A comment by JustPlainBill at SubStack:

 

It is serendipitous that you should choose today to write on this subject. It is fresh in my own mind, as just this morning I finished reading David Irving’s biography of Joseph Goebbels, a fascinating and amazingly detailed piece of work. Among other things, one can get a great deal of insight about what is going on today, especially with propaganda, by reading this book.

David Irving is a first-rate WWII historian, and probably knows more, especially from the German perspective, than almost anyone else out there. Yet, he is another of those that has been labeled a “Holocaust denier” and was cancelled, in his case back in the 1990s, because his far more nuanced view of the historical events and figures of the period does not flange up perfectly with the official, approved version of The Holocaust.

You don’t actually have to say that the Holocaust didn’t happen or that it wasn’t deliberate to be a proud recipient of this pejorative label. All that is necessary is that you differ in any small detail, analyze or add context, imply that the “official line” might not be central to historical events, etc.

This is the fourth David Irving historical work on the period that I have read, the others being “Hitler’s War,” and volumes 1 and 2 of “Churchill’s War.” All exhibit the same complex and thorough research, analysis, and writing. Nowhere in any of these books does Irving “deny” anything about the Holocaust.

I have the final volume (III) of his “Churchill’s War” on back order, and I get email from Irving once or twice a year that keeps his readers up to date on what he is working on. A month or two ago, he sent out something saying that he was readying it for press, but that, to quote him: “A deeper problem is more sinister - I have now finally realized that the British publishing industry has fallen gradually into "enemy" hands like our music industry.” He goes on to say that he has a private English printer lined up, but needs to pass the hat around because they need cash in advance.

Curious, I wrote back asking what kind of money he was talking about, not really expecting a reply, However, a day later he personally answered and told me he needed half the payment in advance, which was “several thousand US dollars.” To me this did not seem like an impossibly large sum, and it tells me that he must be essentially broke. There is a preface about 5 pages long in the “Goebbels” biography describing the vicious litigation that brought him to his current pass back in the 1990s, and it outraged me to read about it. Yet he continues to write, virtually broke, at age 85.

If any are interested in Irving's books or are inclined to help him out, his Focal Point Publications website is https://irvingbooks.com.