Witness statements served
Five witness statements were served by the defendants in support of the defence of justification — including Lipstadt's own first-person statement on her work, her sources, and her account of Irving as a Holocaust denier. None of the defence witnesses gave oral evidence at trial; Lipstadt's statement was not tested under cross-examination, as Irving complained in his closing.
Deborah E. Lipstadt
Defendant · author of Denying the Holocaust
Lipstadt’s own statement on her background, her research methodology, the writing of Denying the Holocaust, and her response to Irving’s allegations of bad faith.
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Bernie M. Farber
Executive Director, Canadian Jewish Congress
On Irving’s appearances in Canada — the 1986 Toronto talks sponsored by CAFE (Paul Fromm’s organisation), the Zundel trial connections, and Irving’s documented associations with Canadian far-right figures.
WS-4Rebecca Guttman
Yad Vashem Institute
On the historical record of the Holocaust from the perspective of the Yad Vashem archives.
WS-5Eric K. Ward
Witness statement
See the full statement for context.
WS-6Steven M. Wasserstrom
Witness statement
See the full statement for context.