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.
Robert Fine Professor Robert Fine is a British sociologist. He is a leading European scholar on the history of social and political thought, cosmopolitan social theory, the social theory of Karl Marx and Hannah Arendt, the Holocaust and contemporary antisemitism, crimes against humanity and human rights. He is a Professor Emeritus at Warwick University.