The Case of David Irving Shows That Nothing Is More Dangerous than Telling the Truth

David Irving is undoubtedly the best historian of World War II.  For decades he relentlessly searched for and found diaries of the main figures, pried loose official documents, tracked down witnesses, searched the war archives of many countries, all of which is the material of his extraordinary histories.

The facts differed from the official narratives.  Jews took umbrage and ruined him financially, forcing his publisher to destroy their printings of his histories, which were best-sellers praise...