Irving Charged With Denying Holocaust

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlates...421734,00.html

Thursday November 17, 2005 3:16 PM

VIENNA, Austria (AP) - British historian David Irving has been arrested on a warrant accusing him of denying the Holocaust, the Interior Ministry said Thursday.

Irving was arrested in Styria province, said police Maj. Rudolf Golia, an Interior Ministry spokesman. He was transferred to a prison in Graz.

Irving was detained on a warrant issued in 1989 under Austrian laws that make Holocaust denial a crime, Golia said.

Irving in the past has faced allegations of spreading anti-Semitic and racist ideas. He is the author of nearly 30 books, including ``Hitler's War,'' which challenges the extent of the Holocaust.

He remained in custody Thursday, the Austria Press Agency said. Calls to the Graz court went unanswered late Thursday afternoon.