Nazi historian Irving finds his books in Austrian jail library

David Irving, the British historian, has embarrassed Austria’s judicial authorities by finding his own books in a prison library while in custody on charges of Holocaust denial.

Irving, 67, who will spend Christmas and the New Year behind bars pending trial, found two of his most contentious books in the Graz prison library after asking for something to read.

He said in an interview he signed both, German translations of Hitler’s War and The Destruction of Convoy PQ-17, before returning them to guards. More