David Irving is a British discredited historian, Nazi apologist, and author who became infamous for being a Holocaust denier. Growing up neglected by his father, he had to overcome scarcity and deprivation. As a historian, he researched the military and political history of World War II, especially Nazi Germany. He has authored books like ‘The Destruction of Dresden’, ‘The Mare’s Nest’, ‘Hitler's War’, ‘Churchill's War’, ‘Goebbels: Mastermind of the Third Reich’, etc. For most part of his career, he advocated the idea that Hitler had never ordered the ‘Final Solution’ or genocide of the Jews and that the gas chambers of Auschwitz were a myth. Such radical statements landed him in legal trouble in countries like Austria and Germany where Holocaust denial is a serious offence. He was barred from visiting these countries and had to spend some time in prison. He was also fined heavily after he lost the defamation case against historian Deborah Lipstadt. By the turn of the century he was declared bankrupt. Although most of his books have now lost credibility, he continues to give lectures to selective like-minded audiences.