Irving famously published the first major work by a western historian on the 1956 Hungarian Uprising that included interviews with many protagonists. Although his work, Uprising - One Nation's Tragedy was well received in some quarters upon publication in 1981, it has since drawn criticism for its one-sided portrayal of events. In particular, it presents the revolution as an anti-Jewish reaction by the population.

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Irving States

My history of the Uprising, published in 1981, described the opening days of the revolution as having all the characteristics of an anti-Jewish pogrom.

The CIA and other historians shouldn't dispute the large numbers of Jews among those publicly executed by the revolutionaries -- secret police officers and torturers -- and among the refugees fleeing for their lives to the Soviet Union and the west.

The current regime under Prime Minister Gyurcsany has a similar appearance.

'Time to leave'