Fwd: Irving
RICHARD ROMEO
RR.TFCNY at mail.fdncenter.org
Wed Mar 27 10:58:25 CST 1996
By the way, I have heard several reports that Irvine is now a
`Holocaust revisionist' arguing that the number of Jews exterminated
in the death camps is far lower than the millions usually claimed and
I think also reported to have downplayed the involvement of many of
those implicated in the war crimes and their intention to exterminate
all Jews. I have no idea whether this is an accurate report of his
views. Does anyone else have the scoop.
Andrew Dinn
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Irving's new book is about Goebbels (St. Martin's Press I think-the only
publisher who would publish-In the UK it's being published under Irving's
own imprint-not too sure what an "imprint" is?) and most of the reviews
I've read call it reprehensible-One of the reviewers claims Irving has
dubbed himself a "closet fascist", sympathizing with the Nazis but
criticizing their overzealousness. I remember reading _Hitler's War_ and
didn't Irving claim Hitler knew less about the Holocaust and/or didn't
actually order extermination, concentration camps, etc.?! Amazing these
goofballs are still around.
Rich
NYC
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