In what year was the British historian who was arrested in 2005 for Holocaust denial in Austria born?
Irving trial In 2005, the British historian David Irving was arrested for Holocaust denial in Austria. In early 2006, he was convicted and given a sentence of three years, of which he served 13 months after a reduction of his prison sentence.
David Stevenson (historian) David Stevenson (born 1942) is a British historian specialising in the period of the First World War. He is Stevenson Professor of International History at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).