Lying About Hitler

333 Pages·2002·16.47 MB·English

by  Richard J. Evans

L Y I N G
About
U I T I F R
Also by Richard J. Evans
Death in Hamburg (1987)
In Hitler’s Shadow (1989)
Ritual of Retribution (1996)
In Defense of Histo y (1999)
L Y I N G
About
HITLER
History, Holocaust,
and the David Iruing Trial
I C H A R D
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Copyright 0 2001 by Richard J. Evans
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This book is dedicated to the survivors
of Nazi genocide, murder and violence,
and to the menlory of the millions who
did not survive
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CONTENTS
Abbreviations ix
Preface xi
CHAPTER ONE
History on Trial 1
CHAPTER TWO
Hitler and the Jews, 1924-1939 40
CHAPTER THREE
Hitler and the “Final Solution” 71
CHAPTER FOUR
Irving and Holocaust Denial 104
CHAPTER FIVE
The Bombing of Dresden 149
CHAPTER SIX
In theW itness Box 185
CHAPTER SEVEN
Judgment Day 225
Notes 267
Index 311
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ABBREVIATIONS
BA Bundesarchiv
BBC British Broadcasting Corporation
BDC Berlin Document Center
Der Prozess Der Prozess gegen die Hauptkriegsverbrecher vor dem
lntern,ationalen Militargerichtslzof Niimzberg (Nurem-
berg, 1949)
GTB GoebbeIs Tagebucher (Elke Frohlich [ed.], Die Tage-
biiclzer uo~Jl oseph Goebbels [Munich, 1994-983)
If2 Institut fur Zeitgeschichte
IMT The Trial of the Major War Criminals before the Inter-
national Military Tribunal, Nurenberg, 14 November
1945-6 April 1946 (Nuremberg, 1946)
Journal of Historical Review
JHR
KGB Commitee for State Security
LICA Ligue InternationaIe Contre LAntisemitisme
ND Nurernherg Document
NSDAP Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei
PRO Public Record Office, London
RAF Royal Air Force
SA Sturmabteilung (Brownshirts)
SD Sicherheitsdienst
SOPADE Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands
ss
Schutzstaffel
TS Transcript (High Court of Justice, Queen’s Bench Divi-
sion, 199G/I/No. 113, transcribed from the stenographic
notes of Harry Counsel1 & Company)
YPG Vierteljalzrshefe f r Zeitgeschichte