Banged - Focal Point Publications

Wednesday, February 19, 2025

The International Campaign for Real History

“Banged up”

What I Went Through and Thought as a
Political Prisoner in Austria

Handcuffs are removed from David Irving before February 2006 trial

Handcuffs are removed from historian David Irving before February 2006 trial

David Irving recalls his four hundred days in solitary confinement in Austria’s oldest jailhouse, convicted in 2005 under a 1945 Stalin-era law, because of a lecture on history that he had delivered sixteen years before

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Established in 1980 by David Irving and his Focus Group, FPP initially aimed to preserve British cultural heritage through the ‘Focal Point’ newsletter, reaching a dedicated circle of 500. By 1982, in response to increasing external pressures and challenges to free expression, FPP initiated an International Campaign for Real History. This effort, underscored by a series of global historical lectures, underscores our commitment to presenting ‘Real History’—unbiased and undiluted.