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David Irving: [in a video speaking to a sympathetic audience] I don't see any reason to be tasteful about Auschwitz. I say to you quite tastelessly that more women died on the back seat of Senator Edward Kennedy's car at Chappaquiddick than ever died in a gas chamber at Auschwitz.
[audience laughing and applauding]
Deborah Lipstadt: Holocaust denial rests on four basic assertions. Number 1: That there was never any systematic or organized attempt by the Nazis to kill all of Europe's Jews. Number 2: That the numbers are far fewer than five or six million. Number 3: That there were no gas chambers or specially built extermination facilities. Number 4: That the Holocaust is therefore a myth invented by Jews to get themselves financial compensation and to further the fortunes of the State of Israel. War, the deniers say, is a bloody business. There's nothing special about the Jews, they're not unique in their suffering. They're just everyday casualties of war. What's the fuss?
Deborah Lipstadt: Okay, and here's another question, how do we know the Holocaust happened? Seriously. I'm asking. How do we prove it? Photographic evidence? Not one person in this room or outside it has ever seen a photograph of a Jew inside a gas chamber. You know why? Because the Germans made sure that none were ever taken. So how do we know? How do we *know* that so many were murdered? So what's the proof? Where's the proof? How strong is it?
David Irving: [in a video speaking to a sympathetic audience] I don't see any reason to be tasteful about Auschwitz. I say to you quite tastelessly that more women died on the back seat of Senator Edward Kennedy's car at Chappaquiddick than ever died in a gas chamber at Auschwitz.
[audience laughing and applauding]
Deborah Lipstadt: Holocaust denial rests on four basic assertions. Number 1: That there was never any systematic or organized attempt by the Nazis to kill all of Europe's Jews. Number 2: That the numbers are far fewer than five or six million. Number 3: That there were no gas chambers or specially built extermination facilities. Number 4: That the Holocaust is therefore a myth invented by Jews to get themselves financial compensation and to further the fortunes of the State of Israel. War, the deniers say, is a bloody business. There's nothing special about the Jews, they're not unique in their suffering. They're just everyday casualties of war. What's the fuss?
Deborah Lipstadt: Okay, and here's another question, how do we know the Holocaust happened? Seriously. I'm asking. How do we prove it? Photographic evidence? Not one person in this room or outside it has ever seen a photograph of a Jew inside a gas chamber. You know why? Because the Germans made sure that none were ever taken. So how do we know? How do we *know* that so many were murdered? So what's the proof? Where's the proof? How strong is it?
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IRVING I don't see any reason to be tasteful about Auschwitz
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I say to you quite tastelessly
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that more women died on the back seat
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of Senator Edward Kennedy's car at Chappaquiddick
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than ever died in a gas chamber at Auschwitz
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AUDIENCE LAUGHING AND APPLAUDING
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DEBORAH Holocaust denial rests on
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four basic assertions
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Number one
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That there was never any systematic or organized attempt by the Nazis
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to kill all of Europe's Jews
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Number two
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That the numbers are far fewer than five or six million
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Number three
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That there were no gas chambers
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or specially built extermination facilities
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Number four
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That the Holocaust is therefore a myth
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invented by Jews
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to get themselves financial compensation
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and to further the fortunes of the State of Israel
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War the deniers say is a bloody business
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There's nothing special about the Jews
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they're not unique in their suffering
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They're just everyday casualties of war
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What's the fuss
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Okay and here's another question
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how do we know the Holocaust happened
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Seriously I'm asking How do we prove it
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FEMALE STUDENT Photographic evidence
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Not one person in this room or outside it
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has ever seen a photograph of a Jew inside a gas chamber
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You know why
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Because the Germans made sure that none were ever taken
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So how do we know
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How do we know that so many were murdered
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So what's the proof Where's the proof
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How strong is it
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Movie Summary
Acclaimed writer and historian Deborah E. Lipstadt must battle for historical truth to prove the Holocaust actually occurred when David Irving, a renowned denier, sues her for libel.
