NTV on Irving in Auschwitz Part Two

Interview with NTV producer Anton Krekov following the visit of David Irving to the former Nazi death camp of Auschwitz Birkenau.

This is the first part of two films.

My channel on you tube : http://www.youtube.com/alanheath is one of the most prolific from Poland, although unfortunately not the most visited. I have produced a number of films, most in English but also in Polish, French, Italian, Spanish and the occassional hint of German and Hebrew. My big interest in life is travel and history but I have also placed films on other subjects

There are a number of films here on the packaging industry. This is because I am the publisher of Central and Eastern European Packaging -- http://www.ceepackaging.com - the international platform for the packaging industry in this region focussing on the latest innovations, trends, design, branding, legislation and environmental issues with in-depth profiles of major industry achievers. Most people may think packaging pretty boring but it possibly effects your life more than you really imagine!

In 1997 I founded Polish Business News http://www.pbn.com.pl .There are a number of business related films here and I intend to do many more on CRM (customer relations management).

My blog can be found via http://www.ceepackaging.com and http://www.pbn.com.pl and contains background information and more details of many of my films. This information is in English.

I have also a second blog on the site http://www.navigeo.net/blog/alan-heath-blog . This site has been recently started by a friend and I think it will soon be one of the leading travel sites in Poland, if not Central Europe. It contains additional information about some of the places and events shown in these films but most of that is in Polish.

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• Auschwitz
• Birkenau
• Oswiecim
• Brzezinka
• David
• Irving
• denial
• Shoah
• holocaust
• gas
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[DNMK]

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[alanheath]

I bought a Samsung L73 three months ago but I considered the Casio also. I saw a press release for it which was impressive so I looked at it but I really wanted a Sony (and ended up buying a Samsung!!)

[alanheath]

For those that like to complain about the poor quality of my films this is your chance to have some input.

My Sony Cybershot - used for all films here but one - has given up on me. I do not want to buy a video camera - just a compact camera which I can carry around in my pocket.

What camera should I buy and why?

[flashtrash]

As for being a "good witness", well yeah this is one of the awkward areas. It is gaulling, considering his hand in things, that we should give thanks, but you are right he was a good witness, and had somewhere inside the "sense of truth" to speak, when all the other snakes sunk back into the grass.

[flashtrash]

Yeah, i figured that one out. I also know Irving accepts that Treblinka was a death camp. My point is that his public impression is devoid of any reflective thoughts on those who perished. He doesn't have to, of course, pander to an emotional circus, but it is avoiding moral comment (in public) which reminded me of Suchomel. On the other hand, I noted he did lay flowers some place, forget where.

[alanheath]

Great, absolutely - I will send you my contact details.

alan

[hmazal]

I was surprised to note that you and Mike Tregenza gave Irving even one minute of your life. Apart from his reputation besmirching everything he touches, it must be horribly frustrating to enter into discourse with a person that "knows" more than everyone about every single subject.

I'll be in Warsaw, Krakow and Auschwitz in October to visit old friends. Perhaps we can meet?

[alanheath]

The flowers were lain at Auschwitz at the wall of death between blocks ten and eleven. I have this on film which I will post eventually.

But he did show a lack of respect for the feelings of others.

[alanheath]

Unfortunately this is the world we live in. Hypocrisy?  Probably. But how else will we know?

[flashtrash]

Well Sereny's written discription of Suchomel matched his on-screen performance. I forget who, but someone else who wrote about the German Treblinka trial commented that Suchomel took pride on being an objective witness. Thus all together a comical posture in my opinion.