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(回答先: 上記の英文記事：「ガス室はなかったと言ったのは、間違いだった」と流暢なドイツ語で言って、謝った 投稿者 Sun Shine 日時 2006 年 2 月 21 日 16:28:59)
2月20日付、「ワシントン・ポスト」の記事。
「アーヴィングは、[自分はホロコ-スト否定論者だったことはない。だからホロコースト否定論者と呼ばれた時には、大変怒った]と言った」と書かれている。
アーヴィングの弁護士は「判決は余りにも厳しすぎる。これはメッセージ性を多少含んだ裁判なのだ」と語ったという。
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-
dyn/content/article/2006/02/20/AR2006022000151.html
Holocaust Denier Gets Three Years in Jail
By VERONIKA OLEKSYN
The Associated Press
Monday, February 20, 2006; 8:16 PM
VIENNA, Austria -- Right-wing British historian David Irving was sentenced to three years in prison Monday after admitting to an Austrian court that he denied the Holocaust _ a crime in the country where Hitler was born.
Irving, who pleaded guilty and then insisted during his one-day trial that he now acknowledged the Nazis' World War II slaughter of 6 million Jews, had faced up to 10 years behind bars. Before the verdict, Irving conceded he had erred in contending there were no gas chambers at the Auschwitz concentration camp.
Right-wing British historian David Irving holds his book "Hitler's War" when arriving at a court in Vienna, on Monday, Feb. 20, 2006. Irving is accused of denying the Holocaust and is facing up to 10 years in jail. He has been in custody since his arrest in November on charges stemming from two speeches he gave in Austria in 1989 in which he was accused of denying the Nazis' extermination of 6 million Jews. (AP Photo/Hans Punz) (Hans Punz - AP)
I made a mistake when I said there were no gas chambers at Auschwitz," Irving testified, at one point expressing sorrow "for all the innocent people who died during the Second World War."
Irving, stressing he only relied on primary sources, said he came across new information in the early 1990's from top Nazi officials _ including personal documents belonging to Adolf Eichmann _ that led him to rethink certain previous assertions.
But despite his apparent epiphany, Irving, 67, maintained he had never questioned the Holocaust.
"I've never been a Holocaust denier and I get very angry when I'm called a Holocaust denier," he said.
Irving's lawyer said he would appeal the sentence.
"I consider the verdict a little too stringent. I would say it's a bit of a message trial," attorney Elmar Kresbach said.
State prosecutor Michael Klackl declined to comment on the verdict. In his closing arguments, however, he criticized Irving for "putting on a show" and for not admitting that the Nazis killed Jews in an organized and systematic manner.
Irving appeared shocked as the sentence was read out. Moments later, an elderly man identifying himself as a family friend called out "Stay strong, David! Stay strong!" before he was escorted from the courtroom.
Irving has been in custody since his November arrest on charges stemming from two speeches he gave in Austria in 1989 in which he was accused of denying the Nazis' extermination of 6 million Jews.
Irving, handcuffed and wearing a navy blue suit, arrived at the court carrying one of his most controversial books _ "Hitler's War," which challenges the extent of the Holocaust.
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