"David Irving - Hitler’s War / La Guerra de Hitler (Castellano)" is a Spanish translation of a 1977 work that presents World War II from Hitler's perspective, claiming he was unaware of the Holocaust and portraying him as a rational leader. Mainstream historians consider the book historical negationism, and it was legally deemed in the UK to deliberately misrepresent evidence to whitewash Hitler's reputation. You can read a Wikipedia overview of the book's background at
David John Cawdell Irving (born 1938) is a British author who specialized in military history, particularly Nazi Germany. In the 1960s and 1970s, he gained access to primary German archives, uncovering documents like the Goebbels Diaries. However, over time, his work took a radical turn: he began arguing that Adolf Hitler did not know about the systematic extermination of European Jews until late 1943 or even 1944, and that Auschwitz was more a labor camp than a death camp.
The version you have in Spanish ( Castellano ) is part of this body of work that argues World War II history was written by the victors, obscuring the "truth" of what really happened in the corridors of power in Berlin. "David Irving - Hitler’s War / La Guerra
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While its Spanish publisher billed it as a revelatory account from a unique perspective, the historical profession has unequivocally concluded that it is a deeply flawed and tendentious work. The file is, therefore, a historical artifact in its own right. It is a document not just of World War II, but of the revisionist movement that seeks to minimize the crimes of the Nazi regime. It is a testament to how meticulous scholarship can be used to build a false narrative, and a stark reminder that access to primary sources does not guarantee objectivity. For any serious student of history, “Hitler's War” (or “La guerra de Hitler”) is not a reliable source to be cited, but rather a case study to be examined: a lesson in how a well-written and well-sourced book can still be fundamentally and dangerously wrong. In the 1960s and 1970s, he gained access
Irving sostiene que la invasión de la Unión Soviética fue una "guerra preventiva" necesaria para evitar un ataque inminente de Stalin.
He famously cited a genuine note in Heinrich Himmler’s telephone log stating "no liquidation" regarding a specific train of Jews as "incontrovertible evidence" that Hitler ordered a general stop to the killings. Historians have since proven this was a misrepresentation of a specific, isolated order. Critical and Legal Fallout Critical and Legal Fallout So
So, why read a book that has been legally declared "antisemitic" and historically dishonest?