What has Irving said about survivor testimony and the Holocaust?
Responding to the Russian publication of a roster of over 74,000 Auschwitz victims, Irving asserted in 1989, “I do not think there were any gas chambers or any master plan. It’s just a myth and at last the myth is being eroded…. Eyewitness evidence is a problem for psychiatrists.” Q: What was Irving’s response to the discovery of Adolf Eichmann’s post-War memoirs? A: In January 1992 Irving attracted public attention by promoting a copy of Adolf Eichmann’s unpublished post-war memoirs. Quoted in the London Daily Telegraph, he stated, “It makes me glad I’ve not adopted the narrow-minded approach that there was no Holocaust. I’ve never adopted that view. Eichmann describes in such very great detail that you have to accept that there were mass exterminations.” Q: Has Irving characterized his statement on the Eichmann memoirs as a reversal of previous Holocaust-denying statements? A: In the February 1992 newsletter of the Institute for Historical Review, Irving asserted: “My position rema
