Hitler’s War
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Hitler’s War is a controversial revisionist history book by David Irving that portrays Adolf Hitler and World War II in a manner widely criticized for Holocaust denial and distortion of historical facts.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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historical revisionist work ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Holocaust denial movement
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neo-Nazi circles ⓘ |
| author | David Irving NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bannedOrRestrictedIn | some countries and libraries due to extremist content ⓘ |
| claims | Hitler was often unaware of mass extermination policies ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticizedBy |
Holocaust historians
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Jewish organizations ⓘ World War II scholars ⓘ anti-fascist groups ⓘ |
| criticizedFor |
Holocaust denial
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apologetic portrayal of Nazi leadership ⓘ distortion of historical facts ⓘ misrepresentation of archival documents ⓘ selective use of sources ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1977 ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
German high command
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Hitler’s military decision-making ⓘ |
| genre |
biography
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revisionist history ⓘ |
| hasEdition | revised edition with altered passages on the Holocaust ⓘ |
| historicalAccuracyAssessment | widely rejected by professional historians ⓘ |
| impact | contributed to David Irving’s reputation as a Holocaust denier ⓘ |
| influencedBy | David Irving’s use of German military archives ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Adolf Hitler
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World War II ⓘ |
| notableFor |
controversial portrayal of Adolf Hitler
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downplaying Adolf Hitler’s responsibility for the Holocaust ⓘ revisionist interpretation of World War II ⓘ |
| portrays |
Adolf Hitler
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Nazi Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ Second World War military campaigns ⓘ |
| positionOnHitlerResponsibility | argues Hitler was less directly involved in the Holocaust than mainstream scholarship concludes ⓘ |
| publisher |
Hodder & Stoughton
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The Viking Press NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| receptionAmongHistorians | used as an example of denial and distortion in Holocaust studies literature ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor | The War Path NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scholarlyReception | considered pseudohistory by many historians ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
extensive academic criticism
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legal and public controversies involving David Irving ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered | 1933–1945 ⓘ |
| usedBy | Holocaust deniers as a reference ⓘ |
| viewOnHolocaust | minimizes systematic nature and scale compared to established scholarship ⓘ |
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