Irving sued Lipstadt for defamation after she called him a "Holocaust denier" in her book.
Under British libel law at the time, the burden of proof lay with the defendant. To win, Lipstadt and her legal team had to prove that the Holocaust occurred and that Irving had intentionally manipulated historical evidence. La veritГ negata
A prolific but controversial British writer who denied the existence of gas chambers at Auschwitz. Irving sued Lipstadt for defamation after she called
The film explores the difference between "opinion" and "fact," the ethics of historical research, and the danger of giving a platform to misinformation. " the ethics of historical research
An American professor of Jewish Studies.