David Irving
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David Irving is a British author and Holocaust denier notorious for his pseudohistorical works on World War II and his legal battles over historical distortion.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| David Irving canonical | 4 |
| David John Cawdell Irving | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2236956 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Irving Context triple: [Jules Irving, child, David Irving]
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A.
David Irving
David Irving is the son of American novelist Clifford Irving, who was known for his controversial literary hoaxes.
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B.
Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke
Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke was a British historian and scholar renowned for his influential research on Western esotericism, occultism, and their intersections with modern political ideologies.
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C.
Norman Finkelstein
Norman Finkelstein is an American political scientist, author, and commentator known for his controversial critiques of Israeli policy and the politics surrounding the Holocaust.
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D.
Hermann Rauschning
Hermann Rauschning was a German conservative politician and writer best known for briefly leading the Senate of the Free City of Danzig and later becoming an outspoken critic of Nazism.
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E.
Deborah E. Lipstadt
Deborah E. Lipstadt is an American historian and scholar renowned for her work on Holocaust studies and the fight against Holocaust denial.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Irving Target entity description: David Irving is a British author and Holocaust denier notorious for his pseudohistorical works on World War II and his legal battles over historical distortion.
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A.
David Irving
David Irving is the son of American novelist Clifford Irving, who was known for his controversial literary hoaxes.
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B.
Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke
Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke was a British historian and scholar renowned for his influential research on Western esotericism, occultism, and their intersections with modern political ideologies.
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C.
Norman Finkelstein
Norman Finkelstein is an American political scientist, author, and commentator known for his controversial critiques of Israeli policy and the politics surrounding the Holocaust.
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D.
Hermann Rauschning
Hermann Rauschning was a German conservative politician and writer best known for briefly leading the Senate of the Free City of Danzig and later becoming an outspoken critic of Nazism.
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E.
Deborah E. Lipstadt
Deborah E. Lipstadt is an American historian and scholar renowned for her work on Holocaust studies and the fight against Holocaust denial.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Holocaust denier
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author ⓘ human ⓘ |
| bannedFromEntering |
Austria
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Canada ⓘ Germany ⓘ New Zealand ⓘ |
| controversialFor |
manipulating and misrepresenting historical evidence
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minimizing Nazi crimes ⓘ |
| convictedOf | Holocaust denial in Austria in 2006 ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1938-03-24 ⓘ |
| describedAs |
Holocaust denier by the High Court of Justice of England and Wales
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racist and antisemitic by the High Court of Justice of England and Wales ⓘ |
| education |
Imperial College London
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surface form:
Imperial College London (did not complete degree)
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| genre |
World War II history
ⓘ
military history ⓘ |
| hasEthicalOrLegalIssue |
Holocaust denial
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distortion of historical facts ⓘ |
| ideology |
Holocaust denial
ⓘ
pro-Nazi apologetics ⓘ |
| knownFor |
attempts to exonerate Adolf Hitler from responsibility for the Holocaust
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challenging established scholarship on Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| legalCase |
Irving v Penguin Books Ltd
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surface form:
Irving v Penguin Books Ltd and Deborah Lipstadt
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| legalOutcome | lost libel case against Deborah Lipstadt and Penguin Books in 2000 ⓘ |
| movement | Holocaust denial movement ⓘ |
| name |
David Irving
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
David John Cawdell Irving
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| notableFor |
Holocaust denial
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libel lawsuit against Deborah Lipstadt and Penguin Books ⓘ pseudohistorical works on World War II ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Churchill’s War
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Goebbels: Mastermind of the Third Reich ⓘ Hitler’s War ⓘ The Destruction of Dresden ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 5 ⓘ |
| occupation |
historical writer
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writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Hutton, Essex, England ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Holocaust denier ⓘ |
| residence |
London, England
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surface form:
London (historical)
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| sentence | three-year prison sentence in Austria (partly suspended) ⓘ |
| spouse | Alina Irving ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
History on Trial
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surface form:
book "History on Trial: My Day in Court with a Holocaust Denier"
Denial (2016 film) ⓘ
surface form:
film "Denial"
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| viewOnHitler | portrays Adolf Hitler as less responsible for the Holocaust than established scholarship shows ⓘ |
| viewOnHolocaust | denies the systematic, industrial-scale extermination of Jews by Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| website | http://www.fpp.co.uk/ ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: David Irving Description of subject: David Irving is a British author and Holocaust denier notorious for his pseudohistorical works on World War II and his legal battles over historical distortion.
Referenced by (5)
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this entity surface form:
David John Cawdell Irving