What was Irvings response to the discovery of Adolf Eichmanns post-War memoirs?
In January 1992 Irving attracted public attention by promoting a copy of Adolf Eichmann’s unpublished post-war memoirs. Quoted in the London Daily Telegraph, he stated, “It makes me glad I’ve not adopted the narrow-minded approach that there was no Holocaust. I’ve never adopted that view. Eichmann describes in such very great detail that you have to accept that there were mass exterminations.” Q: Has Irving characterized his statement on the Eichmann memoirs as a reversal of previous Holocaust-denying statements? A: In the February 1992 newsletter of the Institute for Historical Review, Irving asserted: “My position remains unchanged.” Though he referred to “certain My-Lai like atrocities” against Jews in occupied Soviet territories, he reiterated his denial of the concentration camp gas chambers. Q: Has Irving made anti-Jewish remarks recently? A: Addressing the London Jewish Chronicle, also in February 1992, Irving warned, “The Jews are very foolish not to abandon the gas chamber the
