The Chronicle of Higher Education

David Irving Draws 3-Year Jail Term in Austria, Despite Recanting His Holocaust Denials in Court

BY ANDREW MYTELKA

The British historian David Irving, who for decades has drawn fierce criticism for claiming that the Nazi genocide of Jews and others did not happen, pleaded guilty in Austrian court on Monday to denying the Holocaust and was sentenced to three years in jail.

Mr. Irving...

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