On Auschwitz and The Evidence Room (pt. 1) / Robert Jan Van Pelt
Architecture Off-Centre
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In 1996, British author and Holocaust denier David Irving filed a libel case against American historian Deborah Lipstadt, stating that she had defamed him in her book Denying the Holocaust. In what became the case, David Irving versus Penguin Books and Deborah Lipstadt, architectural historian Robert Jan Van Pelt was brought in as the defense’s expert witness owing to his work on the history of Auschwitz.
Robert Jan Van Pelt has taught at the University of Waterloo School of Architecture since 1987. His book, ‘Auschwitz: 1270 to the Present’ with Deborah Dwork and subsequent report ‘The Case for Auschwitz’ generated The Evidence Room at the 2016 Venice Biennale. He is also the Chief Curator of the traveling exhibition ‘Auschwitz. Not Far Away. Not Long Ago’.
More on Robert: https://uwaterloo.ca/architecture/people-profiles/robert-jan-van-pelt