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Professor Sir Richard John Evans (born 1947), Regius Professor of History at the University of Cambridge. Defence expert. His ~740-paragraph report addresses Irving’s historiography across 18 specific case studies and is the principal expert document in the trial.
Where they spoke
| Day | Date | Turns | First line | Chapters spoken in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day 18 | 10 Feb | 546 | L0166 | Richard Evans sworn — defence's most damaging historian witnessEvans's use of Irving's diariesIrving's racism + photos of his racially-diverse staffArchive access + 'international Jewish conspiracy' lineAfternoon — Evans's report methodologyIrving's new-document discoveries + David Abraham comparison |
| Day 19 | 14 Feb | 689 | L0032 | Evans on the definition of Holocaust denialIrving's alleged links to antisemites + Hitler's adjutantsThe Hitler diaries detour + the Hamburg/Rumanian-Jews photographContinued document-by-document examinationAfternoon session |
| Day 20 | 15 Feb | 665 | L0087 | Procedural opening — Evans day 3Auschwitz authenticity + Irving's 1986 Australia press-conference quoteAllied propaganda — Churchill's 1943 'we have no evidence' minuteAnne Frank diary authenticityHöss memoirs + Irving's Leuchter-preface 'swindled' framingIrving's antisemitism defenceAfternoon — Kristallnacht discussion with EvansIrving's relationship with prominent Holocaust deniers'Straightening out' the IHR + selective Bruns readingSydnor on Irving's admiration of HitlerHofmann's role in Hitler's 1924 trial |
| Day 21 | 16 Feb | 806 | L0005 | Procedural opening — Evans day 4Bruckner adjutant statementColonel Nicolaus von Below — Hitler's Luftwaffe adjutantOther nationwide programmes against Jews in GermanyEberstein telegram + the chain of Kristallnacht ordersGoebbels Old Town Hall speech as evidence Hitler initiated KristallnachtWitness schedulingUlrich von Hassell diary + Hess's appeal to HitlerHitler intervening on behalf of the Jewish populationHimmler-Heydrich 30 November 1941 phone log |
| Day 22 | 17 Feb | 759 | L0007 | Procedural opening — Evans day 5 (final day of cross-exam)Insufficient source references in Irving's workIngrid Weckert + Reichskristallnacht death-tollThe Riga shootings — number killedProcedural concerns + Evans's scholarship critiqueAfternoon — completion of Evans cross-examinationClose + setup for next sequence |
| Day 23 | 21 Feb | 900 | L0071 | Evans recalled — Weckert credibility + Goebbels diaryGoebbels–Hitler relationship + 'pushing at an open door'Hitler's 25 January 1942 Table Talk — 'pulling teeth'Secrecy in the Third Reich + Horthy 16-17 April 1943 meetingAfternoon — the Engel diaryChrista Schroeder + the 1991 'Warsaw uprising' editRome October 1943 — deportation of the JewsRibbentrop's knowledge + Rampton re-examines EvansEvans re-examined by Rampton |