The Winston Marshall Show Sir Richard Evans - The Dark Origins of Hitler Revisionism, Churchill Smear and Holocaust Denial
Nov 29, 2025
Sir Richard Evans, a leading historian on Nazi Germany, discusses urgent issues surrounding historical revisionism and Holocaust denial. He highlights the alarming rise of online pseudo-historians, linking them to figures like Nick Fuentes and Daryl Cooper. Evans critiques the portrayal of Churchill as a villain and underscores the threat posed by distorting Hitler's legacy. Delving into the David Irving libel trial, he reveals Irving's manipulations and the broader implications for truth in society, urging rigorous research to combat denial.
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Irving's Scholarship Was Systematically Manipulated
- David Irving built a convincing veneer of scholarship with dense footnotes but repeatedly falsified, mistranslated, and manipulated sources.
- Sir Richard Evans shows these consistent directional errors prove deliberate distortion, not random mistakes.
Libel Suit Threatened Free Speech
- Irving sued Deborah Lipstadt for libel in the UK to silence accusations of Holocaust denial and risked suppressing other authors.
- The trial judge found for Lipstadt and Penguin, preserving the right to call out Holocaust denial in print.
Eighteen Months To Expose Falsifications
- Evans and two researchers spent 18 months dissecting 19 clusters of Irving's claims and produced a 740-page expert report for the trial.
- The work revealed date swaps, mistranslations, and moved quotations that undermined Irving's narratives.
