(Note: this is an unofficial review - any mistakes etc are solely the author's)
David Irving gave some tantalising glimpses into the work that will be part of his forthcoming book, a biography of Heinrich Himmler, aswell as other important historical issues.
Most historians read twelve books on a subject and then write a thirteenth from a slightly different slant. Not so David Irving. Irving conducts research in the true sense of the word and what makes Irving lectures so interesting is that he draws you into the hunt. You become a Dr Watson by the side of a Sherlock Holmes, a Lewis beside Inspector Morse. He uncovers new records, documents, photos. He tracks down and interviews people who were there when great historical events happened and who have never been interviewed before. He tracks them down, interviews them and wins their respect. He hunts for the truth and the hunt, with all its twists and turns, becomes as interesting as the new facts he uncovers. The new facts and information he unearths shed a dramatically different light on events than hitherto was thought, and the implications are dramatic.
During this lecture he gave us fascinating glimpses into the life of Heinrich Himmler. One example that stood out was his uncovering of two paintings of the beautiful Paula, who was the fiancee of Himmler's elder brother Gebhard. Heinrich (Heinie) did not approve of this girl and asked his brother not to marry her. When he refused, Heinie hired a private eye who uncovered evidence of an earlier passionate relationship between Paula and a young painter. The 2 paintings that Irving has tracked down are by this same young painter and would appear to validate Heinie's concerns.
Irving also showed us a photograph of a unknown bewitching young woman that was tied into the back of Himmler's Memoirs. This photo will soon be on the Focal Point website as Irving is appealing for information about her. Irving also gave us some insights into the developing knowledge of the Jews/''anti-semitism'' of the young Heinie and how he threw himself into University life joining numerous Societies and Clubs and earning himself a duelling scar. This scar was well sewed up, so much so that it is not apparent in later life.
He covered Himmler's political differences with Hitler and Himmler's efforts to thwart anti-Hitler plots. Himmler had these plots monitored to the last possible moment in order to catch the maximum number of plotters, however Stauffenberg was the one man that Himmler's organisation did not suspect.
Irving gave us an amazing account of how preposterous the official version of Heinrich Himmler's death is. The Official Establishment History is that Himmler committed suicide in British custody by hiding a cyanide capsule in his tooth. The Official version goes that Himmler while at a POW camp near Bremen he gave himself up to the authorities, was searched and then was taken to a house on Lunenberg Heath, searched again and given a medical check up. The medical examiner took him to the window and spotted a hidden cyanide capsule at the back of his mouth.
Himmler then rushed to the other side of the room and bit on the capsule. Irving showed us the regulation issue cyanide capsule that SS officers carried to gasps from the audience. The capsule was the size of cigar and kept in a case which was even larger than of a cigar case. To hide this in one's mouth would be nigh impossible. The inconsistencies begin to pile up. Colonel Murphy who was put in charge of interrogating Himmler mentions in his diary that on driving to the Lunenberg Heath house he chatted to Himmler on the backseat of a car, while Himmler ate a British Army sandwich (hardly easy to do with a cyanide cigar sized capsule there!). At the house, which by the way is referred to by the Allies as 'a house prepared for such purposes' (interrogation would be a kind word for it), Himmler was inspected so the official version goes by a medical examiner who on bringing Himmler over to the window to get extra light realised that Himmler had a concealed capsule in his mouth. Himmler then ran to the other side of the room and bit on the capsule. Irving with a smile notes that the official time of this event is 11pm and that there were no street lamps or full moon! All the military personnel in any way involved with the Lunenberg Heath house were vowed to secrecy about the event, so it is hard to piece together what happened to those senior captives who went there. However Irving does well. He looks at the notes to the sketches that war artist Terrence Cuneo made for his official painting of Himmler's body. These are notes that other historians have never examined - and what does Irving find? A reference to 'nose broken'.
Himmler did not have a broken nose on arriving at the house. On showing Himmler's death mask to a Forsensic friend what was Irving told? " Oh, he's been badly beaten hasn't he!" In short the Lunenberg House was an interrogation, torture and execution house and many other prominent Axis officials met the same fate there often at the hands of fluent German speakers of Jewish extraction serving in the Allied Armies. Thus the Allied pompous moral hypocrisy is exposed.
Another issue that Irving illuminated was the Hess flight to Scotland, and concluded that in many respects it was a success. Hess after his capture was searched and a letter to the King was found on his person, this was given back to him. He was then held in the local police station. While being held there he was visited and had a long chat with the Duke of Hamilton. When Hess was taken to Glasgow police station he was again searched, but no such letter was found. Two days later the Duke of Hamilton - who never usually made private visits to the King - visited the King. No one but David Irving seems to have seen the inference. Throughout 1940 the Queen Mother was plotting with British Admirals to overthrow Churchill, who was thoroughly disliked by the non-Jewish Aristocracy.
Irving is often described as a 'Holocaust Denier', but he only briefly touched on anything to do with the Concentration Camps. This was to mention an often forgotten fact that in 1947 the Communist Authorities in Poland launched their own investigation of the Auchwitz Camp and concluded by saying that 300,000 people of ALL nationalities had perished there. This is quite something, when later on in the Century the Auchwitz Camp Tourism Authority were saying that 4 million had died. The official figure now is being constantly reduced and now stands at 1.1 million.
He also described the story of Anne Frank and her family as conclusive proof that the events of WWII did not happen in the way that the Holocaust Propagandists claim. Afterall Anne Frank died of typhus as did several guards there, and after the camp was taken over by the allies a British lady translator sent from Bletchley Park also died of Typhus. More people died in the camps of typhus after they were liberated by the allies than during the period when they were under German control. Anne Frank's father fell ill there while an inmate under the Germans and was nursed back to health in the Auchwitz medical centre. When the Soviet Army was approaching, the Camp Commandant gave the prisoners the choice of either waiting for the Soviets or coming with them westwards. Anne Frank's father chose to go with the retreating Germans westwards. Hardly the picture that Hollywood likes to show us.
On other issues, Irving told us how he discovered that there was a survivor to the Sikorski plane crash (Sikorski was the leader of the Free Polish Forces). His death has always been attributed to the British, however proof is hard to come by. Irving once discovered that a pilot of the plane a certain Charles Massey was still alive in the 1960's. On further investigation he discovered he was living behind South Kensington Tube Station. After going to visit him, Irivng arranged an interview with him 3 days later. 2 days later Charles Massey vanished - and was never heard of again by his wife and daughter. Thirteen years later Irving had a call from Massey's daughter asking for his help. Charles Massey had died and his newly-discovered flat in Cheltenham was covered with photos of his beloved daughter. A daughter he had never contacted in 13 years. At his sparsely attended funeral there was a Air Chief Vice Marshall of the RAF who arrived in a chauffeur driven car, placed a wreath and then left. As there are only 6 such ranks in the RAF, Irving soon found out who he was and phoned him. The RAF officer refused to talk to him. So what or who made Charles Massey flee his family and former life and live a secretive, reclusive life in Cheltenham two days after being contacted by David Irving? The obvious conclusion is that 'The Powers that Be' gave him a stark choice - no doubt he health of his family being used as an incentive.
Irving drove home the point by describing a similar air crash that happened to General De Gaulle while flying in a British crewed and owned plane to visit Free French troops. Miraculously surviving the crash, it was discovered that vital areas of the plane had been cut through with acid. De Gaulle vowed never to let the British or Americans anywhere near any plane that he flew anywhere ever again.
So to conclude, I would say that after attending a David Irving meeting, you come away with the feeling that you have been given an Orwellian glimpse into how the world REALLY works and that the powers that rule in this Country of ours are no 'Patriotic Gentleman in Shining Armour'. Instead one begins to realise that our real rulers are a secretive, closely knit band of alien parasites - ruthless, vicious predators who have no business being in our countries, never mind ruling them. What they fear is that their presence and the extent of their power and influence become widely known as that will foreshadow their eventual fall, hence they ruthlessly oppress anyone who attempts to shine the spotlight on their doings. If proof of these assertions were needed one only has only to seriously consider the situation in which David Irving currently finds himself and one will reflect that there is no other reason why a Historian of David Irving's stature should face the persecution he does.
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