Deborah E. LipstadtSpeaker and Booking Agent Information

Dr. Deborah E. Lipstadt is a Professor of Modern Jewish and Holocaust Studies. Her book, THE EICHMANN TRIAL, published Schocken/Nextbook Series in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Eichmann trial, was called by Publisher's Weekly, a penetrating and authoritative dissection of a landmark case and its after effects. The Kennedy School's David Gergen described it as a powerfully written testimony to our ongoing fascination with the proceedings, the resonance of survivor tales, and how both changed our understanding of justice after atrocity. The New York Times Book Review described Lipstadt as having done a great service by recovering the event as a gripping legal drama, as well as a hinge moment in Israel's history and in the world's delayed awakening to the magnitude of the Holocaust. Her conclusions, the Times notes are rendered with devastating fairness. The Washington Post observed that The Eichmann Trial makes an excellent primer on a landmark event. With impressive authority and commendable concision, Lipstadt frames and explores the vast universe of moral quandaries thrown open by the Eichmann trial. [And] makes a welcome contribution to our record of the 20th century's most horrifying and depressing episode. The Wall Street Journal described the book as a thoughtfully researched and clearly written account of the courtroom proceedings and of the debates spurred by the trial.

Her book HISTORY ON TRIAL: MY DAY IN COURT WITH A HOLOCAUST DENIER (Ecco/HarperCollins, 2006) is the story of her libel trial in London against David Irving who sued her for calling him a Holocaust denier and right wing extremist. The book won the 2006 National Jewish Book Award and was first runner up for the Koret Award. It received starred reviews from both Publishers Weekly and Kirkus Reviews. The latter called it a fascinating and meritorious work of legal-and moral-history. The editors at Amazon.com listed it as the fourth best non-fiction history book of 2005. The book has been optioned for a movie by Participant Pictures and BBC Films and is currently in active development.

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