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bobbieinok

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4. Evans was a witness for Lipstadt when Irving sued her over her book Denying the Holocaust

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Sat Oct 27, 2018, 03:39 PM

Oct 2018

In it she says David Irving denies the Holocaust. At the time of the trial , the Atlantic had a long cover story on the trial and Evans' work in her defense. IIRC, many found it bizarre that basically she and her team had to prove that the Holocaust actually occurred!

He was also an important figure in the Historikerstreit, a fight over how to interpret Germany's acts in WWII.

Evans has extensively studied German women's movements. I heard him give a paper on the topic yrs ago at a small conference in Minneapolis.

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Anyone read any of Richard J Evans trilogy about the Third Reich? [View all] raccoon Oct 2018 OP

I read William Shirer's: Rise and Fall of the Third Reich long ago... hlthe2b Oct 2018 #1

Evans's books have come out much more recently. In the 21st-century. raccoon Oct 2018 #3

The third book is boring Cartoonist Oct 2018 #2

Evans was a witness for Lipstadt when Irving sued her over her book Denying the Holocaust bobbieinok Oct 2018 #4

Night, by Elie Wiesel northoftheborder Oct 2018 #5