Deborah E Lipstadt
Deborah E. Lipstadt is an American historian, best known for her work in the field of Holocaust studies. She is the Dorot Professor of Modern Jewish History and Holocaust Studies at Emory University. Lipstadt's scholarship has focused on debunking Holocaust denial and exploring the public and legal battles related to the memory of the Holocaust.
Her most famous work is likely 'Denying the Holocaust: The Growing Assault on Truth and Memory', the first full-length study of those who attempt to deny the Holocaust. The book played a central role in her later legal battle with David Irving, a British Holocaust denier who sued her for libel in the United Kingdom. The case was a landmark in Holocaust studies and the subject of the 2016 film 'Denial', based on her book 'History on Trial: My Day in Court with a Holocaust Denier'.
Lipstadt has received numerous accolades for her contributions to Jewish studies and Holocaust awareness. She has written extensively on the subject, contributing to both academic and public discourse on issues of antisemitism, Holocaust denial, and the need for continued education on the Holocaust to ensure such atrocities are neither forgotten nor repeated.