Irving had based his alleged denial of the Holocaust in part on a 1988 report by an American execution specialist, Fred Leuchter, which claimed that there was no evidence for homicidal gas chambers at Auschwitz.
Robert Jan van Pelt Books
August 15, 1955
Pelt is a leading academic expert on the architecture and construction of Nazi concentration camps. His research delves into the disturbing details of these sites, offering profound insights into the mechanisms of the Holocaust.



Drawing on oral histories recorded by the authors over 15 years across Europe and the United States, as well as on documents, letters and diaries never before analyzed, this volume aims to change to way we look at the greatest crime in history.
Auschwitz. Von 1270 bis heute
- 469 pages
- 17 hours of reading