Banged Up: Survival as a Political Prisoner in 21st Century Europe
By David Irving | Hardcover edition
Historical Context
In November 2005, David Irving was arrested in Austria on charges related to speeches delivered seventeen years earlier. This memoir documents his thirteen months of imprisonment in Austrian jails, written from notes made during incarceration.
Scope and Content
The work records the daily experience of imprisonment—the routines, the interactions with guards and fellow prisoners, the legal proceedings, and the conditions of confinement. Written as a contemporary diary rather than retrospective memoir, the account preserves the immediacy of the experience.
Documentary Character
The memoir maintains the documentary approach characteristic of Irving’s historical work, recording observations and conversations with the specificity of a field researcher. The result is an anthropological study of the Austrian prison system as experienced from within.
For Researchers and Collectors
Of interest to scholars of European speech law, prison studies researchers, and collectors of Irving’s complete works. The memoir provides unique documentation of early twenty-first century Austrian incarceration.
Edition Details
Hardcover binding with archival-quality paper stock. Built for private collection use.
About This Edition
Limited modern collector printing from Focal Point Publications.
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Jaenelle –
Anyone who is outraged by political correctness will enjoy this book. It is an easy read with loads of colour pictures. Mr Irving's narrative of his arrest and imprisonment in Austria will make you want to laugh and cry at the same time.
Paul Smith –
Compelling read about the circumstances of Mr Irving's arrest and imprisonment in Austria. Even handed narrative and real eye opener about the bizarre legal system in Austria. Well worth reading. Thank you for such an honest and balanced account.
ducksdrivetanks2@gmail.com –
This is an inspiring book and story about David Irving’s trail and treatment at the hands of Austria.
Stig-Ove Madetoja (verified owner) –
In modern Europe one wouldnt expect an historian to be arrested for writing stuff he finds in historical archives. Yet here we are! An warning to the world to guard freedom of speech!
It pays to read this and tell what you read.