David Irving, Holocaust Denial, and his Connections to Right Wing Extremists and Neo-National Socialism (Neo-Nazism) in Germany: Electronic Edition, by Hajo Funke

Table of Contents

• 1. Introduction
  • 1.1 Professional qualifications of the author
  • 1.2 Scope of the report.
  • 1.3 Sources.
• 2. The definition and concept of right-wing extremism [RWE], especially in the 1980s.
  • 2.1 The question of a ban on extremist activities in the German legal system.
  • 2.2 Additional definitions from the political and social sciences.
  • 2.3 'Old' and 'new' RWE
  • 2.4 Features and peculiarities of old and new RWE in Germany after 1945.
• 3. David Irving and the right-wing extremist German People's Union [Deutsche Volksunion - DVU 21 Armin Pfahl-Traughber, Rechtsextremismus (Bonn 1995), pp.. 58-61], the German National Newspaper [Deutsche Nationalzeitung - DNZ], Dr. Gerhard Frey.
  • 3.1 Irving's earlier activities in Germany, 1978 - 1981.
  • 3.2 Irving's activities for the DVU, 1981 - 1987
  • 3.3. Irving's activities for the DVU, 1990 -1993.
  • 3.4 Initial conclusions.
• 4. Double-radicalization of RWE from the late 1980s and the role of Holocaust denial.
  • 4.1 German neo-National Socialists (neo-Nazis).
  • 4.2 The Party of the Like-minded New Front [Gesinnungsgemeinschaft der Neuen Front - GdNF], National List [Nationale Liste - NL], German Alternative [Deutsche Alternative - DA], and National Alternative [Nationale Alternative - NA].
  • 4.3 Günter Deckert's radicalized NPD.
  • 4.4 Irving's conversion to Holocaust denial and Holocaust denial (radical revisionism) as a core element of the German neo-Nazi Network.
• 5. Chronological breakdown.
  • 5.1 1989:'German historians - liars and cowards'
  • 5.2 OPC observations 1989.
  • 5.3 1990: 'Truth Frees' ['Wahrheit macht Frei'].
  • 5.4 OPC observations 1990.
  • 5.5 1991: 'the total catastrophe' and how Irving reacted.
  • 5.6 OPC observations 1991.
  • 5.7 1992: the 'International Campaign for Real History' falters.
  • 5.8 OPC observations 1992.
  • 5.9 1993: expulsion
• 6. Judicial Sanctions.
  • 6.1 Partial speaking ban [Redeverbot] of 8 November 1991.
  • 6.2 Irving's arrest as leader of an illegal demonstration, 21 May 1990 and the consequences.
  • 6.3 The speaking bans [Redeverbot] of 9 September 1992, 9 December 1992, and Irving's ultimate exclusion from Germany.
  • 6.4 Further appeals.
• 7. The containment of David Irving's activities and his shrinking influence since 1993/1994, but ongoing identification with Holocaust denial.
• 8. Conclusion.
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