Referring to the 10-week libel trial she won against Irving in 2000, she added: “The de-Judaization of the Holocaust, as exemplified by the White House statement, is what I term softcore Holocaust denial.
“Holocaust denial is alive and well in the highest offices of the United States,” wrote Lipstadt.
“Either way it is deeply disturbing.” Lipstadt’s intervention came in amid an escalating row over the White House’s statement on Holocaust Memorial Day.
Continuing with her distinction, Lipstadt added: “Softcore denial uses different tactics but has the same end-goal …