trial-transcripts

Closing Statements by Richard Rampton and David Irving.

This day is devoted to procedure, specifically Irving’s challenge of the documentation presented during the trial.

This day is devoted to procedure, specifically the admission and validity of video tapes of his speeches.

David Irving is examined by Richard Rampton regarding his connections with right wing extremists in the United States and Great Britain and Irving’s antisemitism. Other subjects include Hitler’s knowledge of the Final Solution, Irving’s selective use of eyewitness testimony, including those of Hitler’s adjutant’s post-war memoirs.

Professor Hajo Funke is examined by David Irving on the nature of Irving’s connections with right wing extremists and Holocaust deniers in Germany.

Professor Hajo Funke is called by the Defense and is examined by Richard Rampton about Irving’s connections with right wing extremists and Holocaust deniers in Germany. Professor Funke is examined by Irving about the same.

Dr. Peter Longerich is recalled and examined by David Irving regarding the systematic nature of the Final Solution, Hitler’s knowledge of the Final Solution, and the number of victims at Auschwitz.

Dr. Peter Longerich is re-called and examined by David Irving regarding Hitler’s knowledge of the Final Solution, and the systematic nature of the Final Solution. Other topics include the expansion of the Final Solution from the mass murders in the East to the use of gas vans at Chelmno, the Wannsee Conference, the establishment of death camps at Belzec, Sobibor, and Treblinka, and the fate of French Jews.

Dr. Peter Longerich is called by the Defense and is examined by Richard Rampton regarding Hitler’s knowledge of the Final Solution, and the systematic nature of the Final Solution.

Professor Richard Evans is re-called and examined by David Irving on a variety of topics including Irving’s use of the Goebbels diaries, Hitler’s knowledge of the Final Solution, and Irving’s uncritical use of Hitler’s adjutants post-war testimony and memoirs. Other subjects include the fate of the Roman Jews, who were rounded up and murdered in Auschwitz in October, 1934 and Irving’s estimates of the deaths due to the Allies bombing of Dresden in 1945.