La Veritг Negata May 2026

A prolific but controversial British writer who denied the existence of gas chambers at Auschwitz.

The film explores the difference between "opinion" and "fact," the ethics of historical research, and the danger of giving a platform to misinformation. La veritГ  negata

The film is based on Lipstadt's book History on Trial: My Day in Court with a Holocaust Denier , which recounts the 1996 libel lawsuit Irving filed against her and her publisher, Penguin Books. A prolific but controversial British writer who denied

Under British libel law at the time, the burden of proof lay with the defendant. To win, Lipstadt and her legal team had to prove that the Holocaust occurred and that Irving had intentionally manipulated historical evidence. Under British libel law at the time, the

Led by solicitor Anthony Julius and barrister Richard Rampton, the defense chose not to call Holocaust survivors to the stand. This strategy aimed to prevent Irving from cross-examining and humiliating them, focusing instead on proving Irving’s deliberate distortion of historical records. Key Figures and Cast