Deborah Lipstadt: Behind the lies of Holocaust denial
Deborah Lipstadt: Mi rejlik a holokauszt tagadása hátterében?
Deborah Lipstadt's research focuses on the development of Holocaust denial and how to fight for the truth in an era marked by "alternative facts." Full bio
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about Holocaust denial,
a holokauszt tagadásáról,
the dubious distinction
genocide in the world?
dokumentált népirtásaként ismert?
their harrowing stories.
borzalmas történeteiket.
of towns and villages and cities
be rounded up --
ifjakat és véneket –
to the outskirts of the town
around the death camps,
közelében élő lengyeleknek,
I was forced to do it."
since the end of World War II
bűntettekről tartott tárgyalásokon,
ever said, "It didn't happen."
egyikük sem mondta: "Nem történt meg."
but never that it didn't happen.
de azt nem, hogy nem történt meg.
going to be on my agenda;
nem foglalkozom.
to write about, to research,
hogy írjak róla, kutassam.
of the Holocaust --
that we think is perfect for you."
szerintünk pont önnek való."
that they came to me with an idea
hogy rám gondoltak,
to believe what they say?"
hogy higgyenek nekik?"
it was worthwhile,
hogy megéri a fáradságot,
three, maybe even four --
with a number of things,
s előhozakodtam egy pár dologgal,
with you today.
to put a "neo" there or not.
értelmiségiként parádézó
as respectable academics.
hogy egy dolgot végrehajtsunk:
one inch below the surface,
rasszizmust, előítéletet.
parading as rational discourse.
racionális diskurzusként parádézik.
hogy vannak tények s vannak vélemények.
there are facts and there are opinions --
is take their lies,
hogy hazugságaikról
Assault on Truth and Memory,"
az igazság és az emlékezet ellen."
and ready to move on.
és mással akartam foglalkozni.
was bringing a libel suit against me
of historical works,
took the position
azt az álláspontot képviseli,
voltak annyira rosszak,
nem voltak annyira jók.
to get this opinion.
hogy e véleményre jusson.
was this was a man
mert ez az ember
the battleship Auschwitz."
az Auschwitz csatahajót."
on a survivor's arm and said,
és megkérdezte:
tattooed on your arm?"
Kennedy szenátor kocsijában
but you can look it up.
at all ashamed or reticent
holokauszttagadó mivoltát,
colleagues counseled me --
ignore a libel suit,
félvállról venni egy rágalmazási pert,
believe him anyway?"
put the burden of proof on me
rajtam a bizonyítási teher,
been in the United States
hogy állításom nem igaz.
is a legitimate version.
verzióm – törvényes verzió.
to have libeled me
am not a Holocaust denier."
nem vagyok holokauszttagadó."
with any suffering that went on,
semmilyen megtörtént szenvedéshez,
and abettance of the allies --
és bűnpártolásával vitték véghez.
and planted the evidence.
odacsempészték.
a responsible historian.
tartom magam,
who haven't seen "Denial,"
a Tagadás c. filmet,
in over 25 different major instances.
több mint 25 fontos esetben.
in this audience write books,
ülők közül sokan könyvet írnak,
we're glad to have second editions:
ezért örülünk a második kiadásnak,
in the same direction:
back to his sources.
a forrásukig.
he made some reference to the Holocaust,
ahol Irving a holokausztot említette,
bizonyíték el van torzítva,
az ott sem volt.
he didn't have the evidence.
állította, hogy megtörtént,
because he either quotes them
hiszen Irving őket idézi,
more than just the story
hat évig tartó bonyolult peré,
six-year, difficult lawsuit,
being dragged into a courtroom
a tárgyalóterembe idéztet
declared in its judgment
of the question of truth,
támadásnak vannak kitéve.
the gifts it has given us,
– minden jótéteménye dacára –
between facts -- established facts --
white supremacist language.
hirdető beszédeket sem hallunk.
"National Front" -- pick your names.
Front neve alatt: választhatnak.
that I found in Holocaust denial
holokauszttagadásban.
where truth is on the defensive.
amikor az igazság védekezésre kényszerül.
egyik karikatúrája.
a The New Yorker magazinban.
in "The New Yorker"
is saying to one of the contestants,
more loudly than you did,
by rational appearances.
a racionális külsőtől.
that truth is not relative.
hogy az igazság nem viszonylagos.
one of the highest offices in the land,
are the same as the facts.
egyenlő lenne az igazsággal.
truth is not relative.
az igazság nem viszonylagos.
in the world of the academy
eszméken nőttünk föl,
everything is open to debate.
hogy minden vitatható.
to recant by the Vatican
hogy tagadja meg tanait,
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Deborah Lipstadt - HistorianDeborah Lipstadt's research focuses on the development of Holocaust denial and how to fight for the truth in an era marked by "alternative facts."
Why you should listen
Dr. Deborah E. Lipstadt, Dorot professor of Holocaust Studies at Emory University in Atlanta, was sued for libel in 1996 by David Irving for having called him a Holocaust denier. After a ten-week trial in London in 2000, in an overwhelming victory for Lipstadt, the judge found Irving to be a "neo-Nazi polemicist" who "perverts" history and engages in "racist" and "anti-Semitic" discourse. The Daily Telegraph (London) described the trial as having "done for the new century what the Nuremberg tribunals or the Eichmann trial did for earlier generations." The Times (London) described it as "history has had its day in court and scored a crushing victory." According to the New York Times, the trial "put an end to the pretense that Mr. Irving is anything but a self-promoting apologist for Hitler."
The movie Denial, starring Rachel Weisz and Tom Wilkenson with a screenplay by David Hare, tells the story of this legal battle. It is based on Lipstadt's book, History on Trial: My Day in Court with a Holocaust Denier (Harper Collins, 2006), and recently reissued as Denial (Harper Collins, 2016). The film was nominated for a BAFTA as one of the best British films of the year.
Lipstadt has written most recently Holocaust: An American Understanding (Rutgers, 2016), which explores how America has understood and interpreted the Holocaust since 1945.
Her previous book, The Eichmann Trial, (Schocken/Nextbook, 2011) published in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Eichmann trial, was called by Publisher's Weekly, "a penetrating and authoritative dissection of a landmark case and its after effects." The New York Times Book Review described Lipstadt as having "done a great service by … recovering the event as a gripping legal drama, as well as a hinge moment in Israel's history and in the world's delayed awakening to the magnitude of the Holocaust."
She has also published Beyond Belief: The American Press And The Coming Of The Holocaust, 1933-1945 (Free Press, 1986), which surveys what the American press wrote about the persecution of the Jews in the years 1933-1945. She is currently writing a book, The Antisemitic Delusion: Letters to a Concerned Student which will be published in 2018.
At Emory, Lipstadt directs the website known as HDOT, Holocaust Denial on Trial, which contains a complete archive of the proceedings of Irving v. Penguin UK and Deborah Lipstadt. It also provides answers to frequent claims made by deniers. Lipstadt has won the Emery Williams Teaching Award, and she was selected for the award by alumni as the teacher who had most influenced them.
Lipstadt was a historical consultant to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, helping design the section of the Museum dedicated to the American Response to the Holocaust. She has held a Presidential appointment to the United States Holocaust Memorial Council (from Presidents Clinton and Obama) and was asked by President George W. Bush to represent the White House at the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.
Lipstadt has a BA from the City College of New York and an MA and PhD from Brandeis University.
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