Led by solicitor Anthony Julius and barrister Richard Rampton, the defense chose not to call Holocaust survivors to the stand. This strategy aimed to prevent Irving from cross-examining and humiliating them, focusing instead on proving Irving’s deliberate distortion of historical records. Key Figures and Cast
The case concluded in 2000 with a decisive victory for Lipstadt. The judge ruled that Irving was an "active Holocaust denier" who had "distorted and contrived" historical evidence to suit his ideological leanings. La verità negata (2016) - IMDb
A prolific but controversial British writer who denied the existence of gas chambers at Auschwitz.
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.
Irving sued Lipstadt for defamation after she called him a "Holocaust denier" in her book.
An American professor of Jewish Studies.
The meticulous barrister who argued the case for the defense. Production and Themes