In the letter from Mishcon de Reya,my task was described as follows: I received both written and oral instructions which consisted of a conversation held at the offices of Mishcon de Reya on 24 February, 1998, a letter received from Mishcon de Reya dated June 9, 1998, and a letter received from Davenport Lyons dated August 21, 1998. This report has been prepared on the instructions of Davenport Lyons and Mishcon de Reya, the First and Second Defendants solicitors respectively (my “Instructing Solicitors”). Since that year, I have visited Auschwitz for research purposes almost yearly, staying for longer or shorter times. I began to study the history of Auschwitz in a more general way in 1987, and I have undertaken systematic primary research into the history of Auschwitz since 1989. I am the Director of the collaborative that was commissioned by several Jewish organizations to produce a Master Plan for the future preservation and management of Auschwitz. My book on Auschwitz has been given two major awards, 16 and has been positively reviewed by well-known historians in many of the leading newspapers, magazines and scholarly journals in North America and Europe. 15 In all of these contributions to our knowledge of Auschwitz and the Holocaust, both written and spoken, I have substantiated all my claims and conclusions with solid empirical evidence. 13 I have spoken about Auschwitz at 20 academic conferences, 14 and more than 50 universities, colleges, academies, research libraries and other institutions of (higher)learning in North America, Europe and Israel. 12 It has been discussed in articles and has been made the object of historiographical discussion and even extended philosophical meditation. 10 My work on Auschwitz has been the subject of one BBC documentary, 11 and was featured in one movie. 8 I am the (co-) author of eleven peer-refereed articles in journals and conference anthologies, four of which deal with Auschwitz, 9 and eighteen non-refereed articles, five of which deal with Auschwitz. 6 I have also contributed chapters in thirteen other academic books, three of which deal with Auschwitz 7 and one with the Holocaust. I am the author or co-author of five academic books, one of which (critically acclaimed and translated into two other languages) directly deals with the history of Auschwitz, 5 and another which deals with the historiographical implications of the history of Auschwitz. I am the recipient of a major, internationally recognized academic award, given on the basis of scholarship. I hold a Doctorate in the History of Ideas, 1 the Dutch equivalent of a Master’s degree in the History of Architecture, 2 and the Dutch equivalent of a Bachelor’s degree in Classical Archeology and the History of Art 3–all from the University of Leiden, Leiden, The Netherlands. I have earned all the usual academic qualifications necessary for a senior academic position at a major research university. In 1996, after a thorough internal and external peer review of the quality of my scholarship, I was promoted to Full Professor. In 1991, after a thorough internal and external peer review of the quality of my teaching and scholarship, I was tenured and promoted to Associate Professor. I have been teaching at this university since 1987, when I was appointed as Assistant Professor of Architecture after an open and international search. I am a Professor of Architecture in the School of Architecture, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada. This report is prepared for the purposes of assisting the Court in providing an expert opinion on the issue of David Irving’s statements about Auschwitz, its gas chambers and incineration facilities, and its role in the so-called Final Solution of the Jewish Problem, pursuant to the Order of Master Trench dated 15 December 1998 directing that each party may adduce expert evidence to address relevant issues in the proceedings 2.
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