Film Screening of Denial

Screening of the movie "Denial" as part of the Butterflies of Hope and Remembrance initiative.

In 1993 Deborah Lipstadt and Penguin Books published `Denying the Holocaust'. Two years later the English author David Irving sued her for libel on the grounds that her book had ruined his once well-regarded career as an historian by accusing him of deliberately distorting historical facts. The resulting court case puts the onus on her legal team to prove that the Holocaust did indeed take place. Based on a true story.

The Butterflies of Hope and Remembrance is a Holocaust awareness and education program to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the end of WWII and the liberation of the Nazi Concentration Camps. From January through April 2020, Sarasota Libraries will host exhibits and displays and provide programming as part of this initiative.