can provide a corrected transcript or source material, I'm happy to write the description following your specifications. --- **About this archive:** [irving.video](https://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](https://irvingbooks.com). <!-- iv-desc-v1 -->https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/94cfb738-85b2-43ed-8f9b-398d1ebf17ee/07c34ddf-2981-4362-9f17-e05553895c66-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/jnNpJoygZSAoVzfefmSx7E1488702172026-03-12T01:13:56.798ZanswersquestionsfolksYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/eajztoPqYXnVQmiEEuqUj6https://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/a413c3c5-e534-47e9-b415-73960821627e.jpgDavid Irving — Lady Michele Renouf - Jailing Opinions 3 - 2006## Overview A documentary account of David Irving's 2006 arrest and trial in Vienna, Austria, recorded in collaboration with Lady Michele Renouf. The video presents Irving's perspective on charges filed under Austrian law Section 3G, examining the historical claims at issue, courtroom exchanges with the judge, and the broader debate over restrictions on speech concerning the Holocaust. The production combines trial footage, commentary, and interviews with trial observers. ## Topics covered - The 2000 London High Court civil action and Justice Grey's findings on documentary evidence [00:00:08](https://irving.video/w/6a93f1ef-70c4-4839-8d8f-a2bb2d19a6a9?start=8) - Irving's research on the Eichmann–Brand negotiations and the "Trucks for Jews" proposal [00:02:17](https://irving.video/w/6a93f1ef-70c4-4839-8d8f-a2bb2d19a6a9?start=137) - Circumstances of Irving's arrest during a private visit to Austria [00:02:17](https://irving.video/w/6a93f1ef-70c4-4839-8d8f-a2bb2d19a6a9?start=137) - The 1989 recorded remarks that formed the basis for charges sixteen years later [00:03:13](https://irving.video/w/6a93f1ef-70c4-4839-8d8f-a2bb2d19a6a9?start=193) - British press reactions defending Irving's right to hold and express opinions [00:04:05](https://irving.video/w/6a93f1ef-70c4-4839-8d8f-a2bb2d19a6a9?start=245) - Irving's courtroom assertion that Hitler received no reports of systematic mass murder [00:12:00](https://irving.video/w/6a93f1ef-70c4-4839-8d8f-a2bb2d19a6a9?start=720) - The sentencing and Lady Renouf's intervention in the courtroom [00:15:01](https://irving.video/w/6a93f1ef-70c4-4839-8d8f-a2bb2d19a6a9?start=901) ## Key moments - Irving states to the court: "What I wrote in my books, that is all true, and I do not recant or apologise for any of it" [00:12:00](https://irving.video/w/6a93f1ef-70c4-4839-8d8f-a2bb2d19a6a9?start=720) - Irving explains his position on Hitler's knowledge: "I, David Irving, have read every report that was passed on to Adolf Hitler betwee...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/6a93f1ef-70c4-4839-8d8f-a2bb2d19a6a9/33340b82-123d-4e3d-9572-becce78b0c3c-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/eajztoPqYXnVQmiEEuqUj619550302026-03-20T13:00:18.240ZHolocaustaustriaHitlerjudgeHistorianYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/rqeqkX5HUW6db5vzsYexqmhttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/9113188e-c74a-4be1-bc93-4e6bbb0f1e30.jpgDavid Irving — Michèle Renouf: Opinioni da Incarcerare (Jailing Opinions)## Overview A 118-minute public lecture in which David Irving and Michèle Renouf discuss legal restrictions on Holocaust historical inquiry across ten countries. Renouf addresses the circumstances of Irving's 2005 arrest in Austria and detention for statements made at a university fraternity 16 years prior, situating his case within broader issues of freedom of speech and the evidential standards applied to Holocaust scholarship. ## Topics covered - Denmark's inclusion of historical revisionism alongside mandatory Holocaust studies in schools [00:00:20](https://irving.video/w/cdd69651-4e98-45e4-a5ac-571f01bbbd68?start=20) - Irving's arrest in Austria following a university fraternity lecture and warnings against re-entry [00:04:00](https://irving.video/w/cdd69651-4e98-45e4-a5ac-571f01bbbd68?start=240) - Ernst Zündel's trial in Mannheim and judicial obstruction of defence evidence [00:05:03](https://irving.video/w/cdd69651-4e98-45e4-a5ac-571f01bbbd68?start=303) - The "Israeli-drafted" legislation criminalizing Holocaust revisionism in ten countries [00:08:05](https://irving.video/w/cdd69651-4e98-45e4-a5ac-571f01bbbd68?start=485) - Disruption of Irving's book signings and lecture venues by protesters in England [00:10:00](https://irving.video/w/cdd69651-4e98-45e4-a5ac-571f01bbbd68?start=600) - Irving's denial of gas chambers at Auschwitz and his reliance on primary source material [00:12:05](https://irving.video/w/cdd69651-4e98-45e4-a5ac-571f01bbbd68?start=725) - Irving's scheduled trial date of 20 February before three judges and eight jury members [00:13:03](https://irving.video/w/cdd69651-4e98-45e4-a5ac-571f01bbbd68?start=783) ## Key moments - Renouf describes receiving 160 anonymous letters from Austrians and Germans thanking Irving for standing firm on "illegal opinion" [00:07:00](https://irving.video/w/cdd69651-4e98-45e4-a5ac-571f01bbbd68?start=420) - Renouf characterises Irving's incarceration as totalitarian, citing Voltaire: "I may not agree with your op...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/cdd69651-4e98-45e4-a5ac-571f01bbbd68/941aae91-4da6-43ae-b234-240c9186810d-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/rqeqkX5HUW6db5vzsYexqm709451072026-03-20T13:05:05.277ZHolocaustaustriaernstmannheimLipstadtYESDavid IrvingNOhttps://irving.video/w/nW4ksF3D927mXcYK7sYPQGhttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/2a1be75f-09c6-4768-b076-faba02357792.jpgThe Reunion: Hitler Diaries 1983 — BBC Radio 4 (7 Sep 2008) — ft. David Irving## Overview BBC Radio 4 reunion programme examining the 1983 Hitler Diaries hoax. Irving discusses his involvement as a historian who was initially approached about the documents, his early skepticism, and his eventual role in warning publishers of their inauthenticity. The broadcast reunites Irving with journalists Philip Knightley and Magnus Linklater from the Sunday Times, and Gerd Heidemann, the Stern reporter central to the fraud. ## Topics covered - Initial approach by document authenticator August Prisac and Irving's skepticism about Hitler's diary-keeping habits [00:05:04](https://irving.video/w/b19c218a-cada-41e5-958e-19510d4dec84?start=304) - Otto Günther's account of seeing a diary entry about the Rudolf Hess flight to Scotland [00:06:00](https://irving.video/w/b19c218a-cada-41e5-958e-19510d4dec84?start=360) - Irving's recognition of red flags: printing errors on Goering's letterhead and handwriting inconsistencies [00:07:00](https://irving.video/w/b19c218a-cada-41e5-958e-19510d4dec84?start=420) - Heidemann's first encounter with alleged diaries at Fritz Stiefel's collection near Stuttgart in 1980 [00:08:00](https://irving.video/w/b19c218a-cada-41e5-958e-19510d4dec84?start=480) - Suspicious provenance materials including "Mein Kampf Vol. 3" and Hitler's alleged dinner jacket with Bormann authentication [00:09:01](https://irving.video/w/b19c218a-cada-41e5-958e-19510d4dec84?start=541) - Irving's December 1982 conclusion that the documents were forgeries and his written warnings to involved parties [00:10:00](https://irving.video/w/b19c218a-cada-41e5-958e-19510d4dec84?start=600) - The Sunday Times' decision to publish despite Irving's warnings and parallel competition with Stern [00:11:01](https://irving.video/w/b19c218a-cada-41e5-958e-19510d4dec84?start=661) - Hugh Trevor Roper's authentication and the comparison to the earlier Mussolini Diaries fraud [00:12:02](https://irving.video/w/b19c218a-cada-41e5-958e-19510d4dec84?start=722) ## Key moments - ...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/b19c218a-cada-41e5-958e-19510d4dec84/d52f70f7-8891-4d7b-8db2-fac644f03100-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/nW4ksF3D927mXcYK7sYPQG2571072026-04-03T18:14:53.190ZHitlerDiariesreunionradioYESDavid Irving — Video ArchiveNOhttps://irving.video/w/nbvvEbZqHfa6hszWhfptiLhttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/040b826c-b9b7-4754-a0d1-81850d896cdd.jpgDavid Irving - C-SPAN BookTV Interview (2002)## Overview C-SPAN BookTV interview recorded in 2002. Irving discusses his founding of Focal Point Publications, his methodology as a historian, and two of his major works: a three-volume biography of Winston Churchill and *Hitler's War*. He addresses criticism of his work and explains his approach to historical research based on primary source documents. ## Topics covered - Founding of Focal Point Publications and reasons for independent publishing [00:00:15](https://irving.video/w/ab87895d-1a55-44a4-bab7-97466c77534a?start=15) - Irving's historical methodology and approach to "real history" [00:00:35](https://irving.video/w/ab87895d-1a55-44a4-bab7-97466c77534a?start=35) - Three-volume Churchill biography project and competition with William Manchester [00:01:00](https://irving.video/w/ab87895d-1a55-44a4-bab7-97466c77534a?start=60) - Access to archival records and research across multiple national archives [00:01:30](https://irving.video/w/ab87895d-1a55-44a4-bab7-97466c77534a?start=90) - *Hitler's War* and sources including interviews with Hitler's staff and private diaries [00:02:15](https://irving.video/w/ab87895d-1a55-44a4-bab7-97466c77534a?start=135) - Distinction between his historical accounts and popular or "Hollywood" versions [00:02:50](https://irving.video/w/ab87895d-1a55-44a4-bab7-97466c77534a?start=170) ## Key moments - Irving explains founding Focal Point as a "lifeboat" when major publishers came under pressure regarding his work [00:00:20](https://irving.video/w/ab87895d-1a55-44a4-bab7-97466c77534a?start=20) - He describes conducting research over 30 years, interviewing Hitler's private secretaries, adjutants, and field marshals [00:02:30](https://irving.video/w/ab87895d-1a55-44a4-bab7-97466c77534a?start=150) - Irving states he recovered 3,000 color photographs taken by Hitler's film cameraman, describing them as "beautiful photographs of the man that look like they're taken yesterday" [00:02:50](https://irving.video/w/ab87895d-1a55-44a4-bab7...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/ab87895d-1a55-44a4-bab7-97466c77534a/023bbefe-fe7f-44f1-bb48-7c1deb575459-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/nbvvEbZqHfa6hszWhfptiL234012026-04-03T18:58:54.713Zc-spanbooktvYESDavid Irving — Video ArchiveNOhttps://irving.video/w/i3yWVDyNYcCyRLrRVubU1Jhttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/e2863c8e-a3fd-4415-8e37-c790a78304a1.jpgDavid Irving - In the Psychiatrist's Chair (BBC)## Overview A 39-minute psychoanalytic interview in which historian David Irving discusses his childhood, family relationships, professional development, and personal views with BBC psychiatrist Dr. Anthony Clare. The conversation ranges from Irving's early life and parental separation through his education, career trajectory, and attitudes toward women and sexuality, framed within the clinical setting of a therapeutic interview. ## Topics covered - Irving's childhood, parental separation, and upbringing by his mother in Essex [00:00:18](https://irving.video/w/8a072628-ba12-44de-92e8-693513c7c7aa?start=18) - Education at Imperial College and University College London, and early departure from formal study [00:00:18](https://irving.video/w/8a072628-ba12-44de-92e8-693513c7c7aa?start=18) - Publication of *The Destruction of Dresden* at age 23 and subsequent historiographical controversies [00:01:01](https://irving.video/w/8a072628-ba12-44de-92e8-693513c7c7aa?start=61) - *Hitler's War*, claims about Hitler's knowledge of Jewish extermination, and resulting accusations [00:01:01](https://irving.video/w/8a072628-ba12-44de-92e8-693513c7c7aa?start=61) - Influence of his school headmaster and formative advice on maintaining dignity and options [00:03:00](https://irving.video/w/8a072628-ba12-44de-92e8-693513c7c7aa?start=180) - Childhood behaviour at school, caning, and the April Fool's Day prank with the red flag [00:04:02](https://irving.video/w/8a072628-ba12-44de-92e8-693513c7c7aa?start=242) - Relationship with absent father, emotional response to paternal death, and family estrangement [00:05:01](https://irving.video/w/8a072628-ba12-44de-92e8-693513c7c7aa?start=301) - Mother's death, missed reconciliation, and the timing of her passing relative to his professional success [00:06:01](https://irving.video/w/8a072628-ba12-44de-92e8-693513c7c7aa?start=361) - Attitudes toward women, intellectual and physical beauty as criteria, and women's historical achievements [00:09:0...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/8a072628-ba12-44de-92e8-693513c7c7aa/74c9b3b3-3fe4-4158-88a4-62a243266c06-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/i3yWVDyNYcCyRLrRVubU1J2367052026-04-03T18:59:13.652ZpsychiatristchairYESDavid Irving — Video ArchiveNOhttps://irving.video/w/j7FfEuDShe36JScimsxZh9https://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/ede2f114-f8d0-421e-97b6-df92e6ed4bc8.jpgDavid Irving - The Hidden History of World War II## Overview A lecture in which Irving discusses his research methodology and firsthand historical investigations, focusing on source documentation and site visits. He describes annual tours to Polish and German historical locations, and addresses his legal encounters with U.S. and Canadian immigration authorities related to his speaking engagements and visa status. ## Topics covered - Annual guided tours to Operation Reinhardt sites in Poland (Belzec, Treblinka, Majdanek, Sobibor) [00:08:07](https://irving.video/w/92b3261f-0834-447a-beff-3888caf3a764?start=487) - Hitler and Himmler's bunker headquarters in East Prussia, their construction and current state [00:10:03](https://irving.video/w/92b3261f-0834-447a-beff-3888caf3a764?start=603) - U.S. Department of Homeland Security detention and visa cancellation following January entry [00:00:04](https://irving.video/w/92b3261f-0834-447a-beff-3888caf3a764?start=4) - Disputed visa overstay allegation and 10-year re-entry ban implications [00:02:01](https://irving.video/w/92b3261f-0834-447a-beff-3888caf3a764?start=121) - Detention in Toronto after being identified mid-flight and held by Canadian border police [00:04:01](https://irving.video/w/92b3261f-0834-447a-beff-3888caf3a764?start=241) - Irving's approach to historical research and use of primary sources [00:06:00](https://irving.video/w/92b3261f-0834-447a-beff-3888caf3a764?start=360) - Tour logistics, participant composition, and hotel accommodations in Warsaw [00:08:07](https://irving.video/w/92b3261f-0834-447a-beff-3888caf3a764?start=487) ## Key moments - Irving describes being detained for four hours at Atlanta airport, his ten-year visa seized, and passport cancelled on the pretext of alleged overstay [00:00:04](https://irving.video/w/92b3261f-0834-447a-beff-3888caf3a764?start=4) - Recounts Canadian border police waiting at the Toronto gate with weapons drawn after being identified mid-Atlantic, resulting in three-hour detention and immediate deportation [00:0...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/92b3261f-0834-447a-beff-3888caf3a764/cdd324e1-ea23-4779-b1a5-4a4726bd2537-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/j7FfEuDShe36JScimsxZh97364062026-04-03T19:06:51.756ZhiddenYESDavid Irving — Video ArchiveNOhttps://irving.video/w/robrPnSmqRMzQQzEcR8iQ1https://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/ff633a74-9973-458b-9f54-e1ea8e3d4a75.jpgDavid Irving - Libel Trial Coverage, Channel 4 News (April 2000)## Overview Channel 4 News coverage of the libel trial verdict in which historian David Irving sued author Deborah Lipstadt. Recorded immediately following the court judgment, this segment features an extended live interview with Irving responding to the judge's findings against him, followed by Lipstadt's reaction and commentary from expert witnesses including an Auschwitz survivor. The format presents both parties' positions on the trial outcome and broader questions of historical interpretation. ## Topics covered - Irving's characterization of his credibility and standing as a military historian [00:02:00](https://irving.video/w/cd8d4437-895f-4466-acf5-fba2e03b234c?start=120) - The role of selectivity in historical research and document interpretation [00:03:02](https://irving.video/w/cd8d4437-895f-4466-acf5-fba2e03b234c?start=182) - Irving's claims regarding Krematorium 2 at Auschwitz and absence of documentary evidence [00:04:00](https://irving.video/w/cd8d4437-895f-4466-acf5-fba2e03b234c?start=240) - Accusations of racism, including a poem written for his daughter [00:06:00](https://irving.video/w/cd8d4437-895f-4466-acf5-fba2e03b234c?start=360) - Irving's distinction between patriotism and racism [00:08:01](https://irving.video/w/cd8d4437-895f-4466-acf5-fba2e03b234c?start=481) - Irving's future plans: ongoing book projects and website activities [00:09:01](https://irving.video/w/cd8d4437-895f-4466-acf5-fba2e03b234c?start=541) - Irving's past participation in rallies in Germany and Canada [00:10:01](https://irving.video/w/cd8d4437-895f-4466-acf5-fba2e03b234c?start=601) ## Key moments - Irving asserts that hundreds of thousands of people own his books and are "perfectly capable of forming their own opinions," despite the court verdict [00:01:00](https://irving.video/w/cd8d4437-895f-4466-acf5-fba2e03b234c?start=60) - Irving claims the judge acknowledged his reputation as "Britain's preeminent military historian" while denying the substance of findings aga...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/cd8d4437-895f-4466-acf5-fba2e03b234c/718ceb15-f164-4977-bf75-7af23779a157-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/robrPnSmqRMzQQzEcR8iQ11653062026-04-03T19:07:45.257ZlibeltrialcoveragechannelnewsYESDavid Irving — Video ArchiveNOhttps://irving.video/w/vAvXozr46faNXDohorAzuDhttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/9acbecb4-6072-476e-841c-109327f72988.jpgDavid Irving - The Holocaust (1988 Lecture)## Overview A 42-minute lecture in which historian David Irving discusses his evolving views on the Holocaust, his methodology as a historical researcher, and his examination of evidence related to Auschwitz. Irving outlines his criteria for evaluating primary sources and describes his recent involvement in archival work prompted by the Ernst Zündel case, noting his shift from earlier positions on the subject. ## Topics covered - Irving's early career and his work on the Dresden bombing [00:01:05](https://irving.video/w/efaac50d-7120-4648-8898-c34b4ebc19c1?start=65) - His methodology for evaluating historical documents: authenticity, purpose, and author knowledge [00:07:00](https://irving.video/w/efaac50d-7120-4648-8898-c34b4ebc19c1?start=420) - Problems with documentary evidence in the Auschwitz case and questions of authenticity [00:08:01](https://irving.video/w/efaac50d-7120-4648-8898-c34b4ebc19c1?start=481) - His discussions with publisher Macmillan's regarding his planned book on Auschwitz [00:09:03](https://irving.video/w/efaac50d-7120-4648-8898-c34b4ebc19c1?start=543) - Ernst Zündel's chemical and forensic research contributions [00:10:00](https://irving.video/w/efaac50d-7120-4648-8898-c34b4ebc19c1?start=600) - His archival research in American institutions and examination of witness testimonies [00:11:03](https://irving.video/w/efaac50d-7120-4648-8898-c34b4ebc19c1?start=663) - A judge's private diary notes expressing skepticism of a French woman's Auschwitz testimony [00:12:05](https://irving.video/w/efaac50d-7120-4648-8898-c34b4ebc19c1?start=725) ## Key moments - Irving describes being told by American contacts, "Welcome to the ranks of the damned," after giving evidence in a Toronto trial, comparing the experience to being "bitten by a vampire" [00:03:03](https://irving.video/w/efaac50d-7120-4648-8898-c34b4ebc19c1?start=183) - He recounts his role in exposing the Hitler Diaries as forgeries in 1983 and his reputation as a writer who "rejects, refut...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/efaac50d-7120-4648-8898-c34b4ebc19c1/882c235e-5cd6-4bad-8417-9e5955f9277c-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/vAvXozr46faNXDohorAzuD2566042026-04-03T19:08:44.780ZAuschwitzHolocaustDresdenRooseveltHitlerYESDavid Irving — Video ArchiveNOhttps://irving.video/w/9L49Ugq4gUUyudVjPbC49Fhttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/48f2708e-5e68-4698-9e5c-4e32e210b842.jpgDavid Irving - On Free Speech## Overview Irving delivers a lecture on restrictions on freedom of speech, framed around his experience with censorship and his denied access to Auschwitz for a BBC documentary project. He discusses the legal and institutional barriers he has faced in multiple European countries, and examines specific claims about World War II history that he argues are subject to criminal penalties for questioning. ## Topics covered - Introduction by Jack Wyckoff and Irving's publishing history [00:00:27](https://irving.video/w/46efc74f-484f-4c60-8f03-5d5c19d5d303?start=27) - The BBC documentary project on free speech and Irving's conditions for participation [00:01:13](https://irving.video/w/46efc74f-484f-4c60-8f03-5d5c19d5d303?start=73) - European imprisonment laws restricting speech and journalist awareness of the issue [00:02:00](https://irving.video/w/46efc74f-484f-4c60-8f03-5d5c19d5d303?start=120) - Irving's ban from Auschwitz by camp authorities and his analysis of the reasons [00:04:00](https://irving.video/w/46efc74f-484f-4c60-8f03-5d5c19d5d303?start=240) - Physical features of the Auschwitz gas chamber and inconsistencies in eyewitness accounts [00:06:00](https://irving.video/w/46efc74f-484f-4c60-8f03-5d5c19d5d303?start=360) - Logistical problems with mass cremation claims and aerial photographic evidence [00:08:00](https://irving.video/w/46efc74f-484f-4c60-8f03-5d5c19d5d303?start=480) - The post-war construction of the displayed gas chamber and German legal penalties [00:10:02](https://irving.video/w/46efc74f-484f-4c60-8f03-5d5c19d5d303?start=602) - Trial and prosecution under German racial incitement laws for historical statements [00:12:02](https://irving.video/w/46efc74f-484f-4c60-8f03-5d5c19d5d303?start=722) ## Key moments - Irving compares his exclusion from Auschwitz to a casino barring a consistent winner, stating he would point out structural inconsistencies like "no holes in the roof" and glass panes in gas chamber doors [00:06:00](https://irving.video/...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/46efc74f-484f-4c60-8f03-5d5c19d5d303/c08ff368-dee1-4065-ab45-b00350511a12-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/9L49Ugq4gUUyudVjPbC49F3247022026-04-03T19:09:13.799ZAuschwitzHolocaustcanadaspeechtelevisionYESDavid Irving — Video ArchiveNOhttps://irving.video/w/qwsMm4D2MP82ZgiqYvzkHmhttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/69dcc782-d237-4ac4-a4e1-dcf2bc98677d.jpgDavid Irving - Churchill's Secret Communications with Roosevelt## Overview Irving presents a lecture on the historical methodology of archival research and the secret communications between Churchill and Roosevelt during World War II. He illustrates his approach to "real history" through examples drawn from British cabinet papers, Anthony Eden's personal diaries, and recently declassified Bletchley Park documents, emphasizing the importance of primary source examination and the challenges of accessing censored or suppressed historical records. ## Topics covered - Methodology of archival research and the distinction between "real history" and secondary accounts [00:00:00](https://irving.video/w/c69c2554-e1da-4c8f-964a-9dee21b8a582?start=0) - Anthony Eden's redacted December 1942 memorandum regarding French generals and Admiral Darlan [00:01:04](https://irving.video/w/c69c2554-e1da-4c8f-964a-9dee21b8a582?start=64) - Hitler's July 1940 meeting with Gauleiters Wagner and Buerkle and the deliberate suppression of records [00:02:01](https://irving.video/w/c69c2554-e1da-4c8f-964a-9dee21b8a582?start=121) - Anthony Eden's personal diaries at the University of Birmingham and private attitudes toward Jewish children [00:04:01](https://irving.video/w/c69c2554-e1da-4c8f-964a-9dee21b8a582?start=241) - Eden's diary entries concerning his son Nicholas, missing RAF pilot in Burma, 1944 [00:05:02](https://irving.video/w/c69c2554-e1da-4c8f-964a-9dee21b8a582?start=302) - Churchill's desk diaries and appointment calendars retained by his bodyguard Commander Thompson [00:06:06](https://irving.video/w/c69c2554-e1da-4c8f-964a-9dee21b8a582?start=366) - The Bletchley Park code-breaking effort and post-war secrecy directives by the Combined Chiefs of Staff [00:07:00](https://irving.video/w/c69c2554-e1da-4c8f-964a-9dee21b8a582?start=420) - Discovery of secret Churchill-Roosevelt correspondence in Class HW Bletchley Park files [00:11:00](https://irving.video/w/c69c2554-e1da-4c8f-964a-9dee21b8a582?start=660) ## Key moments - Irving describes finding...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/c69c2554-e1da-4c8f-964a-9dee21b8a582/8c13d623-84e5-4c35-804a-d4b2319dc115-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/qwsMm4D2MP82ZgiqYvzkHm40490142026-04-03T19:12:19.402ZChurchillsecretedenanthonyserviceYESDavid Irving — Video ArchiveNOhttps://irving.video/w/rDZ3dw5qj5kaGGDxxCV1uuhttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/72cac25d-5e12-4801-8b10-280909cf6757.jpgDavid Irving - London Forum Talk (2017)## Overview A lecture delivered at the London Forum in 2017, in which Irving discusses his approach to historical research and revisionism. He contrasts what he calls "conformist history" written within established comfort zones against his own method of following documentary evidence. The talk ranges across twentieth-century British military and political history, with particular focus on Churchill's wartime decision-making and the bombing campaign against Germany. ## Topics covered - Conformist versus independent historiography and the concept of "comfort zones" in historical writing [00:03:00](https://irving.video/w/cfc22314-8657-4310-8dd3-f3c400955f9c?start=180) - The Battle of Britain and the selective teaching of history across national borders [00:04:02](https://irving.video/w/cfc22314-8657-4310-8dd3-f3c400955f9c?start=242) - Irving's 1961 interview with Air Chief Marshal Arthur "Bomber" Harris and Harris's treatment by Churchill [00:06:03](https://irving.video/w/cfc22314-8657-4310-8dd3-f3c400955f9c?start=363) - Churchill's March 1945 memorandum questioning the bombing of German cities and the subsequent revision of the record [00:08:01](https://irving.video/w/cfc22314-8657-4310-8dd3-f3c400955f9c?start=481) - Churchill's role in the Norwegian campaign of 1940 and his rise to Prime Minister [00:09:01](https://irving.video/w/cfc22314-8657-4310-8dd3-f3c400955f9c?start=541) - Churchill's alleged desire to provoke German bombing of London and Hitler's embargo on attacking the capital [00:13:02](https://irving.video/w/cfc22314-8657-4310-8dd3-f3c400955f9c?start=782) ## Key moments - Irving describes how Churchill inadvertently tipped off Hitler about the planned invasion of Norway through an intercepted phone call, allowing Germany to invade first [00:10:01](https://irving.video/w/cfc22314-8657-4310-8dd3-f3c400955f9c?start=601) - Irving claims Churchill deliberately separated guns, crews, and ammunition across three warships for the Norway invasion, delibera...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/cfc22314-8657-4310-8dd3-f3c400955f9c/2194f685-41b4-4d80-9cb0-66761e139808-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/rDZ3dw5qj5kaGGDxxCV1uu4185062026-04-03T19:12:29.032ZforumYESDavid Irving — Video ArchiveNOhttps://irving.video/w/d4Lff4FBWBZCFxr2ygRC8khttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/af935cc5-196d-4626-b1fc-50579c047c1a.jpgDavid Irving - Questioning the Postwar Narrative## Overview Lecture in which Irving discusses his shift away from certain historical conclusions, particularly regarding the Holocaust and Auschwitz. He traces his career as a historian dependent on primary sources, recounts his exposure of the Hitler diaries forgery in 1983, and explains the professional and personal consequences of his recent reassessment of postwar historical narratives. The talk includes discussion of publishing suppression and the financial interests surrounding Holocaust historiography. ## Topics covered - Irving's introduction and background as a historian specializing in German history [00:00:01](https://irving.video/w/61b4299b-3cbf-43bf-9f82-45f351489e11?start=1) - The Dresden bombing and publication of *Der Untergang Dresdens* [00:01:05](https://irving.video/w/61b4299b-3cbf-43bf-9f82-45f351489e11?start=65) - His Hitler biography and shift from "believer" to "unbeliever" [00:02:01](https://irving.video/w/61b4299b-3cbf-43bf-9f82-45f351489e11?start=121) - Exposure of the Hitler diaries as forgeries at Der Stern press conference, 1983 [00:03:03](https://irving.video/w/61b4299b-3cbf-43bf-9f82-45f351489e11?start=183) - Professional ostracization: censorship by publishers and libraries [00:05:08](https://irving.video/w/61b4299b-3cbf-43bf-9f82-45f351489e11?start=308) - The role of wealthy organizations and the "Holocaust" as a financial enterprise [00:07:00](https://irving.video/w/61b4299b-3cbf-43bf-9f82-45f351489e11?start=420) - Methodology: Hugh Trevor-Roper's three criteria for evaluating primary source documents [00:10:00](https://irving.video/w/61b4299b-3cbf-43bf-9f82-45f351489e11?start=600) - Application of documentary authentication to Auschwitz claims [00:11:00](https://irving.video/w/61b4299b-3cbf-43bf-9f82-45f351489e11?start=660) ## Key moments - Irving describes being escorted out of the Der Stern press conference by security after exposing the Hitler diaries as fakes, then immediately appearing on ABC's Good Morning America [00...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/61b4299b-3cbf-43bf-9f82-45f351489e11/3abdefe7-8d81-459e-ba28-6a239e1aca70-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/d4Lff4FBWBZCFxr2ygRC8k27000332026-04-03T19:12:56.920ZHitlerHolocaustDresdenAuschwitzernstYESDavid Irving — Video ArchiveNOhttps://irving.video/w/n5VcvpvhZHuKqdzWeU9mCUhttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/bb3d315b-eede-4d76-b141-49c507cb7eff.jpgDavid Irving and Deborah Lipstadt - TV Debate Part 2 (11 November 1994)## Overview Part two of a televised debate between David Irving and Deborah Lipstadt, recorded in November 1994. The segment captures an extended exchange on historical revisionism, documentary evidence, and the responsibilities of historians and public intellectuals in presenting contested historical narratives. Irving defends his interpretive methods and challenges Lipstadt's framing of historical events. ## Topics covered - Historians' obligation to uncover new truths versus the problem of fringe historical claims [00:00:00](https://irving.video/w/aabfabef-0cf7-4f0b-9211-14bcea6764cc?start=0) - Denial movements and their intellectual credibility compared to established historical facts [00:01:12](https://irving.video/w/aabfabef-0cf7-4f0b-9211-14bcea6764cc?start=72) - The Armenian Genocide as a case study in historical denial and documentation [00:02:41](https://irving.video/w/aabfabef-0cf7-4f0b-9211-14bcea6764cc?start=161) - The recontextualization of Columbus and colonial history [00:03:10](https://irving.video/w/aabfabef-0cf7-4f0b-9211-14bcea6764cc?start=190) - Mass readership of controversial texts and the role of public interpretation [00:04:34](https://irving.video/w/aabfabef-0cf7-4f0b-9211-14bcea6764cc?start=274) - The Bell Curve and how disputed sources are weaponized for ideological purposes [00:05:00](https://irving.video/w/aabfabef-0cf7-4f0b-9211-14bcea6764cc?start=300) - The First Amendment and freedom of speech in historical discourse [00:07:01](https://irving.video/w/aabfabef-0cf7-4f0b-9211-14bcea6764cc?start=421) - Nazi mass murder by shooting versus gas chambers as methods of killing [00:08:00](https://irving.video/w/aabfabef-0cf7-4f0b-9211-14bcea6764cc?start=480) - Photographic evidence from Auschwitz and the interpretation of archival imagery [00:09:00](https://irving.video/w/aabfabef-0cf7-4f0b-9211-14bcea6764cc?start=540) ## Key moments - Irving states his position on Nazi killing methods: "There's no doubt at all that Nazis liquidated tens...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/aabfabef-0cf7-4f0b-9211-14bcea6764cc/21eb73a9-f7ab-4866-a3b2-ce8af2ae710e-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/n5VcvpvhZHuKqdzWeU9mCU703552026-04-03T19:13:23.105ZLipstadtdeborahdebatenovemberYESDavid Irving — Video ArchiveNOhttps://irving.video/w/5RQqttCacbCB35cFizo6PLhttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/3acfc2f7-afd7-4609-99f4-b09594243bed.jpgDavid Irving - Hitler's Doctors (Spotlight, 1986)## Overview Irving delivers a lecture on the medical history of Adolf Hitler and other World War II leaders, examining the role of personal physicians and their influence on political decision-making. He emphasizes his archival research methodology, distinguishing his approach from secondary-source scholarship, and addresses the proliferation of unreliable sources and propaganda that have distorted historical understanding of Hitler's health. ## Topics covered - The influence of personal physicians on major world leaders and the relationship between Winston Churchill and his doctor Lord Moran [00:05:00](https://irving.video/w/2759d728-9f2d-4bcf-9331-91423c4e15e6?start=300) - Physical ailments of wartime leaders, including Franklin Roosevelt at Yalta and Churchill's illnesses during the Second World War [00:05:00](https://irving.video/w/2759d728-9f2d-4bcf-9331-91423c4e15e6?start=300) - Irving's ten-year biographical research on Hitler and his methodology for primary source investigation [00:06:08](https://irving.video/w/2759d728-9f2d-4bcf-9331-91423c4e15e6?start=368) - Wartime propaganda and disinformation campaigns used to blacken enemy leaders' health and credibility [00:08:03](https://irving.video/w/2759d728-9f2d-4bcf-9331-91423c4e15e6?start=483) - Critique of William Langer's OSS psychological evaluation of Hitler as unreliable secondary-source work [00:09:03](https://irving.video/w/2759d728-9f2d-4bcf-9331-91423c4e15e6?start=543) - Dr. Theodor Morell as Hitler's principal physician from 1937 onward and the libel controversies surrounding his medical practices [00:11:03](https://irving.video/w/2759d728-9f2d-4bcf-9331-91423c4e15e6?start=663) - The unreliability of Felix Kersten's published diaries as historical sources [00:14:01](https://irving.video/w/2759d728-9f2d-4bcf-9331-91423c4e15e6?start=841) - Medications allegedly administered to Hitler, including strychnine and atropine, and their possible role in Parkinsonian symptoms [00:13:02](https://irving.vide...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/2759d728-9f2d-4bcf-9331-91423c4e15e6/73f4ad53-6753-42ed-ba9e-e4a519b66223-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/5RQqttCacbCB35cFizo6PL61980182026-04-03T19:17:30.093ZHitlermorellkerstinheadChurchillYESDavid Irving — Video ArchiveNOhttps://irving.video/w/1phhekJfudBS5p3ZS3F4Cjhttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/84d5f675-28be-4b15-b02b-ed02b3b91cba.jpgDavid Irving - The Living Myth (Part 1)## Overview Irving presents a lecture examining his career, methodology, and historical conclusions about Adolf Hitler and the Third Reich. He discusses the Lipstadt trial, his approach to documentary evidence, claims about Hitler's knowledge of and role in the Holocaust, and reflects on his experiences during World War II. The presentation takes the form of a public lecture with an introductory speaker endorsing his historical work. ## Topics covered - Irving's exchange with Queen's Counsel Richard Rampton during the Lipstadt trial and his definition of patriotism [00:00:01](https://irving.video/w/034023b6-f181-48c8-8301-d5a78f98975e?start=1) - His evidentiary standard for the Hitler biography and interpretation of documents regarding Hitler's awareness of Auschwitz [00:03:02](https://irving.video/w/034023b6-f181-48c8-8301-d5a78f98975e?start=182) - The distinction between Hitler's personal views and the actions of Nazi subordinates like Eichmann and Himmler [00:04:01](https://irving.video/w/034023b6-f181-48c8-8301-d5a78f98975e?start=241) - Terminology and definitions: "Holocaust denier," "Holocaust survivor," and their institutional application [00:07:02](https://irving.video/w/034023b6-f181-48c8-8301-d5a78f98975e?start=422) - Irving's personal experience as a child during World War II bombing campaigns and the deprivations of wartime Britain [00:09:00](https://irving.video/w/034023b6-f181-48c8-8301-d5a78f98975e?start=540) - Specific wartime encounters: flying bombs, air raids, shelter conditions, and toy shortages during the war years [00:10:01](https://irving.video/w/034023b6-f181-48c8-8301-d5a78f98975e?start=601) ## Key moments - Irving describes his prepared courtroom answer about dreaming of flying to Heathrow and returning to 1950s England, which became widely quoted in newspapers [00:00:01](https://irving.video/w/034023b6-f181-48c8-8301-d5a78f98975e?start=1) - He recites his statement that D-Day soldiers would not have advanced forty yards up the Norman...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/034023b6-f181-48c8-8301-d5a78f98975e/b1b5a959-fdad-4f76-bfab-0358a087133d-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/1phhekJfudBS5p3ZS3F4Cj58840202026-04-03T19:22:31.932ZlivingmythYESDavid Irving — Video ArchiveNOhttps://irving.video/w/2PJn6kJ7FvvYsAPgRiULkmhttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/453c8b67-88b9-438c-ac35-4b5ce7e5e44d.jpgDavid Irving - The Living Myth (Part 2)## Overview In Part 2 of this lecture, Irving reflects on the 2000 Lipstadt libel trial, his legal strategy as a self-represented litigant, and the personal circumstances surrounding the case. He discusses his family history, the death of his eldest daughter Josephine, and the documented campaign to destabilize him before trial proceedings began. The narrative moves between courtroom strategy and intimate family tragedy. ## Topics covered - The structure and duration of the Lipstadt libel trial and Irving's decision to represent himself [00:00:00](https://irving.video/w/0ec33410-c475-4261-a572-f67a434241a2?start=0) - The definition of "Holocaust denier" and what the trial actually examined [00:01:03](https://irving.video/w/0ec33410-c475-4261-a572-f67a434241a2?start=63) - Lipstadt's post-trial speaking tours and her admission of pre-trial destabilization tactics [00:02:02](https://irving.video/w/0ec33410-c475-4261-a572-f67a434241a2?start=122) - Last-minute changes to the defense and discovery tactics in the month before trial [00:03:01](https://irving.video/w/0ec33410-c475-4261-a572-f67a434241a2?start=181) - Irving's family background and his five daughters [00:04:02](https://irving.video/w/0ec33410-c475-4261-a572-f67a434241a2?start=242) - Josephine Irving's incurable brain disease and her attempted suicide in May 1996 [00:07:00](https://irving.video/w/0ec33410-c475-4261-a572-f67a434241a2?start=420) - The wreath inscribed with Nazi euthanasia terminology sent after Josephine's funeral [00:10:00](https://irving.video/w/0ec33410-c475-4261-a572-f67a434241a2?start=600) ## Key moments - Irving describes the strategic mistake of not challenging the defendants' last-minute change of defense one month before trial began [00:03:01](https://irving.video/w/0ec33410-c475-4261-a572-f67a434241a2?start=181) - Irving recounts the final visit from his daughter Josephine in 1999, four months before the trial, when he asked his secretary to photograph them together—the last ima...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/0ec33410-c475-4261-a572-f67a434241a2/3fa041fe-836d-4a55-9683-475694405891-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/2PJn6kJ7FvvYsAPgRiULkm5619012026-04-03T19:26:20.668ZLipstadtjosephineaustriadeborahHolocaustYESDavid Irving — Video ArchiveNOhttps://irving.video/w/d9iM62SZcCFTUsdkYu1Z4thttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/cf8384cf-ed80-4ad2-82e7-90215ca1d9fe.jpgDavid Irving - Spanish Civil War, Franco and Hitler## Overview Irving examines the 1940 meeting between Hitler and Franco at Hendaye, analysing why Franco refused to permit German passage through Spain to attack Gibraltar. He contextualizes Franco's decision within Spain's exhaustion following the Civil War, then offers a broader assessment of Franco's 40-year rule, and concludes with a discussion of the Guernica bombing and questions of historical accuracy regarding casualty figures. ## Topics covered - Hitler and Franco's meeting at Hendaye: strategic context and refusal of German passage [00:00:00](https://irving.video/w/625691dc-2f81-485d-89c9-b55beaacb14d?start=0) - Spain's condition after the Civil War: economic dependence and inability to support German operations [00:01:02](https://irving.video/w/625691dc-2f81-485d-89c9-b55beaacb14d?start=62) - Franco's 40-year rule and domestic peace in Spain compared to democratic nations [00:02:05](https://irving.video/w/625691dc-2f81-485d-89c9-b55beaacb14d?start=125) - Social order and crime prevention under Franco's regime, including the role of the sereno [00:03:05](https://irving.video/w/625691dc-2f81-485d-89c9-b55beaacb14d?start=185) - Admiral Canaris's possible role in persuading Franco to reject Hitler's demands [00:04:01](https://irving.video/w/625691dc-2f81-485d-89c9-b55beaacb14d?start=241) - The Guernica bombing of April 1937: investigation into casualty figures and historical record [00:04:01](https://irving.video/w/625691dc-2f81-485d-89c9-b55beaacb14d?start=241) ## Key moments - Irving's personal experience in Franco's Spain: "There were years of great peace. You could walk in the streets without fear of being mugged" [00:02:05](https://irving.video/w/625691dc-2f81-485d-89c9-b55beaacb14d?start=125) - Irving's archival investigation of Guernica: cross-checking death registers, hospital records, and newspapers to establish the actual death toll of 93 [00:04:01](https://irving.video/w/625691dc-2f81-485d-89c9-b55beaacb14d?start=241) - Irving's assessment o...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/625691dc-2f81-485d-89c9-b55beaacb14d/be1e850f-86d5-417f-9f0e-c3207088f27d-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/d9iM62SZcCFTUsdkYu1Z4t3280122026-04-03T19:23:52.436ZfrancospanishspainHitlergernikaYESDavid Irving — Video ArchiveNOhttps://irving.video/w/asrv4gNfuVi7CkNPei4r61https://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/8c903b57-e644-46cf-b615-4f92f3f8cc13.jpgDavid Irving and Deborah Lipstadt - TV Debate Part 1 (11 November 1994)## Overview This segment documents a lecture by Deborah Lipstadt on Holocaust denial, recorded at the Lyceum in November 1994. Lipstadt addresses the motivations and methods of Holocaust deniers, examines documentary evidence from Nazi records and survivor testimony, and discusses the ethical and free-speech dimensions of engaging with denial claims. The lecture takes a scholarly approach to analyzing how deniers construct and spread false narratives. ## Topics covered - The letter from a listener about censorship of gas chamber references in the 1958–59 television production *Judgment at Nuremberg* [00:00:04](https://irving.video/w/4c934d2e-a0ea-4788-b7f0-c8e8099d030e?start=4) - Nazi documentary evidence: memos, blueprints, and records left by perpetrators [00:03:00](https://irving.video/w/4c934d2e-a0ea-4788-b7f0-c8e8099d030e?start=180) - Survivor and eyewitness testimony from Polish bystanders near concentration camps [00:04:04](https://irving.video/w/4c934d2e-a0ea-4788-b7f0-c8e8099d030e?start=244) - The decision to refuse appearance on a nationally televised talk show featuring Holocaust deniers [00:07:01](https://irving.video/w/4c934d2e-a0ea-4788-b7f0-c8e8099d030e?start=421) - The distinction between legitimate debate on contentious topics versus engagement with factually baseless claims [00:09:04](https://irving.video/w/4c934d2e-a0ea-4788-b7f0-c8e8099d030e?start=544) - Denier attacks on the authenticity of Anne Frank's diary and the ballpoint pen argument [00:10:01](https://irving.video/w/4c934d2e-a0ea-4788-b7f0-c8e8099d030e?start=601) - Analysis of denier misreadings of diary entries regarding household noise and objects [00:11:00](https://irving.video/w/4c934d2e-a0ea-4788-b7f0-c8e8099d030e?start=660) ## Key moments - Lipstadt reads a letter describing how a utility company censored gas chamber references from a broadcast drama, illustrating how history can be rewritten for trivial commercial reasons [00:00:04](https://irving.video/w/4c934d2e-a0ea-4788...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/4c934d2e-a0ea-4788-b7f0-c8e8099d030e/b42b4e02-e6bb-401d-b4e5-c6bcf793d45e-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/asrv4gNfuVi7CkNPei4r613884072026-04-03T19:24:04.146ZHolocaustfrankDiaryanneLipstadtYESDavid Irving — Video ArchiveNOhttps://irving.video/w/jCEL76VebcMMUuxffBo8W3https://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/b6b36476-54b1-44d5-9bad-fd0f4b69d0ac.jpgDavid Irving - Auschwitz (pre-2000 Lecture)## Overview A lecture in which Irving discusses eyewitness testimonies related to Auschwitz, examining their reliability and internal inconsistencies. He presents specific accounts from survivor testimony, critiques their plausibility, and argues that such narratives require critical historical examination. The recording captures Irving speaking to an audience of mixed familiarity with his prior work. ## Topics covered - Eyewitness accounts of Auschwitz and their psychiatric and forensic dimensions [00:00:09](https://irving.video/w/96e32897-cddd-4521-8f27-7a38bdba2c9a?start=9) - The conveyor belt narrative and electrocution accounts in early testimony [00:00:09](https://irving.video/w/96e32897-cddd-4521-8f27-7a38bdba2c9a?start=9) - The "one-man gas chamber" account and its implausibility [00:01:02](https://irving.video/w/96e32897-cddd-4521-8f27-7a38bdba2c9a?start=62) - The role of Fred Leuchter's forensic tests on Auschwitz gas chambers [00:04:04](https://irving.video/w/96e32897-cddd-4521-8f27-7a38bdba2c9a?start=244) - The Holocaust as a protected term and trademark in public discourse [00:04:04](https://irving.video/w/96e32897-cddd-4521-8f27-7a38bdba2c9a?start=244) - The Dresden air raids and the use of "Holocaust" terminology for non-Jewish victims [00:05:01](https://irving.video/w/96e32897-cddd-4521-8f27-7a38bdba2c9a?start=301) ## Key moments - Irving describes an implausible survivor account of a mobile gas chamber disguised as a telephone box in the Polish countryside [00:02:02](https://irving.video/w/96e32897-cddd-4521-8f27-7a38bdba2c9a?start=122) - Irving invokes the Russian proverb "he lies like an eyewitness" to characterize the reliability of survivor testimonies [00:02:02](https://irving.video/w/96e32897-cddd-4521-8f27-7a38bdba2c9a?start=122) - Irving predicts that as German historians accept revisionist arguments, an "immense tidal wave of anti-semitism" will result, which he attributes to the original fabricators rather than truth-telling [00:03:06...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/96e32897-cddd-4521-8f27-7a38bdba2c9a/f16ca80c-0e94-4b83-b008-9240b98c0cce-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/jCEL76VebcMMUuxffBo8W3354022026-04-03T19:27:18.741ZAuschwitzHolocaustDresdenHitlerfredYESDavid Irving — Video ArchiveNOhttps://irving.video/w/b294LJJ5AQ8espv3tdRB67https://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/5bc462be-767a-4692-b1dd-0271b5fd74d5.jpgDavid Irving - Himmler Lecture (Cincinnati)## Overview Lecture delivered in Cincinnati in which historian David Irving discusses his research methodology, publishing independence, and a recent libel victory against a British newspaper. Irving opens with remarks on his speaking tour across the United States and reflects on linguistic differences between British and American English encountered while publishing his Hitler biography. The second half of the lecture, referenced but not fully transcribed here, examines what Irving characterizes as "legend" in historical accounts. ## Topics covered - Irving's annual speaking tour across the United States and his status as an independent historian [00:01:01](https://irving.video/w/512419c2-056f-4cfc-b6e8-236bfe6e975c?start=61) - Language and translation challenges in publishing his Hitler biography in America [00:02:02](https://irving.video/w/512419c2-056f-4cfc-b6e8-236bfe6e975c?start=122) - The July 1944 assassination attempt on Hitler and Irving's access to primary sources [00:03:01](https://irving.video/w/512419c2-056f-4cfc-b6e8-236bfe6e975c?start=181) - Differences between British and American English in historical writing and editing [00:04:01](https://irving.video/w/512419c2-056f-4cfc-b6e8-236bfe6e975c?start=241) - Irving's establishment of Focal Point, his independent publishing imprint [00:06:04](https://irving.video/w/512419c2-056f-4cfc-b6e8-236bfe6e975c?start=364) - A recent libel settlement against a British newspaper over a misattributed Hitler quote from 1922 [00:08:00](https://irving.video/w/512419c2-056f-4cfc-b6e8-236bfe6e975c?start=480) - Irving's research methodology and his work on *The Destruction of Dresden* [00:10:01](https://irving.video/w/512419c2-056f-4cfc-b6e8-236bfe6e975c?start=601) ## Key moments - Irving describes an anecdote about his American editor requiring changes to a passage where Hitler sits "in his shirt sleeves and braces," as the word "suspenders" has a different meaning in American English [00:03:01](https://irving.vid...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/512419c2-056f-4cfc-b6e8-236bfe6e975c/12dd1719-677c-4998-a740-28d0c067acef-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/b294LJJ5AQ8espv3tdRB6761850142026-04-03T19:27:44.405ZHimmlercincinnatiYESDavid Irving — Video ArchiveNOhttps://irving.video/w/vmq1kywnXmvhANxse1qcWchttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/9b5e6e0c-9a9e-4999-95bb-7d7434383ded.jpgDavid Irving - Smear Campaigns Against Historians (1998)## Overview A lecture delivered in Canada in 1998 in which Irving discusses what he characterizes as coordinated campaigns against historians who question mainstream historical narratives. He recounts attempts to prevent his travel, publication, and public speaking, and addresses legal actions taken against him in Germany related to statements about Auschwitz reconstructions and Holocaust history. The talk centers on what Irving frames as threats to freedom of speech and historical inquiry. ## Topics covered - BBC documentary project on freedom of speech and Irving's conditions for participation [00:01:11](https://irving.video/w/edb2b0ce-59ae-4cfd-bc22-eabe20781bb3?start=71) - Banning from Auschwitz archives and museum by Polish authorities [00:04:01](https://irving.video/w/edb2b0ce-59ae-4cfd-bc22-eabe20781bb3?start=241) - Physical features of the Auschwitz gas chamber building and Irving's planned observations [00:05:00](https://irving.video/w/edb2b0ce-59ae-4cfd-bc22-eabe20781bb3?start=300) - Logistics of disposing of 450,000 bodies and absence of visible burial pits in aerial photographs [00:06:02](https://irving.video/w/edb2b0ce-59ae-4cfd-bc22-eabe20781bb3?start=362) - Reconstruction versus authenticity of the Auschwitz gas chamber displayed to tourists [00:09:01](https://irving.video/w/edb2b0ce-59ae-4cfd-bc22-eabe20781bb3?start=541) - German legal proceedings and fines for statements about the reconstructed gas chamber [00:10:01](https://irving.video/w/edb2b0ce-59ae-4cfd-bc22-eabe20781bb3?start=601) - Trial and sentencing related to the Mannheim speech and remarks about the presiding judge [00:11:01](https://irving.video/w/edb2b0ce-59ae-4cfd-bc22-eabe20781bb3?start=661) ## Key moments - Irving describes being banned from Auschwitz as "yet another David Irving triumph," comparing himself to a gambler banned from a casino because "he always wins" [00:05:00](https://irving.video/w/edb2b0ce-59ae-4cfd-bc22-eabe20781bb3?start=300) - Irving recounts delivering ...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/edb2b0ce-59ae-4cfd-bc22-eabe20781bb3/57407043-5cef-4a9e-af5a-5174d8851b4a-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/vmq1kywnXmvhANxse1qcWc3568012026-04-03T19:30:25.425ZsmearcampaignsagainsthistoriansYESDavid Irving — Video ArchiveNOhttps://irving.video/w/bamsAEktRABzSpcMpgTBy4https://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/166a1485-1472-4f62-97bd-86300da7004a.jpgDavid Irving Presents His Book - Churchill's War (1986)## Overview A lecture in which Irving discusses his forthcoming book on Winston Churchill, focusing on editorial pressures and historical revisionism. Irving examines how Churchill's wartime memoirs were shaped by American editors at Time-Life Corporation, and presents archival evidence regarding funding sources for the Nazi party and the suppression of correspondence with Heinrich Brüning. The presentation places this within Irving's broader historiographical project of challenging established wartime narratives. ## Topics covered - Editorial intervention in Churchill's six-volume Second World War memoirs by Time-Life Corporation [00:02:03](https://irving.video/w/5249b046-9ba6-4605-8db3-92463c8a9237?start=123) - Heinrich Brüning's 1937 letter to Churchill identifying Berlin bankers as major Nazi party financiers [00:04:01](https://irving.video/w/5249b046-9ba6-4605-8db3-92463c8a9237?start=241) - Foreign funding sources for the Nazi party, including French intelligence and American arms manufacturers [00:05:01](https://irving.video/w/5249b046-9ba6-4605-8db3-92463c8a9237?start=301) - Irving's 1959 experience as a steelworker in Germany and encounter with a Dresden air raid survivor [00:06:02](https://irving.video/w/5249b046-9ba6-4605-8db3-92463c8a9237?start=362) - The Dresden bombing of February 13, 1945, and Irving's subsequent bestselling book on the subject [00:07:01](https://irving.video/w/5249b046-9ba6-4605-8db3-92463c8a9237?start=421) - Irving's ten-year research project on Hitler using interviews with surviving staff and private documents [00:09:03](https://irving.video/w/5249b046-9ba6-4605-8db3-92463c8a9237?start=543) - Churchill's role as a source of wartime propaganda and postwar historical distortion [00:10:01](https://irving.video/w/5249b046-9ba6-4605-8db3-92463c8a9237?start=601) ## Key moments - Irving describes discovering private correspondence between Churchill and Time-Life editors in Columbia University archives showing American intervention in ...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/5249b046-9ba6-4605-8db3-92463c8a9237/173ce217-2268-4319-b733-3c0a591c3bf6-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/bamsAEktRABzSpcMpgTBy45613032026-04-03T19:34:19.481ZChurchillHitlerDresdenwinstonamericansYESDavid Irving — Video ArchiveNOhttps://irving.video/w/waogzHkf6xbqpHCQQ8M1sehttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/ae5cb2dc-2098-4d85-b5d0-06dabb7c987a.jpgDavid Irving - The Holocaust Lie: The Biggest Lie (1995)## Overview A lecture delivered in Cincinnati in 1995 in which historian David Irving presents arguments challenging the mainstream historical narrative of World War II and the Holocaust. The presentation spans approximately 113 minutes and includes an introductory speaker, Irving's main talk, and a question-and-answer session. Irving situates his revisionist historical claims within a broader critique of twentieth-century American foreign policy, international banking, and media narratives. ## Topics covered - Introduction of Irving's credentials, publishing history, and conflicts with mainstream institutions [00:06:02](https://irving.video/w/f44193c7-d755-4dc2-97cf-ea15b34aad69?start=362) - U.S. foreign policy, the Federal Reserve, and international banking influence on American involvement in World Wars [00:02:00](https://irving.video/w/f44193c7-d755-4dc2-97cf-ea15b34aad69?start=120) - Roosevelt, Churchill, and alleged Allied deception regarding World War II objectives and Soviet expansion [00:03:00](https://irving.video/w/f44193c7-d755-4dc2-97cf-ea15b34aad69?start=180) - Irving's speaking tour schedule and his characterization as a controversial historian [00:11:14](https://irving.video/w/f44193c7-d755-4dc2-97cf-ea15b34aad69?start=674) - Language and translation issues in Irving's Hitler biography and American versus British English usage [00:13:01](https://irving.video/w/f44193c7-d755-4dc2-97cf-ea15b34aad69?start=781) - The July 1944 bomb plot against Hitler and Hitler's survival of the assassination attempt [00:14:00](https://irving.video/w/f44193c7-d755-4dc2-97cf-ea15b34aad69?start=840) ## Key moments - The introductory speaker references Irving's "$1,000 challenge to anyone that proves him wrong" and describes his blacklisting by the ADL [00:07:00](https://irving.video/w/f44193c7-d755-4dc2-97cf-ea15b34aad69?start=420) - Irving describes his seven-day cross-country drive from the southernmost United States and his annual speaking tour spanning multipl...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/f44193c7-d755-4dc2-97cf-ea15b34aad69/d55a726c-ad43-4fb8-9f0b-717099865760-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/waogzHkf6xbqpHCQQ8M1se68320392026-04-03T19:36:55.790ZenglandHitlerDresdenamericansfocalYESDavid Irving — Video ArchiveNOhttps://irving.video/w/wQbvpAo939ywR5JPySKi4ehttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/657b96b2-80c2-48e8-9eb1-b3e4a11b5644.jpgDavid Irving Interview - C-SPAN BookTV (May 2002)## Overview A three-minute television interview in which historian David Irving discusses his publishing career, methodology, and major works. Irving explains his decision to establish Focal Point Publications, defends his approach to historical research based on primary documents, and outlines his multi-volume Churchill biography and his book on Adolf Hitler. ## Topics covered - Founding of Focal Point Publications and reasons for independent publishing [00:00:15](https://irving.video/w/f9ac55ff-f267-4aee-b7c8-b8fff5af3ab7?start=15) - Irving's historical methodology and use of primary source documents [00:00:35](https://irving.video/w/f9ac55ff-f267-4aee-b7c8-b8fff5af3ab7?start=35) - Criticism and characterization of his work [00:00:50](https://irving.video/w/f9ac55ff-f267-4aee-b7c8-b8fff5af3ab7?start=50) - Three-volume Churchill biography: research access and archival work [00:01:10](https://irving.video/w/f9ac55ff-f267-4aee-b7c8-b8fff5af3ab7?start=70) - Production and design advantages of independent publishing [00:02:15](https://irving.video/w/f9ac55ff-f267-4aee-b7c8-b8fff5af3ab7?start=135) - Hitler's War: research sources and interviews with historical figures [00:02:35](https://irving.video/w/f9ac55ff-f267-4aee-b7c8-b8fff5af3ab7?start=155) - Hitler photographs and documentary evidence [00:03:00](https://irving.video/w/f9ac55ff-f267-4aee-b7c8-b8fff5af3ab7?start=180) ## Key moments - Irving describes founding Focal Point as a "lifeboat" after established publishers faced pressure over his work [00:00:20](https://irving.video/w/f9ac55ff-f267-4aee-b7c8-b8fff5af3ab7?start=20) - On his methodology: "I write what I find. I write what I call real history" and "based on the original records...without any political input" [00:00:40](https://irving.video/w/f9ac55ff-f267-4aee-b7c8-b8fff5af3ab7?start=40) - Irving notes he spent 30 years interviewing Hitler's private secretaries, adjutants, and field marshals, and located Hitler's doctor's private diaries [00:02:45](htt...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/f9ac55ff-f267-4aee-b7c8-b8fff5af3ab7/0fca92b6-8ae2-4e69-94f8-175c30a7d501-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/wQbvpAo939ywR5JPySKi4e234042026-04-03T19:42:38.164Zc-spanbooktvYESDavid Irving — Video ArchiveNOhttps://irving.video/w/1NAdYTH1tndrC4g2cJz3fFhttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/fc0ffc3c-3b19-4abd-aae4-7000f554128b.jpgDavid Irving - C-SPAN: Lipstadt-Irving Libel Trial (2005)## Overview C-SPAN BookTV segment examining the 2000 Lipstadt-Irving libel trial through editorial and contextual discussion. The program documents how BookTV's original plan to air both Deborah Lipstadt's Harvard presentation and David Irving's American speaking tour sparked public controversy over perceived "balance" in Holocaust coverage, leading to revised programming that included historical context from Washington Post reporter T.R. Reid. ## Topics covered - C-SPAN BookTV's editorial selection process and initial programming plans for the Lipstadt-Irving trial coverage [00:00:01](https://irving.video/w/06814df9-b22f-48c3-a0bf-a3cc2c8dd203?start=1) - Deborah Lipstadt's decision to close her Harvard event to BookTV cameras and the resulting public controversy [00:01:03](https://irving.video/w/06814df9-b22f-48c3-a0bf-a3cc2c8dd203?start=63) - The misuse of the term "balance" in describing programming plans and the resulting email backlash [00:02:08](https://irving.video/w/06814df9-b22f-48c3-a0bf-a3cc2c8dd203?start=128) - David Irving's background as an amateur historian and his controversial book *Hitler's War* [00:08:02](https://irving.video/w/06814df9-b22f-48c3-a0bf-a3cc2c8dd203?start=482) - Irving's 1977 portrayal of Hitler as unaware of the Holocaust until 1943 [00:08:02](https://irving.video/w/06814df9-b22f-48c3-a0bf-a3cc2c8dd203?start=482) - Irving's forum shopping strategy: suing for libel in Britain rather than America [00:10:01](https://irving.video/w/06814df9-b22f-48c3-a0bf-a3cc2c8dd203?start=601) - The trial verdict and judge's ruling that Irving was a liar who manipulated history [00:11:03](https://irving.video/w/06814df9-b22f-48c3-a0bf-a3cc2c8dd203?start=663) - Lipstadt's broader research project on Holocaust denial and her 1997 book publication [00:09:05](https://irving.video/w/06814df9-b22f-48c3-a0bf-a3cc2c8dd203?start=545) ## Key moments - Lipstadt explains her motivation for documenting Holocaust denial: "When there aren't people around to...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/06814df9-b22f-48c3-a0bf-a3cc2c8dd203/1df26330-1aa0-4c88-92ec-117ec6656742-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/1NAdYTH1tndrC4g2cJz3fF4167052026-04-03T19:46:31.411ZHolocaustLipstadtdeborahtrialHitlerYESDavid Irving — Video ArchiveNOhttps://irving.video/w/gbJ8DmukAWu9d55a5trdgvhttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/eee6ca73-0adf-49bb-85b0-999a863ff72e.jpgDavid Irving - Lies of the Nuremberg Trials## Overview A lecture in which Irving discusses legal and social obstacles to his historical work, focusing on censorship campaigns against him in Canada, Argentina, Germany, and Austria. He recounts specific incidents of cancelled speaking engagements, media pressure, and government exclusion orders, and reflects on the influence of organized opposition to his publications and public appearances. ## Topics covered - Irving's experiences with government exclusion orders and persona non grata declarations [00:01:03](https://irving.video/w/7af87b74-166e-4525-9a95-ab4190c5448b?start=63) - The Argentina speaking tour and cancellation of media appearances following Jewish community pressure [00:02:02](https://irving.video/w/7af87b74-166e-4525-9a95-ab4190c5448b?start=122) - The Buenos Aires rowing club incident and the fabricated testimony of a Holocaust survivor [00:05:01](https://irving.video/w/7af87b74-166e-4525-9a95-ab4190c5448b?start=301) - German government exclusion order (Einreiseverbot) and Irving's repeated entries into Germany despite the ban [00:08:03](https://irving.video/w/7af87b74-166e-4525-9a95-ab4190c5448b?start=483) - The arrest warrant in Austria versus exclusion order in Germany and cross-border travel complications [00:09:00](https://irving.video/w/7af87b74-166e-4525-9a95-ab4190c5448b?start=540) - Publication of a luxury edition of Hitler's War with previously unpublished colour photographs [00:10:00](https://irving.video/w/7af87b74-166e-4525-9a95-ab4190c5448b?start=600) ## Key moments - Irving describes being asked five minutes before a scheduled Holocaust lecture to change his topic due to a couple in the audience, later discovering the man claiming to have lost parents in Auschwitz was born in 1947 [00:06:03](https://irving.video/w/7af87b74-166e-4525-9a95-ab4190c5448b?start=363) - Irving recounts speaking to an audience of 7,000 in Passau on 14 March while aware that plainclothes Ministry of Interior officials were present to monitor his en...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/7af87b74-166e-4525-9a95-ab4190c5448b/751c240f-5a85-4266-9cf7-c579de5c296d-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/gbJ8DmukAWu9d55a5trdgv6445582026-04-03T19:51:00.925ZargentinaHolocaustministerargentinianinteriorYESDavid Irving — Video ArchiveNOhttps://irving.video/w/2UvdpYpJG53rcrGakvYgp1https://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/e1a45cd2-a9c8-488e-ba38-de7fe67c14b7.jpgDavid Irving - The Search for Truth in History (1993)## Overview In this 85-minute address from 1993, David Irving examines the international campaign to prevent him from lecturing in Australia, Canada, and other countries. He traces the visa denial by Australian Immigration Minister Gerry Hand, documents press and civil liberties responses, and discusses the tactics used to silence his public appearances. The lecture combines discussion of censorship and freedom of speech with Irving's account of his historical research and methodology. ## Topics covered - Irving's published historical works and academic recognition, including endorsements from A.J.P. Taylor and Hugh Trevor-Roper [00:00:00](https://irving.video/w/0f6dd187-fbc5-48b1-93a3-6de1e1ada002?start=0) - The exposure of the Hitler diaries as a forgery at a Hamburg press conference [00:01:02](https://irving.video/w/0f6dd187-fbc5-48b1-93a3-6de1e1ada002?start=62) - Irving's previous Australian lecture tours in 1986 and 1987 without incident [00:02:05](https://irving.video/w/0f6dd187-fbc5-48b1-93a3-6de1e1ada002?start=125) - The Australian visa denial in March 1993 and the role of Zionist-Jewish campaign groups [00:03:04](https://irving.video/w/0f6dd187-fbc5-48b1-93a3-6de1e1ada002?start=184) - Editorial responses from major Australian newspapers opposing the ban [00:05:02](https://irving.video/w/0f6dd187-fbc5-48b1-93a3-6de1e1ada002?start=302) - Statements from civil liberties organizations and individual academics defending Irving's right to speak [00:04:00](https://irving.video/w/0f6dd187-fbc5-48b1-93a3-6de1e1ada002?start=240) - Alleged organized intimidation tactics used against bookstores stocking Irving's works [00:11:02](https://irving.video/w/0f6dd187-fbc5-48b1-93a3-6de1e1ada002?start=662) ## Key moments - Irving notes the irony that attempts to silence him have instead attracted international attention to the controversies surrounding his work [00:10:02](https://irving.video/w/0f6dd187-fbc5-48b1-93a3-6de1e1ada002?start=602) - He describes organized ga...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/0f6dd187-fbc5-48b1-93a3-6de1e1ada002/042b8e61-1ac1-451f-86e0-2982f7886c7f-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/2UvdpYpJG53rcrGakvYgp15129032026-04-03T19:53:53.704ZaustraliaaustralianHitlerjewishgovernmentYESDavid Irving — Video ArchiveNOhttps://irving.video/w/ua3ZgDRy1hnHzLEP3XgrMfhttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/4ba7c5a6-7bbc-475d-a0c0-5cc9c0e0edcb.jpgDavid Irving vs Lipstadt - Atlanta Confrontation (1994)## Overview Record of a 1994 confrontation between David Irving and historian Deborah Lipstadt at an Atlanta university lecture. Irving describes his decision to attend Lipstadt's talk unannounced, her speech to approximately 500 students, and his intervention during the question-and-answer session that followed, including a challenge regarding documentary evidence for Holocaust details. ## Topics covered - Lipstadt's speaking tour in Australia and New Zealand, funded by Jewish organizations [00:01:05](https://irving.video/w/e4036adf-26b0-439a-a591-9d9746495b8c?start=65) - Allegations made against Irving regarding his personal possessions and their origins [00:01:05](https://irving.video/w/e4036adf-26b0-439a-a591-9d9746495b8c?start=65) - Irving's unannounced attendance at the Atlanta lecture and entry to the venue [00:02:00](https://irving.video/w/e4036adf-26b0-439a-a591-9d9746495b8c?start=120) - Lipstadt's speech content and its focus on Holocaust revisionism and named critics [00:04:00](https://irving.video/w/e4036adf-26b0-439a-a591-9d9746495b8c?start=240) - Contradiction in Lipstadt's statements about eyewitness testimony versus documentary evidence [00:06:01](https://irving.video/w/e4036adf-26b0-439a-a591-9d9746495b8c?start=361) - Irving's public identification and challenge to Lipstadt during question time [00:09:00](https://irving.video/w/e4036adf-26b0-439a-a591-9d9746495b8c?start=540) - Irving's offer of $1,000 for Lipstadt to produce the blueprint document she referenced [00:10:01](https://irving.video/w/e4036adf-26b0-439a-a591-9d9746495b8c?start=601) ## Key moments - Irving describes his surprise that Lipstadt did not recognize him despite having traveled internationally to criticize his work, standing five feet away from her [00:02:00](https://irving.video/w/e4036adf-26b0-439a-a591-9d9746495b8c?start=120) - Irving recounts the audience reaction when he identifies himself as the David Irving Lipstadt had been disparaging: "A thrill went through the ...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/e4036adf-26b0-439a-a591-9d9746495b8c/53526870-a97d-4d63-bfc1-5fc9bd401ea7-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/ua3ZgDRy1hnHzLEP3XgrMf1030012026-04-03T19:58:37.063ZLipstadtatlantaconfrontationYESDavid Irving — Video ArchiveNOhttps://irving.video/w/neR9grKUXX3jgaj7hjYLfmhttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/4a369ce5-ad5c-4089-b80c-da3f02ad4707.jpgDavid Irving - C-SPAN BookTV (2002, Bitchute Copy)## Overview C-SPAN BookTV interview segment featuring historian David Irving discussing his publishing decisions and historical methodology. Irving addresses the founding of Focal Point Publications, his multi-volume Churchill biography, and his work on Hitler's War, emphasizing his reliance on primary source documentation and archival research rather than established historical narratives. ## Topics covered - Founding of Focal Point Publications and reasons for independent publishing [00:00:15](https://irving.video/w/abfeddb3-d0d2-4714-9e56-c6728bd95cd0?start=15) - Irving's approach to historical research and primary source documentation [00:00:45](https://irving.video/w/abfeddb3-d0d2-4714-9e56-c6728bd95cd0?start=45) - Criticisms leveled against Irving's work and his response [00:00:55](https://irving.video/w/abfeddb3-d0d2-4714-9e56-c6728bd95cd0?start=55) - Churchill biography project: competition with William Manchester and access to archives [00:01:05](https://irving.video/w/abfeddb3-d0d2-4714-9e56-c6728bd95cd0?start=65) - Production and design choices enabled by independent publishing [00:02:15](https://irving.video/w/abfeddb3-d0d2-4714-9e56-c6728bd95cd0?start=135) - Hitler's War: research methodology and interviews with Hitler's associates [00:02:35](https://irving.video/w/abfeddb3-d0d2-4714-9e56-c6728bd95cd0?start=155) - Use of Hitler's physician's diaries and color photographs from Hitler's cameraman [00:02:50](https://irving.video/w/abfeddb3-d0d2-4714-9e56-c6728bd95cd0?start=170) ## Key moments - Irving describes founding Focal Point Publications as a "lifeboat" after anticipating major publishers would come under pressure [00:00:20](https://irving.video/w/abfeddb3-d0d2-4714-9e56-c6728bd95cd0?start=20) - Irving claims to have conducted 100% more archival work than competing Churchill biographers by accessing Canadian, Australian, German, and French archives [00:01:30](https://irving.video/w/abfeddb3-d0d2-4714-9e56-c6728bd95cd0?start=90) - Irving stat...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/abfeddb3-d0d2-4714-9e56-c6728bd95cd0/bd3d7926-7f38-4f75-b0f2-9ab910afe123-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/neR9grKUXX3jgaj7hjYLfm234012026-04-03T19:57:54.797Zbitchutecopyc-spanbooktvYESDavid Irving — Video ArchiveNOhttps://irving.video/w/o6AVzPAwTKmBxvHgruFYJDhttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/08c6464d-2c31-468e-adb8-7caee4f9b4f0.jpgDavid Irving - Interview (2007)## Overview Interview recorded in Warsaw on 8 March 2007, in which Irving discusses his then-forthcoming biography of Heinrich Himmler. He outlines his source materials—private diaries, letters, and personal documents held in American and British archives—and presents his interpretation of Himmler as an organizing genius and the principal architect of the Holocaust, with particular emphasis on documentary evidence regarding Himmler's autonomy from Hitler. ## Topics covered - Irving's documentary sources for the Himmler biography, including private diaries and correspondence [00:00:00](https://irving.video/w/b2f14abd-9118-44d2-8b96-121e22935b41?start=0) - Himmler's administrative achievements and personal characteristics before 1939 [00:01:02](https://irving.video/w/b2f14abd-9118-44d2-8b96-121e22935b41?start=62) - Hitler's assignment to Himmler in 1939 of the task of resettling and reorganizing European populations [00:04:02](https://irving.video/w/b2f14abd-9118-44d2-8b96-121e22935b41?start=242) - Irving's argument that Himmler initiated the Holocaust independently of Hitler [00:05:01](https://irving.video/w/b2f14abd-9118-44d2-8b96-121e22935b41?start=301) - Material motivations behind the deportations, including housing shortages and Jewish property confiscation [00:06:01](https://irving.video/w/b2f14abd-9118-44d2-8b96-121e22935b41?start=361) - Albert Speer's role in the expulsion of Jews from Berlin and collaboration with Himmler on labor and industrial projects [00:07:02](https://irving.video/w/b2f14abd-9118-44d2-8b96-121e22935b41?start=422) - Documentary evidence from Himmler's speeches suggesting he deliberately concealed the operations from Hitler [00:11:01](https://irving.video/w/b2f14abd-9118-44d2-8b96-121e22935b41?start=661) ## Key moments - Irving describes finding Himmler's private correspondence with his mistress (1938–1944) and observing that most documentation ended up in American hands after occupation of southern Germany [00:00:00](https://irvi...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/b2f14abd-9118-44d2-8b96-121e22935b41/b2d002dd-88fd-44d5-b162-4e7bc0ad4387-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/o6AVzPAwTKmBxvHgruFYJD20780212026-04-03T19:59:58.636ZYESDavid Irving — Video ArchiveNOhttps://irving.video/w/ovccizSZGpNFqoFwEB5cKuhttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/d00611cf-564b-468c-8fa4-79001adb7c4a.jpgDavid Irving - Dresden Lecture (1990)## Overview Irving delivers a lecture on the 1945 bombing of Dresden, examining the decision-making behind the Allied air campaign and contextualizing it within earlier aerial bombardments of the Second World War. He discusses his research methodology, including interviews with pilots and commanders, declassified intelligence records, and archival investigation, while arguing that the attack was strategically unnecessary and drawing distinctions between the targeting of civilians and the classification of such acts as war crimes. ## Topics covered - British decryption of German Enigma communications and access to air force orders [00:04:06](https://irving.video/w/b63c84d9-5333-4f4a-a462-fc48e538b8f6?start=246) - Irving's research process: interviewing surviving Allied aircrew and visiting Dresden archives [00:06:01](https://irving.video/w/b63c84d9-5333-4f4a-a462-fc48e538b8f6?start=361) - Conversation with a Lancaster pilot about precision bombing and the human experience of the raid [00:08:00](https://irving.video/w/b63c84d9-5333-4f4a-a462-fc48e538b8f6?start=480) - Photographer Walter Hahn's documentation of Dresden ruins and the role of visual evidence [00:10:01](https://irving.video/w/b63c84d9-5333-4f4a-a462-fc48e538b8f6?start=601) - Irving's decision to become a writer following publication of *Der Untergang Dresden* [00:11:00](https://irving.video/w/b63c84d9-5333-4f4a-a462-fc48e538b8f6?start=660) - German bombing of Warsaw: analysis of propaganda claims versus archival evidence [00:14:03](https://irving.video/w/b63c84d9-5333-4f4a-a462-fc48e538b8f6?start=843) - The bombing of Guernica (1937): casualty figures and Communist Spanish newspaper records [00:15:01](https://irving.video/w/b63c84d9-5333-4f4a-a462-fc48e538b8f6?start=901) - Rotterdam bombing (May 1940): German Luftwaffe orders, miscommunication, and Churchill's inflated death toll claims [00:16:01](https://irving.video/w/b63c84d9-5333-4f4a-a462-fc48e538b8f6?start=961) ## Key moments - Irving descri...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/b63c84d9-5333-4f4a-a462-fc48e538b8f6/a9cbb426-af35-4e7d-9ac4-d41e136bac31-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/ovccizSZGpNFqoFwEB5cKu43030112026-04-03T20:01:16.446ZChurchillberlinrotterdamHitlerDresdenYESDavid Irving — Video ArchiveNOhttps://irving.video/w/vEyvZDwo7WyPT9KKudEhxShttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/723e4d37-dcde-426a-a5af-c35928d5c5e7.jpgDavid Irving - Himmler: His Life and Death (Archive)## Overview A lecture examining Heinrich Himmler's life, death, and role in Nazi Germany. Irving presents photographs, documentary evidence, and eyewitness accounts to trace Himmler's rise from SS commander to architect of the Holocaust, his organizational achievements, and the circumstances surrounding his death in British custody in May 1945. The discussion emphasizes documentary sources and questions surrounding the official narrative of his suicide. ## Topics covered - Himmler's appearance and photographs: identifying visual evidence and uniform details [00:00:43](https://irving.video/w/f03b52e4-5c8d-4819-a24d-da4b1e7517e8?start=43) - Building the Waffen-SS from 100 men to one million by 1944 [00:02:03](https://irving.video/w/f03b52e4-5c8d-4819-a24d-da4b1e7517e8?start=123) - Himmler's role as Holocaust mastermind and commander-in-chief [00:04:02](https://irving.video/w/f03b52e4-5c8d-4819-a24d-da4b1e7517e8?start=242) - Himmler's final days near Denmark with 150 remaining men [00:05:04](https://irving.video/w/f03b52e4-5c8d-4819-a24d-da4b1e7517e8?start=304) - Arrest by British forces at Bremerförde bridge under false identity papers [00:06:04](https://irving.video/w/f03b52e4-5c8d-4819-a24d-da4b1e7517e8?start=364) - Circumstances of Himmler's death in British custody on 23 May 1945 [00:07:00](https://irving.video/w/f03b52e4-5c8d-4819-a24d-da4b1e7517e8?start=420) - BBC eyewitness account from Sergeant Major Edwin Austin on Himmler's final hours [00:09:03](https://irving.video/w/f03b52e4-5c8d-4819-a24d-da4b1e7517e8?start=543) ## Key moments - Irving describes training methods of Waffen-SS soldiers, including live-fire exercises conducted at lethal heights, witnessed through a German foreman's scarred veteran friend [00:03:03](https://irving.video/w/f03b52e4-5c8d-4819-a24d-da4b1e7517e8?start=183) - Sergeant Major Austin's BBC radio account of Himmler concealing a cyanide capsule in his mouth, discovered during a medical inspection and crushed when the doctor inser...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/f03b52e4-5c8d-4819-a24d-da4b1e7517e8/e7c97013-c9b7-4a5d-98bf-3d90727fc361-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/vEyvZDwo7WyPT9KKudEhxS4959052026-04-03T20:04:46.390ZHimmlerheinrichcolonelmurphyarmyYESDavid Irving — Video ArchiveNOhttps://irving.video/w/nPcb22J1Ed9EhjsUjjLaSZhttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/b0a978af-678a-43c6-93d0-eb439a9113ba.jpgDavid Irving - Lecture (Odysee Archive)## Overview Irving delivers a lecture examining the procedural and evidential problems of the Nuremberg trials, focusing on how the prosecution selectively withheld documentary evidence from the defense and coerced testimony. He contrasts the American adversarial approach with the German legal system's obligation to arrive at truth, citing specific cases including Göring, Milch, and Dönitz to illustrate his argument about the trials' structural unfairness. ## Topics covered - William Shirer's *The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich* and its reliance on Nuremberg documents [00:00:00](https://irving.video/w/b0a6c125-cd02-46db-b83f-bc7d863b9111?start=0) - The Göring Air Ministry conference records: eighty volumes of verbatim transcripts locked away by the British [00:01:09](https://irving.video/w/b0a6c125-cd02-46db-b83f-bc7d863b9111?start=69) - Fritz Sauckel's statements on humane labor treatment, withheld from the defense [00:02:05](https://irving.video/w/b0a6c125-cd02-46db-b83f-bc7d863b9111?start=125) - American destruction of documentary evidence and the gaps left in the historical record [00:04:00](https://irving.video/w/b0a6c125-cd02-46db-b83f-bc7d863b9111?start=240) - Karl Wolf's detention in a lunatic asylum to prevent him testifying for the defense [00:05:00](https://irving.video/w/b0a6c125-cd02-46db-b83f-bc7d863b9111?start=300) - Ernest Englander's threat to Field Marshal Milch: fabricate war crimes charges if he refused to testify against Göring [00:07:03](https://irving.video/w/b0a6c125-cd02-46db-b83f-bc7d863b9111?start=423) - The American Navy's August 1945 assessment that Admiral Dönitz committed no crimes, contradicted by his later indictment [00:10:03](https://irving.video/w/b0a6c125-cd02-46db-b83f-bc7d863b9111?start=603) - The case of U-boat captain Leutnant Eck and the sinking of the Greek ship *Palaeo* [00:10:03](https://irving.video/w/b0a6c125-cd02-46db-b83f-bc7d863b9111?start=603) ## Key moments - Irving describes spending six months reading eigh...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/b0a6c125-cd02-46db-b83f-bc7d863b9111/b492a74b-a971-40ee-8c36-dbdc667d9148-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/nPcb22J1Ed9EhjsUjjLaSZ3354032026-04-03T20:03:29.573ZodyseearchiveYESDavid Irving — Video ArchiveNOhttps://irving.video/w/7smwy87bv2eyS2V3HFQgt3https://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/4de1df31-16cf-44e1-ab9f-8112d0236b66.jpgDavid Irving - The Life and Death of Rudolf Hess## Overview A lecture in which Irving examines Rudolf Hess's life, personality, and the circumstances surrounding his 1941 flight to Britain. Irving draws on correspondence, archival materials, and interviews with Hess's son Wolf Rüdiger to construct a portrait of Hess as an intelligent, methodical figure operating within the Nazi hierarchy. The talk ranges across Hess's imprisonment, his preparations for the Scottish mission, and Irving's own reflections on Nazi ideology and historical documentation. ## Topics covered - The survival and provenance of Hess's Luftwaffe uniform, seized by British soldiers and recovered by German police [00:00:39](https://irving.video/w/3444d1ef-b55e-4b35-bcb7-97185fafeccc?start=39) - Hess's birth in Alexandria, Egypt, and his family correspondence during his rise through Nazi ranks [00:04:01](https://irving.video/w/3444d1ef-b55e-4b35-bcb7-97185fafeccc?start=241) - Hess's imprisonment with Hitler at Landsberg fortress following the 1923 Munich putsch, and his collaboration on *Mein Kampf* [00:05:02](https://irving.video/w/3444d1ef-b55e-4b35-bcb7-97185fafeccc?start=302) - Irving's experiences in Austrian solitary confinement and the Austrian government's destruction of his books [00:07:01](https://irving.video/w/3444d1ef-b55e-4b35-bcb7-97185fafeccc?start=421) - The authorship question surrounding *Mein Kampf* and the reliability of *Hitler's Table Talk* as historical evidence [00:09:01](https://irving.video/w/3444d1ef-b55e-4b35-bcb7-97185fafeccc?start=541) - The 1938 German plebiscite results and comparative assessment of National Socialist labor organization [00:10:00](https://irving.video/w/3444d1ef-b55e-4b35-bcb7-97185fafeccc?start=600) - Hess's decision to wear a military uniform during his flight to Britain to avoid execution as a spy [00:03:01](https://irving.video/w/3444d1ef-b55e-4b35-bcb7-97185fafeccc?start=181) ## Key moments - Irving describes standing next to a tailor's dummy wearing Hess's actual flying uniform at an...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/3444d1ef-b55e-4b35-bcb7-97185fafeccc/37c5e2b5-c28b-42a3-b450-3ce7ab95e97d-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/7smwy87bv2eyS2V3HFQgt366690242026-04-03T20:07:46.750ZHessrudolfHitlernazijacksonYESDavid Irving — Video ArchiveNOhttps://irving.video/w/pXEDYRrzRRc4YTvsDwyftthttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/a2476e2b-5e08-43cc-acc2-0f0b91d7acf6.jpgDavid Irving - IHR Conference Speech## Overview A lecture delivered at an Institute for Historical Review (IHR) conference in which David Irving discusses Winston Churchill and American entry into the Second World War. The speech includes Irving's account of his evolving views on Holocaust historiography following his testimony at the 1988 Ernst Zündel trial in Toronto, where he states he adopted a revisionist position on extermination accounts. ## Topics covered - Irving's early career and publication history, including *The Destruction of Dresden* and *Hitler's War* [00:00:01](https://irving.video/w/c207eb1d-4e61-49bd-a972-f1229f941531?start=1) - The ADL blacklisting campaign against Irving and suppression of his published works [00:03:04](https://irving.video/w/c207eb1d-4e61-49bd-a972-f1229f941531?start=184) - Irving's testimony at the Ernst Zündel trial and his stated shift on Holocaust extermination narratives [00:05:03](https://irving.video/w/c207eb1d-4e61-49bd-a972-f1229f941531?start=303) - Fred Leuchter's forensic report on Auschwitz and its influence on Irving's historical reassessment [00:06:05](https://irving.video/w/c207eb1d-4e61-49bd-a972-f1229f941531?start=365) - A memorandum by Chaim Weizmann concerning Zionist leverage over Churchill and American entry into World War II [00:07:01](https://irving.video/w/c207eb1d-4e61-49bd-a972-f1229f941531?start=421) - Anecdote of Irving's speaking engagement in Hamburg interrupted by a snowstorm, street fight, and audience death [00:10:01](https://irving.video/w/c207eb1d-4e61-49bd-a972-f1229f941531?start=601) ## Key moments - Irving describes his experience testifying in the Zündel trial, stating he announced to the courtroom that he had "changed his mind about the Holocaust extermination story" and would revise statements made in *Hitler's War* [00:06:05](https://irving.video/w/c207eb1d-4e61-49bd-a972-f1229f941531?start=365) - Irving recounts a speaking engagement in Hamburg where a snowball fight outside plate-glass windows distracted his au...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/c207eb1d-4e61-49bd-a972-f1229f941531/14c721c5-3f7d-4ef7-9cec-5a0cad21130e-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/pXEDYRrzRRc4YTvsDwyftt50430102026-04-03T20:14:40.804ZHitlerHolocaustChurchillsundaymacmillanYESDavid Irving — Video ArchiveNOhttps://irving.video/w/uybo2u6KNEe9s59WSX2veNhttps://irving.video/lazy-static/thumbnails/18cef8a3-33ad-4d45-8f33-5c4ec1c7e857.jpgDavid Irving - Lecture on Being Banned from Countries## Overview A lecture in which Irving describes the circumstances and legal consequences of his bans from various countries, including Italy, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. Irving frames these exclusions as evidence that establishment historians cannot effectively counter revisionist arguments, and details his legal challenges against governments that banned him, with particular focus on events in Canada and Australia from 1992–1993. ## Topics covered - Irving's ban from Italy in June 1992 and airport detention upon arrival in Rome [00:00:11](https://irving.video/w/e73e1472-49fe-49b9-9026-9de42beaf78c?start=11) - Canadian government letter warning Irving not to enter; his subsequent Toronto-to-Vancouver tour and arrest in Victoria [00:02:02](https://irving.video/w/e73e1472-49fe-49b9-9026-9de42beaf78c?start=122) - Deportation from Canada and the cumulative effect on other countries' ban decisions [00:04:01](https://irving.video/w/e73e1472-49fe-49b9-9026-9de42beaf78c?start=241) - Legal action against the Canadian government for wrongful imprisonment and deportation [00:05:03](https://irving.video/w/e73e1472-49fe-49b9-9026-9de42beaf78c?start=303) - Australian universities' letters of protest and comparison with Deborah Lipstadt's funded tour [00:06:03](https://irving.video/w/e73e1472-49fe-49b9-9026-9de42beaf78c?start=363) - Federal court ruling in Australia that the minister acted illegally; involvement of Prime Minister Paul Keating [00:08:00](https://irving.video/w/e73e1472-49fe-49b9-9026-9de42beaf78c?start=480) - Government files obtained through legal discovery containing letters from Jewish organizations to foreign governments [00:09:01](https://irving.video/w/e73e1472-49fe-49b9-9026-9de42beaf78c?start=541) - Changes to Australian law to allow subjective grounds for banning entry [00:11:01](https://irving.video/w/e73e1472-49fe-49b9-9026-9de42beaf78c?start=661) ## Key moments - Irving describes being arrested by eight Mounties ten minutes...https://irving.video/static/streaming-playlists/hls/e73e1472-49fe-49b9-9026-9de42beaf78c/e916d471-2f7e-416e-b89a-3501365680d9-master.m3u8https://irving.video/videos/embed/uybo2u6KNEe9s59WSX2veN5690012026-04-03T20:31:27.482ZaustraliacanadaaustralianzealandHolocaustYESDavid Irving — Video ArchiveNOhttps://irving.video/c/root_channel/videoshttps://irving.video/c/david_irving/videoshttps://irving.video/a/root/video-channels