The Whole Truth

By Jonathan Kirsch
Published on April 26, 2011

On the occasion of Yom HaShoah, I can think of no more appropriate act of remembrance of the Holocaust than to reconsider the circumstances surrounding the trial of Adolf Eichmann, and I can think of no one better able to explain those circumstances to us than Deborah E. Lipstadt, a leading figure in Holocaust studies and author of �The Eichmann Trial� (Schocken, $23.95).

Denying the Deniers

Amy Klein, Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Published on April 16, 2009

This month marks nine years since Holocaust denier David Irving lost his libel suit against historian and scholar Deborah Lipstadt, who chronicled her battle against him in the book, �History on Trial: My Day in Court With David Irving� (HarperCollins, 2005). Lipstadt, the Dorot Professor of Modern Jewish and Holocaust Studies at Emory University, has just unveiled the translations of the popular �Myths & Facts� sheets, which help refute deniers with historical evidence, in Arabic, Farsi, Turkish and Russian.

Truth revealed about phony Holocaust memoir

By Book Buzz
Published on December 28, 2008

Behind the Scenes

By Naomi Pfefferman
Published on October 26, 2000

Every Jew in Los Angeles cheered when Holocaust denier David Irving lost his libel suit against author and historian Deborah Lipstadt this year. But the actual proceedings against the former UCLA professor remained shrouded in mystery (cameras aren't allowed inside British courts).

Listening to Lipstadt

By Marlene Adler Marks
Published on May 4, 2000

Vindication has lit a fire under Deborah Lipstadt.

Talking With Lipstadt

Published on April 20, 2000

Before the verdict was handed down by Justice Charles Gray on April 11, Deborah Lipstadt says she had no doubt that "We would win." She just did not expect that he would render his decision "in such a still, small, level voice," almost without inflection. And therefore with such forcefulness and emphasis.

Knowing Our Enemy

By Rela Mintz Geffen
Published on March 23, 2000

It is the Ides of March and the week before Purim. We know who Agag, King of Amalek -- the enemy of the Jews -- is, but are not sure who should beware.

Will Truth Prevail?

By Douglas Davis
Published on March 23, 2000

Emerging from the Royal Courts of Justice here on the evening of March 15 was like leaving a musty 17th-century ecclesiastical battle for the fresh air of the 21st century.

Flawed Logic

By Douglas Davis
Published on February 3, 2000

A Holocaust revisionist who is suing a U.S. historian for libel has dismissed eyewitness accounts, drawings and photographs of Auschwitz gas chambers that showed vents in the roof through which lethal gases were introduced.

Undeniable Truth

By Douglas Davis
Published on January 27, 2000

Irving is suing Lipstadt and her British publisher, Penguin Books, over passages in her book, "Denying the Holocaust: The Growing Assault on Truth and Memory."

A Landmark Trial

By Douglas Davis
Published on January 13, 2000

"To put it bluntly," Richard Rampton, who is defending Holocaust scholar Deborah Lipstadt against David Irving, told the judge Tuesday, "he is a liar."