THE SIX MILLION: FACT OR FICTION?

Peter Winter

SEVENTH EDITION Revised, Updated and Expanded January 2018 Revisionist Books The Six Million: Fact or Fiction? By Peter Winter All material copyright © 2018 Revisionist Books KWWSVWKHVL[PLOOLRQIDFWRU¿FWLRQEORJVSRWFRP Revised, Updated and Expanded Sixth Edition CONTENTS

Introduction 4 CHAPTER 1: NAZIS AND ZIONISTS BEFORE THE WAR 5 CHAPTER 2: THE NUMBER OF JEWS UNDER NAZI CONTROL 20 CHAPTER 3: COMMONLY USED LIES AND DISTORTIONS 32 CHAPTER 4: THE NUREMBERG WAR CRIMES TRIALS 41 CHAPTER 5: THE EINSATZGRUPPEN—MYTH AND REALITY 47 CHAPTER 6: THE ADOLF EICHMANN TRIAL 61 CHAPTER 7: THE JOHN DEMJANJUK TRIALS 63 CHAPTER 8: THE PSYCHOLOGY OF CONFESSIONS 68 CHAPTER 9: “DEATH CAMPS” VERSUS “LABOR CAMPS” 74 CHAPTER 10: AUSCHWITZ 76 CHAPTER 11: THE AKTION REINHARD CAMPS 111 CHAPTER 12: CHELMNO AND “GAS VANS” 115 CHAPTER 13: BELZEC 119 CHAPTER 14: SOBIBÓR 125 CHAPTER 15: TREBLINKA 132 CHAPTER 16: MAJDANEK 147 CHAPTER 17: DACHAU 165 CHAPTER 18: SACHSENHAUSEN 173 CHAPTER 19: BERGEN-BELSEN 176 CHAPTER 20: “EYEWITNESS” ACCOUNTS 180 CHAPTER 21: OUTLANDISH HOLOCAUST CLAIMS 201 CHAPTER 22: CONCLUSION 205 Appendix 1: Alois Brunner and the “I Would Do It All Again” Lie 208 $SSHQGL[7KH2VNDU*URHQLQJ³,6DZWKH*DV&KDPEHUV´6WRU\  Appendix 3: Auschwitz—Reality versus the Claims 223 $SSHQGL[7KH6WXWWKRI³*DV&KDPEHU´ 

3 The Six Million: Fact or Fiction?

Introduction

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4 CHAPTER 1: NAZIS AND ZIONISTS BEFORE THE WAR

Section 1: Nazi Anti-Semitism and Jewish Emigration from Greater Germany 1933–1940

7KH¿UVWWKLQJWKDWDQ\UDWLRQDOSHUVRQQRWLFHVDERXWPHGLDFRYHUDJHRIWKH7KLUG5HLFK Hitler, or the “Six Million” story, is that although there is always plenty of coverage of Nazi $QWL6HPLWLVPWKHUHLVKDUGO\DQ\DWWHPSWWRH[SODLQZK\+LWOHUZDVDEOHWRFRPHWRSRZHU RQVXFKDVWURQJO\DQWL-HZLVKSROLWLFDOSODWIRUP ,IWKLVWRSLFLVDGGUHVVHGDWDOOLWLVTXLWHRIWHQFODLPHGWKDWWKH1D]LVZHUH³MHDORXV´RI -HZLVKPRQH\LQWHOOHFWRUDFKLHYHPHQWVRUDQ\YDULDWLRQRQWKDWWRSLF7KHUHDOLW\LVOLNH WKHHQWLUH6L[0LOOLRQQDUUDWLYHYHU\GLɣHUHQWWRWKHSRVWZDUSURSDJDQGD The real reasons for Nazi anti-Semitism were far deeper:  -HZV ZHUH LGHQWL¿HG DV D UDFLDOO\DOLHQ JURXS HQJDJHG LQ SROLWLFDO VRFLDO DQG PRUDO VXEYHUVLRQ 3ROLWLFDOO\ WKH 1D]LV SRLQWHG WR WKH XQGLVSXWHG IDFWV WKDW WKH IRXQGHU RI &RPPXQLVP.DUO0DU[KDGEHHQD-HZWKDWDPDMRULW\RIWKH&RPPXQLVWOHDGHUVZKRKDG VHL]HGSRZHULQWKH³5XVVLDQ5HYROXWLRQ´RIKDGEHHQ-HZV VXFKDV/HRQ7URWVN\UHDO QDPH%URQVWHLQ WKDWWKHPDMRULW\RISRVW)LUVW:RUOG:DU&RPPXQLVWOHDGHUVLQ*HUPDQ\ KDGEHHQ-HZV 5RVD/X[HPEXUJDQG.DUO/LHENQHFKW WKDWPXFKRIWKHPDVVPHGLDLQ *HUPDQ\ZDVRZQHGE\-HZVWKDW-HZVZHUHODUJHO\UHVSRQVLEOHIRU³PRGHUQDUW´WKDWWKRVH FRQYLFWHG RI ZDUSUR¿WHHULQJ DQG ¿QDQFLDO VZLQGOHV RI WKH V ZHUH -HZV WKH 6NODUHN VFDQGDOZKLFKDOVRLQYROYHGWKH6RFLDO'HPRFUDWLF3DUW\EHLQJWKHPRVWIDPRXVFDVH HWF - The Nazis also associated Jews with extremist capitalist exploitation, which was linked WRDPXFKROGHU²DQG(XURSHDQZLGH²REMHFWLRQWR-HZLVK¿QDQFLDOGHDOLQJV2EMHFWLRQVWR Jewish money lending practices were as old as the Jewish community in Europe, and were HYHQVSHFL¿FDOO\PHQWLRQHGLQWKH(QJOLVK0DJQD&DUWD7KH\ZHUHDOVRWKHSULPDU\UHDVRQ ZK\-HZVZHUHH[SHOOHGIURPHYHU\VLQJOH(XURSHDQQDWLRQGXULQJWKH0LGGOH$JHV In summary then, the Nazis sought to expel Jews from all aspects of Germany political FXOWXUDODQGVRFLDOOLIHDQGLWZDVWRWKLVHQGWKDWWKHLUDQWL6HPLWLFSROLFLHVZHUHDLPHG 7RWKLVHQGE\RUGHURI5HLFK0DUVKDO+HUPDQQ*|ULQJD³5HLFK&HQWUDO2ɤFHIRU-HZLVK (PLJUDWLRQ´ZDVVHWXSZKRVHRɤFLDOWDVNVZHUHOLVWHGDVIROORZV a) to make all necessary arrangements for the preparation for an increased emigration of the Jews, E WRGLUHFWWKHÀRZRIHPLJUDWLRQ F WRVSHHGWKHSURFHGXUHRIHPLJUDWLRQLQHDFKLQGLYLGXDOFDVH´ (Wannsee Protocol,-DQXDU\ 

5 The Six Million: Fact or Fiction? Below: Contrary to postwar propaganda, the Nazi government actively encouraged Jewish emigration. This illustration, from the Encyclopedia Judaica (1971), Vol. 7, col. 494, VKRZV-HZVZDLWLQJDWWKH3DOHVWLQH2ɤFH%HUOLQIRUSHUPLWVWRHQWHU3DOHVWLQH ³(UHW] Israel”) in 1939.

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Section 2: Zionist and Nazi Collaboration on the 1935 Nuremberg Laws It is one of the great ironies of history that the Zionists and National Socialist government SROLF\ZLWKUHJDUGWR-HZVFRLQFLGHGWRDYHU\ODUJHGHJUHH,QIDFW1DWLRQDO6RFLDOLVWDQG Zionist policy coincided prior to the war, and cooperation carried on at least until 1943, as ZLOOEHVKRZQEHORZ The reason for the Zionist-Nazi cooperation was simple: the Nazis wanted the Jews to leave Germany, and the Zionists wanted the Jews to come to Palestine to help create the =LRQLVWVWDWH

6 &KDSWHU1D]LV$QG=LRQLVWV%HIRUH7KH:DU Below: The Jüdische Rundschau6HSWWKHRɤFLDO=LRQLVWQHZVSDSHULQ*HUPDQ\ ZKLFKZHOFRPHGDQGVXSSRUWHGWKH1XUHPEHUJ/DZV7KLVVXSSRUWIRUWKHOHJDOGH¿QLWLRQ of who is a Jew—as created by Nazis and Jews working together—is still referenced to the SUHVHQWGD\LQ,VUDHO¶V³/DZRI5HWXUQ´ZKLFKUHJXODWHV-HZLVKLPPLJUDWLRQLQWRWKDWVWDWH

7KH1XUHPEHUJ/DZVIRUH[DPSOHZKLFKDUHQRZGLVPLVVHGDV³1D]LDQWL6HPLWLF laws,” were in fact drawn up with the active assistance and support of the German Council RI-HZV :KDWPDNHVWKLVIDFWHYHQPRUHDVWRXQGLQJLVWKDWWKHGH¿QLWLRQRIZKRLVD-HZDVFUHDWHG E\,VUDHO¶V/DZRI5HWXUQDVDPHQGHGLQLVEDVHGRQWKHGH¿QLWLRQDVFRQWDLQHGLQWKH 1XUHPEHUJ/DZV -HZLVK9LUWXDO/LEUDU\7KH/DZRI5HWXUQ$Q,QWURGXFWLRQ, 2014, The $PHULFDQ,VUDHOL(QWHUSULVH  Thus it is no surprise that soon after the Nazis came to power, the Zionist Federation RI*HUPDQ\VXEPLWWHGDGRFXPHQWWR+LWOHU¶VRɤFHZKLFKRɣHUHGLWVVXSSRUWLQ³VROYLQJ WKH -HZLVK TXHVWLRQ´ 0HPR RI -XQH   DV UHSURGXFHG LQ 7KH 7KLUG 5HLFK DQG the Palestine Question)UDQFLV51LFRVLD$XVWLQ8QLYHUVLW\RI7H[DVS 7KH document continued: ³=LRQLVPEHOLHYHVWKDWWKHUHELUWKRIWKHQDWLRQDOOLIHRIDSHRSOHZKLFKLVQRZRFFXUULQJ in Germany through the emphasis on its Christian and national character, must also come DERXWLQWKH-HZLVKQDWLRQDOJURXS2XUDFNQRZOHGJPHQWRI-HZLVKQDWLRQDOLW\SURYLGHV for a clear and sincere relationship to the German people and its national and racial UHDOLWLHV3UHFLVHO\EHFDXVHZHGRQRWZLVKWRIDOVLI\WKHVHIXQGDPHQWDOVEHFDXVHZHWRR are against mixed marriage and are for maintaining the purity of the Jewish group and 7 The Six Million: Fact or Fiction? UHMHFWDQ\WUHVSDVVHVLQWKHFXOWXUDOGRPDLQZH²KDYLQJEHHQEURXJKWXSLQWKH*HUPDQ language and German culture—can show an interest in the works and values of German culture with admiration and internal sympathy” (ibid.). :KHQWKH1XUHPEHUJ/DZVZHUH¿UVWDGRSWHGE\WKH1D]L3DUW\DWLWVFRQJUHVVRI WKH\ZHUHVSHFL¿FDOO\ZHOFRPHGE\WKH=LRQLVWVXSSRUWLQJ-HZLVK*HUPDQQHZVSDSHUthe -GLVFKH5XQGVFKDXZKLFKSXEOLVKHGDQHGLWRULDOZKLFKUHDG “Germany … is meeting the demands of the World Zionist Congress when it declares the -HZVQRZOLYLQJLQ*HUPDQ\WREHDQDWLRQDOPLQRULW\2QFHWKH-HZVKDYHEHHQVWDPSHG DQDWLRQDOPLQRULW\LWLVDJDLQSRVVLEOHWRHVWDEOLVKQRUPDOUHODWLRQVEHWZHHQWKH*HUPDQ QDWLRQDQG-HZU\ “The new laws give the Jewish minority in Germany its own cultural life, its own national OLIH,QIXWXUHLWZLOOEHDEOHWRVKDSHLWVRZQVFKRROVLWVRZQWKHDWHUDQGLWVRZQVSRUWV DVVRFLDWLRQV,QVKRUWLWFDQFUHDWHLWVRZQIXWXUHLQDOODVSHFWVRIQDWLRQDOOLIH ³*HUPDQ\KDVJLYHQWKH-HZLVKPLQRULW\WKHRSSRUWXQLW\WROLYHIRULWVHOIDQGLVRɣHULQJ VWDWHSURWHFWLRQIRUWKLVVHSDUDWHOLIHRIWKH-HZLVKPLQRULW\-HZU\¶VSURFHVVRIJURZWKLQWR DQDWLRQZLOOWKHUHE\EHHQFRXUDJHGDQGDFRQWULEXWLRQZLOOEHPDGHWRWKHHVWDEOLVKPHQW RIPRUHWROHUDEOHUHODWLRQVEHWZHHQWKHWZRQDWLRQV´ -GLVFKH5XQGVFKDX6HSW 

The head of the Zionist State Organization, the Jewish Cultural League, and former head of the Berlin Jewish Community, Georg Kareski, declared in an interview with the Nazi newspaper 'HU$QJULɣ that: ³)RUPDQ\\HDUV,KDYHUHJDUGHGDFRPSOHWHVHSDUDWLRQRIWKHFXOWXUDODɣDLUVRIWKH WZRSHRSOHV>-HZVDQG*HUPDQV@DVDSUHFRQGLWLRQIRUOLYLQJWRJHWKHUZLWKRXWFRQÀLFW ,KDYHORQJVXSSRUWHGVXFKDVHSDUDWLRQSURYLGHGLWLVIRXQGHGRQUHVSHFWIRUWKH DOLHQQDWLRQDOLW\7KH1XUHPEHUJ/DZVVHHPWRPHDSDUWIURPWKHLUOHJDOSURYLVLRQV WRFRQIRUPHQWLUHO\ZLWKWKLVGHVLUHIRUDVHSDUDWHOLIHEDVHGRQPXWXDOUHVSHFW7KLV LQWHUUXSWLRQRIWKHSURFHVVRIGLVVROXWLRQLQPDQ\-HZLVKFRPPXQLWLHVZKLFKKDGEHHQ promoted through mixed marriages, is therefore, from a Jewish point of view, entirely welcome” ('HU$QJULɣ'HF 

Section 3: “A Nazi Travels to Palestine”—How the SS Supported the Zionist Colonization of Palestine 7KH66²VXSSRVHGO\WKHHSLWRPHRIHYLOLISRVWZDUSURSDJDQGDLVWREHWDNHQDWIDFHYDOXH² ZDVSDUWLFXODUO\HQWKXVLDVWLFLQLWVVXSSRUWIRU=LRQLVP$-XQHLQWHUQDO66SRVLWLRQ SDSHUXUJHGDFWLYHDQGZLGHUDQJLQJVXSSRUWIRU=LRQLVPE\WKHJRYHUQPHQWDQGWKH3DUW\ DVWKHEHVWZD\WRHQFRXUDJHHPLJUDWLRQRI*HUPDQ\¶V-HZVWR3DOHVWLQH 7KH=LRQLVW66FRRSHUDWLRQEHFDPHSXEOLFZKHQ66RɤFHU/HRSROGYRQ0LOGHQVWHLQDQG =LRQLVW)HGHUDWLRQRɤFLDO.XUW7XFKOHUWRXUHG3DOHVWLQHWRJHWKHUIRUVL[PRQWKVLQRUGHUWR DVVHVVWKHSURJUHVVRIWKH-HZLVKFRORQL]DWLRQHɣRUWV Von Mildenstein wrote a series of twelve illustrated articles for the important Nazi paper, SXEOLVKHGE\-RVHSK*RHEEHOV'HU$QJULɣ in late 1934 under the heading A Nazi Travels to 3DOHVWLQH7KHDUWLFOHVH[SUHVVHGJUHDWDGPLUDWLRQIRUWKHSLRQHHULQJVSLULWDQGDFKLHYHPHQWV RIWKH-HZLVKVHWWOHUV³$-HZLVKKRPHODQGLQ3DOHVWLQH´YRQ0LOGHQVWHLQZURWH³SRLQWHG WKHZD\WRFXULQJDFHQWXULHVORQJZRXQGRQWKHERG\RIWKHZRUOGWKH-HZLVKTXHVWLRQ´

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7KHRɤFLDO66QHZVSDSHUDas Schwarze Korps, proclaimed its support for Zionism in a 0D\IURQWSDJHHGLWRULDO³7KHWLPHPD\QRWEHWRRIDURɣZKHQ3DOHVWLQHZLOODJDLQEH DEOHWRUHFHLYHLWVVRQVZKRKDYHEHHQORVWWRLWIRUPRUHWKDQDWKRXVDQG\HDUV2XUJRRG ZLVKHVWRJHWKHUZLWKRɤFLDOJRRGZLOOJRZLWKWKHP´ 9 The Six Million: Fact or Fiction? Section 4: Nazi Financial Assistance to Zionism: the “Haavara” Transfer Agreement The centerpiece of Nazi-Zionist cooperation was something called the “Transfer $JUHHPHQW´DSDFWWKDWHQDEOHGWHQVRIWKRXVDQGVRI*HUPDQ-HZVWRPLJUDWHWR3DOHVWLQH ZLWKWKHLUZHDOWK 7KH$JUHHPHQWDOVRNQRZQDVWKH+DDYDUD +HEUHZIRU³WUDQVIHU´ ZDVFRQFOXGHGLQ $XJXVW  IROORZLQJ WDONV EHWZHHQ *HUPDQ RɤFLDOV DQG &KDLP $UORVRURɣ 3ROLWLFDO 6HFUHWDU\RIWKH-HZLVK$JHQF\WKH3DOHVWLQHFHQWHURIWKH:RUOG=LRQLVW2UJDQL]DWLRQ 7KURXJKWKLVDUUDQJHPHQWHDFK-HZERXQGIRU3DOHVWLQHGHSRVLWHGPRQH\LQDVSHFLDO DFFRXQW LQ *HUPDQ\ 7KH PRQH\ ZDV XVHG WR SXUFKDVH *HUPDQPDGH DJULFXOWXUDO WRROV EXLOGLQJ PDWHULDOV SXPSV IHUWLOL]HU DQG VR IRUWK ZKLFK ZHUH H[SRUWHG WR 3DOHVWLQH DQG VROGWKHUHE\WKH-HZLVKRZQHG+DDYDUDFRPSDQ\LQ7HO$YLY0RQH\IURPWKHVDOHVZDV given to the Jewish emigrant upon his arrival in Palestine in an amount corresponding to his GHSRVLWLQ*HUPDQ\*HUPDQJRRGVSRXUHGLQWR3DOHVWLQHWKURXJKWKH+DDYDUDZKLFKZDV VXSSOHPHQWHGDVKRUWWLPHODWHUZLWKDEDUWHUDJUHHPHQWE\ZKLFK3DOHVWLQHRUDQJHVZHUH H[FKDQJHGIRU*HUPDQWLPEHUDXWRPRELOHVDJULFXOWXUDOPDFKLQHU\DQGRWKHUJRRGV 7KH$JUHHPHQWWKXVVHUYHGWKH=LRQLVWDLPRIEULQJLQJ-HZLVKVHWWOHUVDQGGHYHORSPHQW capital to Palestine, while simultaneously serving the German goal of freeing the country of DQXQZDQWHGDOLHQJURXS +LWOHUSHUVRQDOO\UHYLHZHGWKHSROLF\LQ-XO\DQG6HSWHPEHUDQGDJDLQLQ-DQXDU\ DQGHDFKWLPHGHFLGHGWRPDLQWDLQWKH+DDYDUDDUUDQJHPHQW7KHJRDORIUHPRYLQJ -HZVIURP*HUPDQ\KHFRQFOXGHGMXVWL¿HGWKHGUDZEDFNVZKLFKLQFOXGHGDOLHQDWLQJWKH $UDEZRUOG %HORZ$1D]L=LRQLVW+DDYDUDFHUWL¿FDWHLVVXHGLQ+HEUHZDQGLQ(QJOLVK

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Below: The organized Jewish boycott is announced in London, 1933, using the same headline as in the 'DLO\([SUHVV

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CHAPTER 2: THE NUMBER OF JEWS UNDER NAZI CONTROL

Section 9: There Were 4.5 Million Jews under Direct Nazi Control ,IWKHUHZDVRQHJURXSZKLFKZRXOGKDYHEHHQLQWHUHVWHGLQHVWDEOLVKLQJH[DFWO\KRZPDQ\ -HZVZHUHXQGHU*HUPDQFRQWUROLWZRXOGKDYHEHHQWKH1D]LVWKHPVHOYHV ,QWKLVUHJDUGWKHRɤFLDO*HUPDQUHFRUGVRɣHUDQDVWRQLVKLQJLQVLJKW7KH1D]LVHVWLPDWHG WKDWWKHPD[LPXPQXPEHURI-HZVXQGHUWKHLUFRQWURODWWKH5HLFK¶VKHLJKWZDVQRPRUH WKDQPLOOLRQ²DQGWKH\ZRXOGKDYHKDGQRSDUWLFXODUUHDVRQWROLHRUH[DJJHUDWH Below: Page 6 from the minutes of the Wannsee Conference, detailing how many Jews ZHUHLQDOORI(XURSH PLOOLRQ DQGKRZPDQ\ZHUHXQGHU*HUPDQFRQWURO  PLOOLRQ 6HFWLRQ³$´LVWKHOLVWXQGHU*HUPDQFRQWURODQGVHFWLRQ³%´LVQRWXQGHU*HUPDQ control.

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Section 13: Jewish Holocaust Scholar Raul Hilberg Reduces Total Death Toll to 2.8 Million—but Media Still use the “Six Million Dead” Figure 5DXO +LOEHUJ GLHG   ZDV DQ $XVWULDQERUQ -HZ FRQVLGHUHG WR EH WKH ZRUOG¶V preeminent scholar of the Holocaust, famous for his three-volume, 1,273-page The Destruction RIWKH(XURSHDQ-HZV $FFRUGLQJWR+LOEHUJDVTXRWHGLQDQDUWLFOHZULWWHQE\KLPVHOILQWKH0LFURVRIW (QFDUWD(QF\FORSHGLD under the heading Holocaust, the six camps, their means of killing, DQGWKHLUWRWDOQXPEHURIYLFWLPVZDVDVIROORZV &KHOPQRKDGJDVYDQVDQGLWVGHDWKWROOZDV %HO]HFKDGFDUERQPRQR[LGHJDVFKDPEHUVLQZKLFK-HZVZHUHNLOOHG 6RELEyU¶VJDVFKDPEHUVDFFRXQWHGIRUGHDG 7UHEOLQND¶VIRUWR $W 0DMGDQHN VRPH  ZHUH JDVVHG RU VKRW DQG LQ $XVFKZLW] WKH -HZLVK GHDG WRWDOHGPRUHWKDQPLOOLRQ 5DXO+LOEHUJ³+RORFDXVW´0LFURVRIW(QFDUWD(QF\FORSHGLD  7KLVRQO\DFFRXQWVIRUPLOOLRQGHDG,I+LOEHUJ¶V¿JXUHVDUHFRUUHFWWKHQWKH QXPEHURIVL[PLOOLRQGHDGGURSVE\WKLVIRUHPRVW-HZLVK³H[SHUW´E\PRUHWKDQKDOI

25 The Six Million: Fact or Fiction? +LOEHUJRɣHUVQRH[SODQDWLRQIRUWKHIDFWWKDWWKH1XUHPEHUJWULDOV ERWK+|WWODQG+|VV  FODLPHG¿JXUHVWZLFHDVODUJH RULQ$XVFKZLW]¶VFDVHIRXUWLPHVDVODUJH 0RUHGLVWXUELQJO\ QRDWWHPSWLVHYHUPDGHWRFRUUHFWWKHVWLOOTXRWHG¿JXUHRIVL[PLOOLRQZKLFKLVVRSRSXODU ZLWKWKHPHGLDWRWKLVGD\DQGZKLFKKDVEHHQUHSHDWHGVRRIWHQWKDWLWKDVEHFRPHDQDUWLFOH RIIDLWK +LOEHUJZKRVSHQW\HDUVVWXG\LQJWKH+RORFDXVWDQGWKHVXEVHTXHQW1XUHPEHUJWULDOV KDVRIWHQFKDQJHGKLVHVWLPDWHV ,Q  KH WROG D &DQDGLDQ FRXUW WKDW ¿YH PLOOLRQ -HZV ZHUH NLOOHG GXULQJ WKH ZDU VXEVWDQWLDOO\KLJKHUWKDQKLVHVWLPDWHRIPLOOLRQ ³6FLHQWL¿FHYLGHQFHRI+RORFDXVW PLVVLQJ´7KH6DXOW6WDU6DXOW6WH0DULH2QWDULR-DQXDU\ 

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26 &KDSWHU7KH1XPEHU2I-HZV8QGHU1D]L&RQWURO 6HFWLRQ$XVFKZLW]³'HDWK7ROO´2ɤFLDOO\5HGXFHGE\0LOOLRQ²EXW the “Six Million” Figure Remains! ,Q-XO\WKH$XVFKZLW]0XVHXPGUDPDWLFDOO\DQQRXQFHGWKDWWKH³DFWXDO´QXPEHU of deaths in the camp were nowhere near the four million initially claimed, and that the real ¿JXUHZDVD³PLOOLRQ´ 6HHLQWHUDOLD³$XVFKZLW]'HDWKV5HGXFHGWRD0LOOLRQ´Daily Telegraph-XO\ “Poland Reduces Auschwitz Death Toll Estimate to 1 Million,” The Washington Times, July 

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Section 16: The Korherr Report—Only 9,127 Jews in Camps as of December 1942 $QRWKHU IDYRULWH VWDQGE\ RI WKH +RORFDXVW VWRU\WHOOHUV LV WKH IDPRXV ³.RUKHUU 5HSRUW´ ZKLFKLWLVFODLPHGZDVDUHSRUWGUDZQXSE\WKHFKLHILQVSHFWRURIWKHVWDWLVWLFDOEXUHDXRI WKH66'U5LFKDUG.RUKHUU³RQWKHSURJUHVVRIWKH+RORFDXVW´XSXQWLO'HFHPEHU$ VXSSOHPHQWDOUHSRUWFRYHUHGWKH¿UVWTXDUWHURI A reading of the full Korherr Report reveals however that there is no mention of gas FKDPEHUVRUH[WHUPLQDWLRQ 6LJQL¿FDQWO\WKHUHSRUWVSHFL¿HGKRZPDQ\-HZVKDGEHHQGHWDLQHGLQDOOFRQFHQWUDWLRQ FDPSVRYHUWKHWHQ\HDUSHULRGIURPWRDVEHLQJZKLOHRQO\-HZVZHUH LQWKHFDPSVLQ'HFHPEHU 7KHUHSRUWFDOFXODWHGWKDWIURPWR'HFHPEHUWKHQXPEHURI-HZVLQ(XURSH KDGIDOOHQE\PLOOLRQ.RUKHUUDVFULEHGWKLVIDOOWR³HPLJUDWLRQSDUWLDOO\GXHWRWKHH[FHVV mortality of the Jews in Central and Western Europe, partially due to the evacuations 29 The Six Million: Fact or Fiction? especially in the more strongly populated Eastern Territories, which are here counted as RQJRLQJ´ %HORZ3DJHRIWKH.RUKHUU5HSRUWZKLFKUHYHDOHGWKDWDVDW'HFHPEHUWKHUH ZHUHRQO\-HZVLQWHUQHGLQDOOWKHFRQFHQWUDWLRQFDPSV

30 &KDSWHU7KH1XPEHU2I-HZV8QGHU1D]L&RQWURO After the war, Korherr denied all knowledge of the Holocaust, saying that he had “only KHDUGDERXWH[WHUPLQDWLRQVDIWHUWKHFROODSVHLQ´ (UQVW.OHH3HUVRQHQOH[LNRQ]XP 'ULWWHQ5HLFK$NWXDOLVLHUWH$XVJDEH)UDQNIXUW06  In a letter he sent to the German magazine Der Spiegel in July 1977, Korherr also protested against the misinterpretation given to the words “special treatment,” writing: ³, PXVW SURWHVW DJDLQVW WKH ZRUG µGLHG¶ LQ WKLV FRQWH[W ,W ZDV WKH YHU\ ZRUG µ6RQGHUEHKDQGOXQJ¶>µVSHFLDOWUHDWPHQW¶@WKDWOHGPHWRFDOOWKH56+$E\SKRQHDQGDVN ZKDWWKLVZRUGPHDQW,ZDVJLYHQWKHDQVZHUWKDWWKHVHZHUH-HZVZKRZHUHVHWWOHGLQWKH /XEOLQGLVWULFW´ Der Spiegel,1U-XOL6  7KHUHLVWKXVQRWKLQJLQWKH.RUKHUU5HSRUWZKLFKFRXOGVXEVWDQWLDWHWKH³+RORFDXVW´ OHJHQG On the contrary, the revelation that there were only 9,127 Jews in all the concentration FDPSVDVRI'HFHPEHU LQFOXGLQJWKHFDPSVLQ3RODQG VHUYHVDVDGHYDVWDWLQJLQGLFWPHQW DJDLQVWWKH+RORFDXVWP\WK

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CHAPTER 3: COMMONLY USED LIES AND DISTORTIONS

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Section 19: What was Really Said at the Wannsee Conference in 1942 The Holocaust storytellers maintain that a conference was held at a Wannsee villa outside %HUOLQLQ-DQXDU\DWZKLFKWKH³¿QDOVROXWLRQ´ZDVSODQQHG 7KHPLQXWHVWRWKH:DQQVHH&RQIHUHQFHVXUYLYHGWKHZDULQIXOODQGDUHSXEOLFO\DYDLODEOH DWWKH:DQQVHH9LOODPXVHXPDQGHOVHZKHUH A reading of the Wannsee Minutes shows the following: ±1RZKHUHLQWKHPHHWLQJ¶VPLQXWHVLVJHQRFLGHGLVFXVVHGSODQQHGSURSRVHGRUHYHQ VXJJHVWHG ±7KH:DQQVHH&RQIHUHQFHQHYHUGLVFXVVHGJDVFKDPEHUVVKRRWLQJVRUDQ\RIWKHFODLPV PDGHDIWHUWKHZDU ±7KH:DQQVHH0LQXWHVUHSRUWHGWKDWWKHUHZHUHRQO\PLOOLRQ-HZVXQGHU*HUPDQ FRQWURO \HWPLOOLRQ-HZLVKFRPSHQVDWLRQFODLPVKDYHEHHQORGJHGDJDLQVWWKHSRVWZDU *HUPDQJRYHUQPHQW  ± 7KH :DQQVHH &RQIHUHQFH ZDV D SODQQLQJ PHHWLQJ RQ KRZ (XURSH¶V -HZV VKRXOG EH GHSRUWHGYLDWUDQVLWFDPSVWRWKH(DVWZLWKDEOHERGLHG-HZVEHLQJIRUFHGWREXLOGURDGV DQGRWKHUODERULQWHQVLYHWDVNVLQWKRVHUHJLRQV ± 7KH :DQQVHH &RQIHUHQFH DOVR PDGH DOORZDQFH IRU VSHFL¿F H[FHSWLRQV WR -HZLVK HYDFXDWLRQVXFKDV-HZLVK*HUPDQ:RUOG:DU,YHWHUDQVDOO-HZVRYHUWKHDJHRIDQG DOO-HZVZRUNLQJLQLQGXVWULHVYLWDOWRWKH*HUPDQZDUHɣRUWWREHUHOHDVHGIURPWKHWKUHDW RIHYDFXDWLRQDQGEHDOORZHGWRVWD\LQ*HUPDQ\ 7KHUHLVWKHUHIRUHQRMXVWL¿FDWLRQIRUWKHDOOHJDWLRQWKDWWKH:DQQVHH&RQIHUHQFHZDVD 34 &KDSWHU&RPPRQO\8VHG/LHV$QG'LVWRUWLRQV ³PDVWHUSODQIRUPDVVPXUGHU´DQGWKHPHGLD+RORFDXVWLQVWLWXWLRQVDQGUHIHUHQFHERRNV ZKLFKFODLPWKLVDUHVLPSO\O\LQJ Many of the Holocaust “experts” actually admit that there is no plan for mass murder in WKH:DQQVHH0LQXWHVDQGWU\WRH[SODLQWKLV³SUREOHP´DZD\E\VWDWLQJWKDW³FRGHZRUGV´ ZHUHLQVWHDGXVHGVXFKDV³/DERUDVVLJQPHQWLQWKH(DVW´DQGVRRQ7KHUHLVRIFRXUVH DEVROXWHO\QRMXVWL¿FDWLRQIRUDQ\RIWKHVHFODLPV

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35 The Six Million: Fact or Fiction? Titled “Nazi Scheme Not Born at Wannsee, Israeli Holocaust Scholar Claims,” the JTA report continued: /RQGRQ -7$ ²$Q,VUDHOL+RORFDXVWVFKRODUKDVGHEXQNHGWKH:DQQVHH&RQIHUHQFH DWZKLFKWRS1D]LRɤFLDOVDUHVDLGWRKDYHJDWKHUHGDWDYLOODLQD%HUOLQVXEXUELQWR GUDZWKHEOXHSULQWVRIWKH³)LQDO6ROXWLRQ´ $FFRUGLQJWR3URI

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Section 22: Hitler’s 1939 Reichstag “Threat to the Jews” Speech 2QHRIWKHPRVWFRPPRQFODLPVRI³SURRI´RIWKH+RORFDXVWLVDVSHHFKJLYHQE\$GROI +LWOHUEHIRUHWKH*HUPDQ5HLFKVWDJLQ 7KLVVSHHFKLVXVHGWRFDPRXÀDJHWKHIDFWWKDWWKHUHDUHQRZULWWHQRUGHUVIURP+LWOHU DXWKRUL]LQJRULQVWUXFWLQJ-HZVWREHNLOOHG²DQLVVXHZKLFKKDVORQJSHUSOH[HGWKRVHZKR 36 &KDSWHU&RPPRQO\8VHG/LHV$QG'LVWRUWLRQV EHOLHYHWKHH[WHUPLQDWLRQVWRU\7KHH[DFWZRUGVGHOLYHUHGE\+LWOHURQ-DQXDU\ read as follows: “If International Financial Jewry within and outside Europe should succeed in plunging WKHQDWLRQVRQFHDJDLQLQWRDZRUOGZDUWKHQWKHUHVXOWZLOOQRWEHWKHEROVKHYLVDWLRQRI HDUWKDQGWKHUHE\WKHYLFWRU\RI-HZU\EXWWKHGHVWUXFWLRQRIWKH-HZLVKUDFHLQ(XURSH´ :HQQ HV GHP LQWHUQDWLRQDOHQ )LQDQ]MXGHQWXP LQ XQG DX‰HUKDOE (XURSDV JHOLQJHQ VROOWH GLH 9|ONHU QRFK HLQPDO LQ HLQHQ :HOWNULHJ ]X VWU]HQ GDQQ ZLUG GDV (UJHEQLV nicht die Bolschewisierung der Erde und damit der Sieg des Judentums sein, sondern die 9HUQLFKWXQJGHUMGLVFKHQ5DVVHLQ(XURSD %HORZ+LWOHUVSHDNVWRWKH5HLFKVWDJ-DQXDU\

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39 The Six Million: Fact or Fiction? the contrary, the personal correspondence of the leader of the SS in fact underlined the Nazi SROLF\RIIRUFLQJWKH-HZVWROHDYH*HUPDQ\

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There, under cross examination, Ohlendorf claimed that his Task Force had killed 90,000 SHRSOH-HZVDQGQRQFRPEDWDQWVWKDWIURPWKH6SULQJRIZRPHQDQGFKLOGUHQKDG EHHQH[HFXWHGLQ³JDVYDQV´WKDWWKHYLFWLPVZHUHDOOEXULHGLQWUHQFKHVDQGWKDWKHKDG SHUVRQDOO\EHHQSUHVHQWDWWZRPDVVVKRRWLQJV Despite this “confession,” Ohlendorf was not charged with any crime until 1948, when he ZDVDUUDLJQHGDVDGHIHQGDQWLQWKH(LQVDW]JUXSSHQ7ULDOPHQWLRQHGDERYH $WWKHWULDOKHFRPSOHWHO\UHFDQWHGKLVFRQIHVVLRQFODLPLQJWKDWLWKDGEHHQ H[WUDFWHGIURPKLPE\IRUFH,QKLVUHFDQWDWLRQ2KOHQGRUIQHYHUPHQWLRQHGNLOOLQJFKLOGUHQ GHFODUHGWKDWWKH(LQVDW]JUXSSHQZHUHPHUHO\HQJDJHGLQ¿JKWLQJDQDQWLSDUWLVDQZDUWKDW KHNQHZQRWKLQJDERXWJDVYDQVDQGUHGXFHGWKHQXPEHURIH[HFXWLRQVXQGHUKLVFRPPDQG WR Furthermore, Ohlendorf continued, he denied any knowledge of, or participation in, any grand genocide plans, testifying as follows: >2KOHQGRUI'LUHFW([DPLQDWLRQ7HVWLPRQ\4XHVWLRQVSRVHGE\KLVGHIHQVHODZ\HU'U $VFKHQDXHU@ 4'LG\RXNQRZDERXWSODQVRUGLUHFWLYHVZKLFKKDGDVWKHLUJRDOWKHH[WHUPLQDWLRQRQ racial and religious grounds? $ , H[SUHVVO\ DVVXUH \RX WKDW , QHLWKHU NQHZ RI VXFK SODQV QRU ZDV , FDOOHG RQ WR FRRSHUDWH LQ DQ\ VXFK SODQV /LHXWHQDQW *HQHUDO >2EHUJUXSSHQIKUHU@ %DFK=HOHZVNL WHVWL¿HGGXULQJWKHELJWULDO>EHIRUHWKH,QWHUQDWLRQDO0LOLWDU\7ULEXQDO@WKDWWKH5HLFK 55 The Six Million: Fact or Fiction? Leader SS in a secret conference of all lieutenant generals made known that the goal was WRH[WHUPLQDWHWKLUW\PLOOLRQ6ODYV,UHSHDWWKDW,ZDVQHLWKHUJLYHQVXFKDQRUGHUQRUZDV there even the slightest hint, given to me that such plans or goals existed for the Russian FDPSDLJQ7KLVLVQRWRQO\WUXHIRUWKH6ODYVEXWWKLVLVDOVRWUXHIRUWKH-HZV,NQRZWKDWLQ WKH\HDUVRIDQGQRH[WHUPLQDWLRQSODQVH[LVWHGEXWRQWKHFRQWUDU\ZLWK WKHDLGRI+H\GULFKDQGE\FRRSHUDWLRQZLWK-HZLVKRUJDQL]DWLRQVHPLJUDWLRQSURJUDPV IURP*HUPDQ\DQG$XVWULDZHUHDUUDQJHG¿QDQFLDOIXQGVHYHQZHUHUDLVHGLQRUGHUWR KHOSDLGWKHSRRUHU-HZVWRPDNHWKLVHPLJUDWLRQSRVVLEOH 7KH SUHVLGLQJ MXGJH DW WKH  WULDO UHMHFWHG 2KOHQGRUI¶V UHFDQWDWLRQ DQG UHIXVHG WR FRQVLGHULWDVHYLGHQFH²HɣHFWLYHO\FRQYLFWLQJ2KOHQGRUIDQGWKHRWKHUVRQWKHEDVLVRIWKH HDUOLHU³FRQIHVVLRQ´ZKLFKKDGEHHQH[WUDFWHGXQGHUGXUHVV 2KOHQGRUIH[SUHVVHGKLVELWWHUQHVVDWWKHUHIXVDOWRDFNQRZOHGJHWKDWKLVHDUOLHU³FRQIHVVLRQ´ KDGEHHQIRUFHGIURPKLPDQGLQKLVFORVLQJVWDWHPHQWWRWKHWULDOVDLGWKHIROORZLQJ ³,KDYHEHHQQRZLQWKH3DODFHRI-XVWLFHLQ1XUHPEHUJIRUWZRDQGDKDOI\HDUV:KDW I have seen here of life as a spiritual force, in these two and half years, has increased my IHDU+XPDQEHLQJVZKRXQGHUQRUPDOFRQGLWLRQVZHUHGHFHQWFLWL]HQVRIWKHLUFRXQWU\ ZHUHGHSULYHGRIWKHLUEDVLFFRQFHSWLRQRIODZFXVWRPDQGPRUDOVE\WKHSRZHURIWKH YLFWRUV´ $IWHUKHZDVVHQWHQFHGWRGHDWK²RQWKHEDVLVRIKLVIRUFHGFRQIHVVLRQDQGQRRWKHUSK\VLFDO HYLGHQFH²2KOHQGRUIZHQWLQWRDWWDFNPRGHWHOOLQJWKH-HZLVKFKLHISURVHFXWRU%HQMDPLQ )HUHQF]WKDW³WKH-HZVLQ$PHULFDZRXOGVXɣHUIRUZKDWKH>)HUHQF]@KDGGRQH´ Nuremberg 7ULDOVDQG7ULEXODWLRQV±&KDSWHU%HQMDPLQ)HUHQF]  2KOHQGRUIDOVRSXEOLFO\DWWDFNHGWKH-HZLVKDWWRUQH\JHQHUDORIWKH³%DYDULDQ6WDWH2ɤFH IRU5HVWLWXWLRQ´3KLOLS$XHUEDFKZKRKDGDQQRXQFHGWKDWKHZDV³VHHNLQJFRPSHQVDWLRQ IRUHOHYHQPLOOLRQ-HZVZKRKDGVXɣHUHGLQFRQFHQWUDWLRQFDPSV´ +H VDLG WKDW ³QRW WKH PLQXWHVW SDUW´ RI WKH SHRSOH IRU ZKRP $XHUEDFK ZDV VHHNLQJ FRPSHQVDWLRQKDGHYHQVHHQDFRQFHQWUDWLRQFDPS 2KOHQGRUI OLYHG WR VHH $XHUEDFK FRQYLFWHG RI HPEH]]OHPHQW DQG IUDXG EHIRUH KLV RZQ H[HFXWLRQ¿QDOO\WRRNSODFHLQ 6HH6HFWLRQRIWKLVERRNIRUGHWDLOVRIWKH$XHUEDFK IUDXG

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Section 36: The Oswald Pohl “Confessions”— Example of the Nuremberg Miscarriage of Justice The trial, conviction, and execution of Oswald Pohl, the head of the SS-Wirtschafts- 9HUZDOWXQJVKDXSWDPW WKH(FRQRPLFDQG$GPLQLVWUDWLYH0DLQ2ɤFHRIWKH66DEEUHYLDWHG to SS-WVHA), which ran the administration of the concentration camps during the war, VHUYHVDVDWH[WERRNH[DPSOHRIWKHPLVFDUULDJHRIMXVWLFHZKLFKWRRNSODFHDWWKH1XUHPEHUJ 7ULDOV 3RKOZHQWLQWRKLGLQJDWWKHHQGRIWKHZDUDQGZDVRQO\FDSWXUHGLQ+HZDVWDNHQ WR1HQQGRUIZKHUH%ULWLVKVROGLHUVWLHGKLPWRDFKDLUDQGEHDWKLPXQFRQVFLRXV+HORVW WZRWHHWKLQUHSHDWHGEHDWLQJV /HJDOEULHIIRU2VZDOG3RKO*UXQG]JHGHV6\VWHPVGHU 57 The Six Million: Fact or Fiction? 'HXWVFKHQ.RQ]HQWUDWLRQVODJHUXQG%HPHUNXQJHQ]XP8UWHLOGHV0LOLWlUWULEXQDOV,,JHJHQ Oswald Pohl, SS± %HORZ2VZDOG3RKOERXQGDQGSKRWRJUDSKHGEHIRUHKLVH[HFXWLRQ7RUWXUHGLQWRPDNLQJ ³FRQIHVVLRQV´WKH$OOLHGMXGJHVUHIXVHGWRDFFHSWKLVUHWUDFWLRQVLQFRXUWDQGGHVSLWHWKHUH being no other evidence against him, issued the death sentence.

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Section 38: Bach-Zelewski Repudiates his “Confession” Bach-Zelewski remained free until 1958, when he was arrested for the 1930s murder of WZR&RPPXQLVWV'XULQJWKLVWULDO²ZKLFKEHJDQLQKHZDVFDOOHGDVGHIHQVHZLWQHVVLQ WKHWKHQRQJRLQJ$GROI(LFKPDQQWULDO 'XULQJWKDWWHVWLPRQ\%DFK=HOHZVNLUHSXGLDWHGDOORIKLV1XUHPEHUJWHVWLPRQ\WHOOLQJ the court that with regard to the alleged activities of the Einsatzgruppen that he had only come to hear of them “after the war”: “At that time I also heard of illegal activity on the part of these Special Operations 8QLWV,EHOLHYHWKDWDOOJHQHUDOVLQWKH(DVWNQHZDERXWWKLV ³%\LOOHJDODFWLYLW\,PHDQVKRRWLQJVE\WKH2SHUDWLRQV8QLWVZKLFKWRRNSODFHZLWKRXW DQ\EDVLVLQODZ,ZDVQRWLQIRUPHGDVWRWKHFRPSOHWHH[WHQWRIWKLVDFWLYLW\2QO\DIWHU WKHHQGRIWKH:DUGLG,EHFRPHDZDUHRIWKDW´ 5HFRUGWDNHQDWD&ORVHG6HVVLRQRIWKH &RXUWRI)LUVW,QVWDQFH1XUHPEHUJ0D\7HVWLPRQ\RI(ULFK9RQ'HP%DFK =HOHZVNL&RPSHWHQW&RXUWRI-XVWLFH1XUHPEHUJ)XHUWKJLYHQEHIRUH'U.QRUU-XGJH RI)LUVW,QVWDQFH %DFK=HOHZVNL¶VUHSXGLDWLRQRIDOOKLVHDUOLHU³HYLGHQFH´ZDVDFFHSWHGDQGKHZDVQHYHU prosecuted for anything else except the manslaughter of a handful of Communists during VWUHHWYLROHQFHLQWKHHDUO\V

60 CHAPTER 6: THE ADOLF EICHMANN TRIAL

Section 39: Eichmann Only Admitted Deporting Jews, Never Murdering Them The 1961 trial of Adolf Eichmann, an SS Lieutenant Colonel in charge of arranging the GHSRUWDWLRQRI-HZVWRWKHHDVWKDVDOVREHHQWRXWHGDV³FRQFOXVLYHHYLGHQFH´RIWKH+RORFDXVW $FWXDOO\DWKLVWULDO(LFKPDQQLQIDFWVSHFL¿FDOO\GHQLHGPXUGHULQJDQ\RQHDOWKRXJKKH did say that if anyone had died as a result of the deportations which he had arranged, then he ZRXOGKDYHEHHQLQGLUHFWO\UHVSRQVLEOH %HORZ$GROI(LFKPDQQRQWULDOLQ,VUDHO+HGHQLHGNLOOLQJDQ\ERG\DQGKLV³PHPRLUV´ have obviously been altered, as evidenced by gaping inconsistencies in their chronological narrative and blatantly false claims.

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CHAPTER 8: THE PSYCHOLOGY OF CONFESSIONS

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71 The Six Million: Fact or Fiction? %HORZ7KH6XFKRPHO³FRQIHVVLRQ´LQ&ODXGH/DQ]PDQQ¶V6KRDK¿OPPDGHZLWKDWOHDVW IRXUGLɣHUHQWFDPHUDDQJOHVDQGQRWMXVWWKH³RQHKLGGHQFDPHUDLQDEDJ´DVFODLPHG E\WKH¿OPSURGXFHU1RWHDOVRWKHGLVWLQFWLYHGLVWRUWLRQDQGKRUL]RQWDOVWULSHFDXVHGE\ ¿OPLQJRɣD79VFUHHQ,QIDFWWKHFXUYDWXUHRIWKHVFUHHQFDQEHVHHQLQWKHWRSOHIWKDQG VLGHRIWKH¿UVWLPDJH Below left: Camera angle 1: Set up behind Lanzmann (left) and Suchomel (right). %HORZULJKW&DPHUDDQJOH6XFKRPHOVWDQGLQJXSOHFWXUHVW\OHKROGLQJDSRLQWHUQH[W to a handily-set up board with a supposed map of Treblinka—an unlikely arrangement IRUDQLQWHUYLHZWKDWZDVQRWHYHQVXSSRVHGWREH¿OPHG

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CHAPTER 9: “DEATH CAMPS” VERSUS “LABOR CAMPS”

Section 46: Only Six Alleged “Extermination Camps” to “Kill Millions” 2QHRIWKHELJJHVWPLVFRQFHSWLRQVZKLFKLVDYLGO\SURPRWHGE\WKH+RORFDXVWVWRU\WHOOHUV LVWKDWWKHUHZHUHDODUJHQXPEHURI*HUPDQFRQFHQWUDWLRQFDPSVZKLFKKDGEHHQVHWXS VSHFL¿FDOO\ZLWKWKHSXUSRVHRIJDVVLQJ-HZVDQGRWKHUSHRSOH7KLVYLHZLVVWLOOZLGHO\KHOG DQGUHSHDWHGE\WKHPHGLDDGQDXVHDPVRLWFRPHVDVDVKRFNIRUPDQ\SHRSOHXQIDPLOLDUZLWK the topic to discover that it is claimed that there were only six camps which were designated DV³H[WHUPLQDWLRQFDPSV´ %HORZ$PDSVKRZLQJWKHORFDWLRQRIWKHPRVWIDPRXV1D]LFRQFHQWUDWLRQFDPSV ,QLWLDOO\LWZDVFODLPHGWKDWDOOWKHFDPSVZHUH³GHDWKFDPSV´EXWQRZDGD\VLWLV FODLPHGWKDWWKHRQO\³H[WHUPLQDWLRQFHQWHUV´ZHUHORFDWHGLQ3RODQG

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CHAPTER 10: AUSCHWITZ

Section 47: Auschwitz Founded as a POW Camp for Polish Soldiers in 1940 0HGLDFRYHUDJHKDVHQVXUHGWKDW$XVFKZLW]KDVEHFRPHFHQWUDOWRWKHHQWLUH+RORFDXVW VWRU\DQGPDVVJDVVLQJV²WKHFDPSKDVEHFRPHWKHHPERGLPHQWRIWKH+RORFDXVW7KH¿UVW camp at Auschwitz was called Auschwitz I, and was started as a prisoner of war camp to hold VRPH3ROLVKVROGLHUVFDSWXUHGGXULQJWKHFDPSDLJQRI &DSWDLQ5XGROI+|VVZDVVHQWWR$XVFKZLW]WRRSHQWKHFDPSLQ$SULODQGZLWKLQRQH PRQWKKHKDGFRQYHUWHGDQXPEHURIGLODSLGDWHGIRUPHUEDUUDFNVVHWDURXQGDODUJHVTXDUH XVHGIRUWKHEUHDNLQJRIKRUVHVLQWRDSDVVDEOHSULVRQFDPS,WLVWKLVFDPSZKLFKKDVWKH LQIDPRXV³$UEHLW0DFKW)UHL´ /DERULV)UHHGRP VLJQZKLFKKDVEHFRPHD+RORFDXVWLFRQ $XVFKZLW]ZDVWKHQVHOHFWHGDVDPDMRULQGXVWULDOVLWHIRUDODUJH,*)DUEHQFHQWHUDQGDQ RLOIURPFRDO%XQDUXEEHUIDFWRU\/DERUIRUWKHVHLQGXVWULHVZDVVXSSOLHGIURPWKHSULVRQ SRSXODWLRQDQGVRRQ+|VVIRXQGKLPVHOIZLWKDFDPSSRSXODWLRQLQH[FHVVRI7KH LQFUHDVHLQWKHFDPSVL]HEURXJKWDGGLWLRQDOSUREOHPVIRU+|VV¶VDGPLQLVWUDWLRQLQFOXGLQJ WKHLVVXHRIFRQWUROOLQJGLVHDVHDPRQJVWWKHUDSLGO\H[SDQGLQJSULVRQSRSXODWLRQ %HORZ7KH/D\RXWRIWKH$XVFKZLW]FDPSFRPSOH[LQ7KH+RORFDXVW6WRU\WHOOHUV FODLPWKDWDOOWKH³PDVVJDVVLQJV´ZHUHFDUULHGRXWLQWKH$XVFKZLW],DQG,, %LUNHQDX  FDPSV7KH$XVFKZLW],,, 0RQRZLW] DQGWKHQXPHURXVRWKHUVXEFDPSVDUHJHQHUDOO\ LJQRUHGLQWKH³PDVVPXUGHU´QDUUDWLYHVEHFDXVHWKH\UHYHDOWKHWUXHSXUSRVHRIWKH FDPSFRPSOH[DPDVVLYHLQGXVWULDOFHQWHUZKLFKXVHGIRUFHGODERUVXSSOLHGIURPWKH camps.

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Section 50: Auschwitz II: Architect’s Plans Show No “Gas Chambers” 7KH+RORFDXVWVWRU\WHOOHUVWKHQFODLPHGWKDWWKHELJJDVFKDPEHUVZHUHDFWXDOO\ORFDWHGLQ WKHVHFRQGFDPSDW$XVFKZLW]EXLOWFORVHWRWKH$XVFKZLW],RQDVLWHFDOOHG%LUNHQDX The Auschwitz II camp was originally constructed to house Russian prisoners-of-war ZKRZRUNHGDVODERUHUVLQWKHLQGXVWULDOFRPSOH[FDOOHG$XVFKZLW]0RQRZLW] ZKHUHWKH ,*)DUEHQIDFWRU\ZDVORFDWHG +HUHLWLVFODLPHGQROHVVWKDQIRXUODUJHJDVFKDPEHUV ZHUHEXLOWDVSDUWRID³NLOOLQJFRPSOH[´DQGEHJDQRSHUDWLRQVLQ0DUFK7KH+RORFDXVW 83 The Six Million: Fact or Fiction? VWRU\WHOOHUVFODLPWKDWWKHWZRRIWKHJDVFKDPEHUVDW&UHPDWRULD,,DQG,,,ZHUHORFDWHG XQGHUJURXQGQH[WWRWKHEXLOGLQJKRXVLQJWKHRYHQVZKLOHWKHRWKHUWZRDWFUHPDWRULD,9 DQG9ZHUHVLWXDWHGDERYHJURXQG 7KHRULJLQDO*HUPDQDUFKLWHFWXUDOEXLOGLQJSODQVIRU$XVFKZLW],,KDYHVXUYLYHGDQGDUH RQGLVSOD\DWWKHFDPSPXVHXPWRWKHSUHVHQWGD\ %HORZ7KHRULJLQDO*HUPDQDUFKLWHFWXUDOEXLOGLQJSODQVIRU&UHPDWRULXP,,DWWKH $XVFKZLW]%LUNHQDXFDPSRQSXEOLFGLVSOD\LQWKHFDPSPXVHXPWRGD\$FFRUGLQJWR this original plan, there is no gas chamber. It is claimed that the underground structures, PDUNHGYHU\FOHDUO\DVPRUWXDULHV ³OHLFKHQNHOOHUV´ ZHUHXVHGDVJDVFKDPEHUV

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Section 53: Delousing Chambers Used in All Camps 7KHUHZHUH³UHDOJDVFKDPEHUV´DWDOOWKHFDPSV$XVFKZLW]LQFOXGHG7KHVHFKDPEHUVZHUH QRWEXLOWRUXVHGWRNLOOSHRSOHEXWZHUHDFWXDOO\VPDOODLUWLJKWFKDPEHUVXVXDOO\QRODUJHU WKDQELJFXSERDUGVLQZKLFKSULVRQHUFORWKHVZHUHGHORXVHGZLWK=\NORQ% ZKLFKZDVDQG VWLOOLVWRWKLVSUHVHQWGD\VROGXQGHUWKDWEUDQGQDPHDVDQLQVHFWLFLGH 7KHVHGHORXVLQJ FKDPEHUVZHUHXVHGLQDOOWKH1D]LFDPSVLQFOXGLQJWKRVHLQ*HUPDQ\DQG3RODQG$VD UHVXOW=\NORQ%ZDVGLVWULEXWHGWRDOOFDPSVLQFOXGLQJWKRVHQRWFODLPHGDV³H[WHUPLQDWLRQ FHQWHUV´ 87 The Six Million: Fact or Fiction? $OO1D]LGRFXPHQWDWLRQUHODWLQJWR³JDVVLQJHTXLSPHQW´ZKLFKKDVEHHQIRXQGLQFDPS UHFRUGVUHIHUVVSHFL¿FDOO\WRWKHGHORXVLQJFKDPEHUVDQGLWKDVEHHQRQHRIWKHPRVWGLVKRQHVW WULFNVSOD\HGE\WKH+RORFDXVWVWRU\WHOOHUVWRSURɣHUWKHVHFRPSOHWHO\LQQRFHQWGRFXPHQWVDV ³SURRI´RIKRPLFLGH $UFKLWHFWXUDOSODQVIRUGHORXVLQJFKDPEHUVH[LVW EXWDUHQHYHUVKRZQDVWKH³FKDPEHUV´ DUHIDUWRRVPDOOWREHKDYHEHHQXVHGDV³PDVVJDVVLQJIDFLOLWLHV´  There are also invoices for airtight doors, gas masks, Zyklon-B, extractor fans, clothing UDFNVDQGRWKHUVXSSOLHVHVVHQWLDOWRGHORXVLQJSURFHGXUHV'HVSLWHWKHFOHDUDQGREYLRXV OLQN EHWZHHQ WKHVH LWHPV DQG WKH GHORXVLQJ FKDPEHUV WKH +RORFDXVW VWRU\WHOOHUV KDYH GHOLEHUDWHO\SUHVHQWHGVXFKGRFXPHQWDWLRQDV³HYLGHQFH´RIKRPLFLGDOJDVFKDPEHUV 7KH*HUPDQVZHUHDZDUHWKDWOLFHLQIHVWDWLRQVPHDQWWKHRXWEUHDNRIWKHGHDGO\GLVHDVH W\SKXVDQGWKDWLIWKDWGLVHDVHWRRNKROGLWFRXOGHDVLO\NLOOWKHLUSUHFLRXVODERUIRUFH7KH\ WKHUHIRUHWRRNJUHDWSUHFDXWLRQVWRSUHYHQWWKHRXWEUHDNRIW\SKXVZKLFKLQFOXGHGUHJXODU GLVLQIHFWLRQVRIWKHFDPSEDUUDFNV %HORZ$SRVWHUZLWKZRUGLQJLQ*HUPDQDQG3ROLVKGLVWULEXWHGDW$XVFKZLW]IRUWKH LQPDWHVZKLFKZDUQVWKDW³2QH/RXVHLV

Auschwitz had a complex and well developed delousing system, consisting of a sophisticated series of larger disinfestation rooms called “autoclaves,” which used steam to kill lice in FORWKLQJ 7KHDXWRFODYHVZHUHUHPDUNDEO\HɤFLHQWDQGZHUHREYLRXVO\WKHVRXUFHRIIDUIHWFKHG DOOHJDWLRQVLQVRPH+RORFDXVWVWRU\WHOOHUERRNVRI³H[HFXWLRQVLQVWHDPFKDPEHUV´ZKLFK RFFDVLRQDOO\PDNHWKHURXQGV 'LUW\ FORWKHV ZHUH RQ D KDQJHU UDFN DQG WKHQ UROOHG LQWR RQH HQG RI WKH GRXEOHGRRU DXWRFODYH2QFHWKHFORWKHVKDGEHHQGLVLQIHFWHGWKHUDFNZDVUROOHGRXWRQWKH³FOHDQVLGH´ RIWKHDXWRFODYHZLWKWKHGLYLVLRQEHLQJQHFHVVDU\WRHQVXUHWKDWLQIHVWHGFORWKLQJGLGQRW FRPHLQWRFRQWDFWZLWKWKHFOHDQFORWKHV7KHLGHDWKDWWKH1D]LVZRXOGJRWKURXJKVRPXFK WURXEOHWRNHHS-HZLVKSULVRQHUV¶FORWKHVFOHDQLQ$XVFKZLW]LVFRPSOHWHO\DWRGGVZLWKWKH FODLPWKDWWKH\ZHUHVLPXOWDQHRXVO\WU\LQJWRNLOOPLOOLRQVRI-HZV

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89 The Six Million: Fact or Fiction? %HORZ$EDWWHU\RIWKUHHDXWRFODYHVVKRZLQJSULVRQHUVDWZRUNLQWKHFDPS7KHVWHDP arrived through the light colored pipe above the autoclaves, and the dark pipe connected WKHSUHVVXUHYHVVHOWRWKHKRWZDWHUWDQNV$QHOHFWULFPRWRUHQDEOHGWKHVWHDPWREH rapidly evacuated at the end of the cycle (to the left of each autoclave). On the table a SULVRQHULV¿OOLQJLQWKHRSHUDWLQJUHSRUWDQGWKHUHLVDFORFNIRUWLPLQJWKHVWHULOL]DWLRQ cycle. The two short rails in front of each autoclave are to receive the trolley carrying the HɣHFWVWREHGLVLQIHFWHG1RWHDOVRWKHKHDOWK\FRQGLWLRQRIWKHFDPSLQPDWHV

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Below: The delousing station of above, as it can be seen at the present time. Note that the GRRUVKDYHEHHQUHPRYHGDQRWKHURQHRIWKH³DOWHUDWLRQV´FDUULHGRXWDWWKHFDPSDIWHU the war.

91 The Six Million: Fact or Fiction? 6XUYLYLQJ ELOOV RI ODGLQJ IRU =\NORQ% ZKLFK DUH DYDLODEOH IRU SXEOLF LQVSHFWLRQ DW WKH National Archives in the United States, show very clearly that Zyklon-B was shipped to all FDPSVDQGQRWMXVWWRWKHDOOHJHGJDVFKDPEHUFDPSV 7KHELOOVRIODGLQJLQWKH861DWLRQDO$UFKLYHVUXQIURP)HEUXDU\WR0D\DQG UHYHDOWKDWWKHFDVHVRIF\DQLGHFU\VWDOV =\NORQ DUHQXPEHUHGLQVHTXHQFH 1RVWR  HDFKVKLSPHQWFRQVLVWHGRIWKLUWHHQFDVHVWRWDOLQJNJDQGLGHQWLFDOVKLSPHQWV² VL[HDFK²ZHQWWR$XVFKZLW]DQG2UDQLHQEXUJFRQFHQWUDWLRQFDPSV 2UDQLHQEXUJLVVLWXDWHGLQ*HUPDQ\DQGQRWHYHQWKHZLOGHVW+RORFDXVWH[DJJHUDWLRQKDV HYHUFODLPHGWKDWWKHUHZDVDKRPLFLGDOJDVFKDPEHUDWWKDWFDPS 7KH H[LVWHQFH RI SURRI RI VKLSSLQJ RI =\NORQ% WR EH XVHG DV D GHORXVLQJ DJHQW WR 2UDQLHQEXUJLVFRQFOXVLYHHYLGHQFHRIWKHUHDOSXUSRVHIRUZKLFKWKDWFKHPLFDOZDVDFWXDOO\ XVHGLQWKHFDPSV

Section 54: The Auschwitz Clothing Dis-infestation Station Known as the “Central Sauna” Located in the center of the supposed “mass extermination center” at Auschwitz II- %LUNHQDXZDVDIDFLOLW\FDOOHGWKH&HQWUDO6DXQD7KLVEXLOGLQJFRQWDLQHGDEDWWHU\RIVWHDP SRZHUHGGLVLQIHFWLRQFKDPEHUVEXLOWVSHFL¿FDOO\WRGLVLQIHFWSULVRQHUFORWKLQJDWWKHFDPS XVLQJWKHDXWRFODYHPHWKRGGHVFULEHGDERYH The process, which employed many camp inmates as workers, provided clean clothing to the prisoners in Auschwitz II—a concept which is, of course, once again totally foreign to WKHLGHDWKDWWKHFDPSKDGEHHQVHWXSSXUHO\DVDQ³H[WHUPLQDWLRQ´FHQWHUDVWKH+RORFDXVW 6WRU\WHOOHUVFODLP7KHH[LVWHQFHRIWKHODXQGU\IDFLOLWLHVDORQHPDNHVLWFOHDUWKDWWKHFDPS¶V UHDOSXUSRVHZDVWRSURYLGHODERUIRUWKHVXUURXQGLQJLQGXVWULHV %HORZ:KDWDUHDOJDVFKDPEHUORRNVOLNH7KH.DQDGD,GHORXVLQJVWDWLRQLQ$XVFKZLW])URP OHIWWRULJKWWKHPDLQHQWUDQFHGRRUWZRH[WUDFWRUIDQVDQGWKHLUFRQWUROER[HVDQGWKHJDV WLJKWGRRURIWKHURRPLQZKLFKSULVRQHUFORWKLQJZDVGHORXVHG²XVLQJ=\NORQ%7KLVSLFWXUH ZDVWDNHQVKRUWO\DIWHUWKHHQGRIWKHZDUE\D6RYLHWSKRWRJUDSKHUDQGLVQRZLQWKH$XVFKZLW] Museum archives, available to any researcher who asks to see it. The building was knocked GRZQDWWKHVDPHWLPHWKDWWKH QRZDGPLWWHGWREH IDNH³JDVFKDPEHU´LQ$XVFKZLW],ZDV built. bservers have suggested, based on the photographic evidence, that the bricks from this real GHORXVLQJFKDPEHUEXLOGLQJZHUHXVHGWREXLOGWKHERJXV³FKLPQH\´ZKLFKQRZVWDQGVQH[WWRWKH ³V\PEROLFJDVFKDPEHU´VKRZQWRWRXULVWVWRWKHFDPS7KLVFRQFOXVLRQLVEDVHGXSRQWKHW\SHRI EULFNVXVHGLQWKH.DQDGD,EXLOGLQJDVFRPSDUHGWRWKH³UHFRQVWUXFWHG´FKLPQH\´

92 &KDSWHU$XVFKZLW] Section 55: The Real Auschwitz Gas Chambers—The “Kanada I” Delousing Chambers One of the delousing station in Auschwitz was located in a part of the camp named ³.DQDGD´DQGFRQWDLQHGJHQXLQH³JDVFKDPEHUV´ZKLFKXVHG=\NORQ%²RQFORWKLQJ 7KHVHFKDPEHUVZHUHXVHGIRUGLVLQIHFWLQJLWHPVQRWKDQGOHGE\WKHDXWRFODYHVDQGZHUH VSHFL¿FDOO\NHSWIRUWKHFORWKHVRIQHZDUULYDOVZKLFKZHUHWKHPRVWOLNHO\WREHLQIHFWHGZLWK OLFH 7KH=\NORQ%.DQDGDGHORXVLQJFKDPEHUVFDPHFRPSOHWHZLWKDLUWLJKWGRRUVHTXLSSHG ZLWKSHHSKROHVDQGWKHSDUDOOHOVEHWZHHQWKHUHDOFORWKLQJGHORXVLQJVWDWLRQDQGWKHDOOHJHG ³KXPDQ JDV FKDPEHUV´ DUH VR FORVH WKDW LW LV FOHDU WKH KRPLFLGDO JDV FKDPEHU VWRU\ ZDV GHYHORSHGIURPWKHUHDOFORWKLQJGHORXVLQJV\VWHP The Germans even documented the process used in the Kanada disinfestation facility in a VHULHVRISKRWRJUDSKVZKLFKFDQVWLOOEHVHHQDWWKHPXVHXPWRGD\7KH\DUHUHSOLFDWHGEHORZ

Section 56: Pictures of the Kanada I Zyklon-B Delousing Center in Action

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96 &KDSWHU$XVFKZLW] Below: The same scene a few moments later. The photographer is positioned alongside the wall of building 164.

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98 &KDSWHU$XVFKZLW] Below: Two views of the delousing chamber door of building 164 at the Kanada delousing VWDWLRQ3LFWXUHVRIWKHVHGRRUVDUHRIWHQFODLPHGE\+RORFDXVWVWRU\WHOOHUVWREHWKH ³GRRUVWRWKHJDVFKDPEHUV´LQ$XVFKZLW]7KHLPDJHRQWKHULJKWVKRZVWKHYLHZLQWRWKH delousing chamber.

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Section 57: Forensic Investigation of “Gas Chamber” Ruins Reveals No Evidence of Gassings

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Section 59: The Auschwitz “Gas Chambers” Change Location &RQIURQWHG ZLWK WKH DERYH LPSRVVLEOHWRH[SODLQ FRQWUDGLFWLRQV DQG IRUHQVLF LQYHVWLJDWLRQV VRPH RI WKH +RORFDXVW VWRU\WHOOHUV KDYH UHDFWHG E\ VLPSO\ FKDQJLQJ WKH ORFDWLRQRIWKH$XVFKZLW]³JDVFKDPEHUV´RQFHDJDLQ 101 The Six Million: Fact or Fiction? Despite having told the world for decades that the “gassings” had taken place in Auschwitz ,,¶VPRUWXDU\URRPVWKH³QHZ´+RORFDXVWVWRU\QRZPDLQWDLQVWKDWWKHJDVVLQJVDFWXDOO\ WRRNSODFHLQWZRRXWEXLOGLQJVORFDWHGDZD\IURP$XVFKZLW],,7KHDVWRQLVKLQJDERXWIDFH ZDV¿UVWPDGHE\WKHPDQDJLQJHGLWRURIWKH*HUPDQPDJD]LQHDer Spiegel)ULWMRI0H\HU

:ULWLQJLQWKHSROLWLFDOO\PDLQVWUHDPMRXUQDO2VW(XURSD in May 2002, Meyer said that ³QHZ´UHVHDUFKPDGHLWFOHDUWKDWWKHUHKDGLQGHHGEHHQQRJDVVLQJVLQWKHPRUWXDULHVRIWKH FUHPDWRULD DVFODLPHGE\³H\HZLWQHVVHV´DQGDOOWKHIRUFHG³FRQIHVVLRQV´REWDLQHGIURP66 PHQ ,QVWHDGKHZURWHWKHJDVVLQJVKDGDFWXDOO\WDNHQSODFHLQWKHVLWHVQRZFDOOHG³%XQNHU ´DQG³%XQNHU´DGLVWDQFHDZD\IURPWKHFUHPDWRULDEXLOGLQJV 7KHVHEXLOGLQJVZHUHDOOHJHGO\WZRVPDOO3ROLVKIDUPKRXVHVZKLFKKDGWKHLUZLQGRZVDQG GRRUVEULFNHGXSWRDFWDV³JDVFKDPEHUV´7KHERGLHVRIWKHYLFWLPVZHUHDOOHJHGO\EXULHGLQ QHDUE\RSHQSLWV0H\HUZURWH %HORZ)DFHGZLWKWKHUHYHODWLRQWKDWWKH³JDVFKDPEHU´VKRZQWRWRXULVWVLQWKH $XVFKZLW],FDPSLVD³UHFRQVWUXFWLRQ´DORQJZLWKWKHSK\VLFDOLPSRVVLELOLW\RI³PDVV JDVVLQJV´LQWKHXQGHUJURXQGPRUWXDU\EXLOGLQJVVRPH+RORFDXVWVWRU\WHOOHUVKDYH decided to claim that the gassings actually occurred in two outbuildings, called Bunker DQG%XQNHU$OPRVWQRWKLQJUHPDLQVRIWKHVHVRFDOOHG³%XQNHUV´DVFDQEHVHHQ DERYH²ZKLFKFRQYHQLHQWO\PDNHVDQ\VRUWRIIRUHQVLFH[DPLQDWLRQLPSRVVLEOH

$VWKHRXWEXLOGLQJVZKHUHWKH³JDVVLQJV´DUHQRZVXSSRVHGWRKDYHWDNHQSODFHZHUHTXLWH VPDOO0H\HUZDVIRUFHGWRUHGXFHWKHQXPEHURIYLFWLPVRQFHDJDLQDQGFLWLQJ³RɤFLDO VRXUFHV´VDLGWKDWVRPHSHRSOHZHUHJDVVHGDWWKHRXWEXLOGLQJV “[A]ttempts in March/April 1943 to use the mortuaries for the mass murders, after the FUHPDWRULDZHUHFRPSOHWHGLQWKHHDUO\VXPPHURIREYLRXVO\IDLOHGEHFDXVHWKH YHQWLODWLRQZDVFRXQWHUSURGXFWLYHDQGEHFDXVHWKHH[SHFWHGPDVVRIYLFWLPVGLGQRWDUULYH in the following eleven months,” Meyer wrote in 2VW(XURSD 102 &KDSWHU$XVFKZLW] ³7KHUHDOJHQRFLGHSUREDEO\WRRNSODFHPDLQO\LQWKHWZRFRQYHUWHGIDUPKRXVHVRXWVLGH WKH FDPS WKH IRXQGDWLRQV RI WKH ¿UVW KRXVH WKH µ:KLWH +RXVH¶ RU µ%XQNHU ,¶ KDYH RQO\ UHFHQWO\EHHQXQHDUWKHG´0RVWFRQYHQLHQWO\ERWKWKHRXWEXLOGLQJVZKLFK0H\HUDQGRWKHUV QRZFODLPWRKDYHEHHQWKH³UHDOJDVFKDPEHUV´QRORQJHUH[LVWDQGWKHUHIRUHFDQQRWEH IRUHQVLFDOO\H[DPLQHG 0H\HU¶V VWXG\ SURYRNHG D K\VWHULFDO UHVSRQVH IURP PDQ\ RI KLV IHOORZ +RORFDXVW VWRU\WHOOHUVDQGLQSDUWLFXODUIURPWKHFXUDWRURIWKH$XVFKZLW]0XVHXPZKRKDGEHHQD SDUWLFXODUO\VWURQJSURSRQHQWRIWKH³PRUWXDU\JDVFKDPEHU´VWRU\ %HORZ7KH%LUNHQDXFDPSIURPDQHQODUJHGSRUWLRQRIDQ$OOLHGDHULDO UHFRQQDLVVDQFHSKRWRJUDSKWDNHQRQ0D\2QWKLVGD\DFFRUGLQJWRWKHRɤFLDO ³.DOHQGDULXP´ RU³$XVFKZLW]&KURQLFOH´ WKRXVDQGVRIQHZO\DUULYLQJ+XQJDULDQ-HZV were killed here in gas chambers, supposedly located in crematory buildings (Kremas) II DQG,,,YLVLEOHDWWKHXSSHUOHIW+RZHYHUQRWUDFHRIVXFKPDVVNLOOLQJVFDQEHIRXQGLQ this or any of the other aerial reconnaissance photos, fortuitously taken during what was supposedly the high point of alleged mass killings in the camp.

Section 60: The “Gassing of the Hungarian Jews” 2QHRIWKHPRUHFRPPRQO\TXRWHG³PDVVJDVVLQJV´VXSSRVHGWRKDYHEHHQFDUULHGRXWDW $XVFKZLW]ZDVWKDWRIWKHDOOHJHGOLTXLGDWLRQRIRYHU-HZVGHSRUWHGIURP+XQJDU\ EHWZHHQ0D\DQG-XO\,WLVFODLPHGWKDWWKHVH-HZVZHUHDOO³JDVVHG´DQGFUHPDWHG LPPHGLDWHO\XSRQDUULYDO 7KLVFODLPLVSDWHQWO\IDOVHIRUDODUJHQXPEHURIUHDVRQVLQFOXGLQJWKHDOUHDG\VWDWHG LPSRVVLELOLW\RIWKHZRUNLQJVRIWKH³XQGHUJURXQGJDVFKDPEHUV´WRSURFHVVVRPDQ\SHRSOH

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Section 61: The Auschwitz Transit Camp 7KHTXHVWLRQWKDWWKHQDULVHVLVZKHUHGLGWKH+XQJDULDQ-HZVJR"7KHDQVZHUWRWKLV TXHVWLRQZDVDFWXDOO\SURYLGHGDVHDUO\DVZKHQ3ROLVKKLVWRULDQ'DQXWD&]HFKUHYHDOHG LQWKH¿UVWHGLWLRQRIKHUERRN$XVFKZLW]&KURQLFOHWKDWWKHUHZDVDVRFDOOHGWUDQVLWFDPS 'XUFKJDQJVODJHU LQ$XVFKZLW]%LUNHQDX This transit camp served as a temporary holding area for prisoners who were then sent to ZRUNDWPXQLWLRQVIDFWRULHVDQGODERUFDPSVHOVHZKHUHLQWKH5HLFK As Czech noted: “In mid-May 1944, when the mass transports of Hungarian Jews start arriving in $XVFKZLW]WKH\RXQJKHDOWK\DQGVWURQJ-HZVRIERWKJHQGHUVDUHGLVSHUVHGIRUDWLPH DVVRFDOOHGGHSRWSULVRQHUVWRYDULRXVEDUUDFNVDW%LUNHQDXEXWDUHQRWUHFRUGHGLQWKH FDPSUHJLVWHUV7KH\DUHDFFRPPRGDWHGLQ&DPS%,,,F>VLF@ZKHUH\RXQJDEOHERGLHG IHPDOH-HZVDUHNHSWLQWKHUHFHQWO\YDFDWHG*\SV\)DPLO\&DPS%,,HZKHUH\RXQJDEOH ERGLHGPDOHDQGIHPDOH-HZLVKSULVRQHUVDUHDFFRPPRGDWHGZKRHYHQWXDOO\DUHWDNHQWR WKHRWKHUFDPSVLQ&DPS%,,EZKLFKLVHPSW\VLQFHWKHOLTXLGDWLRQRIWKH7KHUHVLHQVWDGW )DPLO\&DPSDQG¿QDOO\LQ6HFWLRQ%,,,VWLOOXQGHUFRQVWUXFWLRQNQRZQDVµ0H[LFR¶WR WKHSULVRQHUVDQGDOVRLQWHQGHGIRUIHPDOH-HZV ³7KH-HZVWHPSRUDULO\ORFDWHGLQ%LUNHQDXUHFHLYHQR,'QXPEHUVDQGDUHQRWWDWWRRHG 6HOHFWLRQVDUHFRQGXFWHGDWVSHFL¿FLQWHUYDOV:KHQWKHFDPSDGPLQLVWUDWLRQKDVDQHHG IRUODERUHUVLWVHQGVVRPHSULVRQHUVIURPWKHVHFDPSVWRVSHFL¿FDX[LOLDU\FDPSVRUWR WKHODERUVTXDGV7KHQWKH\DUHUHJLVWHUHGDQGJLYHQQXPEHUV8QGHUWKHGLUHFWLRQRIWKH :9+$RWKHUVDUHWUDQVIHUUHGWRDUPDPHQWVSODQWVLQWKHLQWHULRURIWKH5HLFK´ There is also this note for a July 1944 entry: ³7KHPDOHDQGIHPDOH+XQJDULDQ-HZVZKRZHUHQRWUHJLVWHUHGEXWZHUHNHSWDVVR called depot prisoners or transit Jews in Camps B-IIc, B-IIe, and Section B-III — called ³0H[LFR´²DUHQRWLQFOXGHGLQWKHRFFXSDQF\OHYHORI$XVFKZLW],,´ '&]HFKFRPS $XVFKZLW]&KURQLFOH±>/RQGRQ1HZ

104 &KDSWHU$XVFKZLW] On May 9, 1944, Heinrich Himmler reported in a letter to the chief of the 66+DXSWDPW as ZHOODVWKHKHDGRIWKH66FHQWUDOHFRQRPLFDGPLQLVWUDWLRQRɤFH :9+$ WKDWVROGLHUV ZHUHWREHDVVLJQHGWRJXDUGWKHZRUNHUVHQJDJHGLQWKHJäger (pursuit aircraft) construction SURJUDP EHFDXVH RWKHUZLVH ³WKH SODFLQJ WKH JXDUGLQJ DQG WKH HɤFLHQW HPSOR\PHQW RI DSSUR[LPDWHO\-HZV´ZDVLPSRVVLEOH 1XUHPEHUJGRFXPHQW12 A report two days later further explained: “The Führer has ordered that for the guarding of the 200,000 Jews, the Reichsführer SS >+LPPOHU@ZLOOGLVSDWFK:DɣHQ66VROGLHUVZLWKWKHLURɤFHUVDQGSHWW\RɤFHUV ZKRVKDOOEHGHWDLOHGWRWKHFRQFHQWUDWLRQFDPSVRIWKH5HLFKLQRUGHUWRHPSOR\WKHPLQ WKHODUJHFRQVWUXFWLRQVRIWKH2UJDQL]DWLRQ7RGWDQGRWKHUPLOLWDULO\LPSRUWDQWGXWLHV´ 7KHUHIHUHQFHWR³-HZV´ZDVREYLRXVO\UHIHUULQJWRWKRVHGHSRUWHGIURP+XQJDU\ EHFDXVH DW WKDW WLPH QR RWKHU ODUJHVFDOH GHSRUWDWLRQ RI -HZV ZDV HLWKHU XQGHUZD\ RU LPPLQHQW On August 15, 1944, the Concentration Camp department of the SS Main Economic and $GPLQLVWUDWLYH2ɤFH SS-Wirtschafts- und VerwaltungshauptamtDEEUHYLDWHG66:9+$  reported that there were 524,286 inmates, and that an additional 612,000 prisoners were in WKHSURFHVVRIEHLQJDGGHGWRWKHFDPSV\VWHP2IWKLVODWWHUJURXSZHUH-HZVZKR ZHUHEHLQJEURXJKWLQDVSDUWRIWKH³+XQJDULDQSURJUDP -HZLVKDFWLRQ ´ Between the 90,000 Hungarian Jews mentioned in the SS-WVHA document, and the 200,000 mentioned in the Himmler telegram, nearly 300,000 of the Hungarian Jews are DOUHDG\DFFRXQWHGIRUDVEHLQJGLVSHUVHGDZD\IURP$XVFKZLW]ZLWKLQZHHNVRIWKHLUDUULYDO WKHUH ,QVXPPDU\WKHQQRWRQO\ZDVLWSK\VLFDOO\LPSRVVLEOHIRU$XVFKZLW]WRPXUGHU +XQJDULDQ-HZVLQHLJKWZHHNVEXWWKHUHH[LVWVDPSOHGRFXPHQWDWLRQWKDWWKHYDVWPDMRULW\ ZHUHWKHQGHSRUWHGRQZDUGWRWKHDSSUR[LPDWHO\ODERUFDPSVDQGVXEFDPSVZKLFK H[LVWHGWKURXJKRXWWKH5HLFKWHUULWRULHV )LQDOO\E\FRLQFLGHQFHWKH86$LU)RUFHÀHZDQXPEHURIUHFRQQDLVVDQFHPLVVLRQVRYHU WKH$XVFKZLW]FRPSOH[RQ0D\²LQSUHSDUDWLRQIRUDERPELQJUDLGRIWKHUHJLRQ¶V LQGXVWULDO IDFLOLWLHV 7KH GDWH RI WKH UHFRQQDLVVDQFH PLVVLRQ LV RI FULWLFDO LPSRUWDQFH IRU GHEXQNLQJWKH³+XQJDULDQ-HZVPDVVJDVVLQJ´DOOHJDWLRQV²EHFDXVHWKHLPDJHVDVUHOHDVHG E\WKH86JRYHUQPHQWPDQ\\HDUVDIWHUWKHZDUVKRZHGQRDFWLYLW\DWWKHFDPS¶VFUHPDWRULD QR³FROXPQVRIVPRNH´QRUFURZGVRI³KXQGUHGVRIWKRXVDQGVRI-HZV´EHLQJXQORDGHGDWWKH FDPS

Section 62: Auschwitz’s Real Purpose—A Labor Camp 7KHODFNRI³JDVFKDPEHUV´UDLVHGWKHQH[WREYLRXVO\SHUWLQHQWTXHVWLRQ:KDWZDVWKH SRLQWRIWKH$XVFKZLW]FDPS"7KHDQVZHUWRWKLVLVVWDUWOLQJO\REYLRXV$XVFKZLW]ZDVDODUJH LQGXVWULDODUHDDQGFRQWDLQHGIDFWRULHVIURPPDMRULQGXVWULHVZKLFKVXSSRUWHGWKH5HLFK¶V ZDUHɣRUW $WKLUGFDPSNQRZQDV$XVFKZLW],,,FRQWDLQHGDODUJHQXPEHURILPSRUWDQWIDFWRULHV ZKLFK LQFOXGHG WKH %XQD UXEEHU SODQW WKH ,*)DUEHQ IDFWRU\ DQG PDQ\ RWKHUV 7KH\ PDQXIDFWXUHGHYHU\WKLQJIURPFORWKLQJWRPHGLFDOVXSSOLHV-HZV²DQGRWKHUV²ZHUHVHQWWR $XVFKZLW]WRZRUNDVIRUFHGODERUHUV 7KHXVHRILQPDWHVDW$XVFKZLW]DVODERUHUVDOVRH[SODLQVZK\WKH1D]LVZRXOGKDYHIRXQG LWQHFHVVDU\WRWDWWRRLGHQWL¿FDWLRQQXPEHUVRQSULVRQHUV¶DUPV,ILWZDVWKHLULQWHQWLRQWR 105 The Six Million: Fact or Fiction? JDVDOO-HZVVHQWWR$XVFKZLW]LWZRXOGKDYHPDGHQRVHQVHWRJRWKURXJKWKHWURXEOHDQG H[SHQVHRILGHQWLI\LQJDQGWDWWRRLQJWKHP¿UVW %HORZ7KHWUXHUHDVRQIRUWKHH[LVWHQFHRIWKH$XVFKZLW]FDPSLVUHYHDOHGLQWKLVOLWWOH VKRZQSLFWXUHRIWKH0RQRZLW]LQGXVWULDOFRPSOH[ZKHUHPRVWRI$XVFKZLW]¶VLQPDWHV were put to work in a variety of heavy industries.

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Section 64: Photographs of Auschwitz Inmates Belie Mass Gassing Allegations 7KHHYDFXDWLRQRIDOODEOHERGLHGLQPDWHVIURP$XVFKZLW]E\WKH1D]LVPHDQWWKDWRQO\WKH HOGHUO\FKLOGUHQRUVLFNUHPDLQHGEHKLQGLQWKDWFDPSZKHQLWZDVRYHUUXQE\WKHDGYDQFLQJ 6RYLHWDUP\ +HUHLQOLHVDQRWKHULQWHUHVWLQJEXWVXSSUHVVHGIDFWDVWKHSLFWXUHVEHORZVKRZWKHLQPDWHV of Auschwitz, as photographed shortly after the camp was overrun in January 1945, were the VLFNHVWDQGPRVWGLVDEOHGRIDOOWKHSULVRQHUV²\HWWKH\DOOORRNLQUHODWLYHO\JRRGKHDOWK %HORZ,QPDWHVDW$XVFKZLW]%LUNHQDXDVSKRWRJUDSKHGE\6RYLHWVROGLHUVXSRQWKH camp’s liberation in January 1945. Note that they are warmly dressed, reasonably fed and do not resemble the emaciated corpses which are almost universally portrayed as HYLGHQFHRI1D]L³H[WHUPLQDWLRQSURJUDPV´

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110 CHAPTER 11: THE AKTION REINHARD CAMPS

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114 CHAPTER 12: CHELMNO AND “GAS VANS”

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115 The Six Million: Fact or Fiction? There are only 720 hours in an average month of 30 days, and, given that Chelmno was supposedly only operational for 18 and a half months (11,160 hours) this would have meant that “gassings” with the diesel vans would have had to continue nearly 24 hours per day, HYHU\GD\IRUD\HDUDQGKDOIZLWKRXWHYHQDEUHDNWRUHIXHOWKHYHKLFOHV (YHQLILWZHUHSRVVLEOHWRNLOOSHRSOHZLWKGLHVHOIXPHVLQWHQPLQXWHV±ZKLFKLWLVQRW± VXFKDNLOOLQJUDWHZRXOGEHXWWHUO\LPSRVVLEOHWRPDLQWDLQ 6WDɣZRXOGQHHGEUHDNVWKHORJLVWLFDOSURFHVVUHTXLUHGWRPDLQWDLQVXFKDV\VWHPZRXOG KDYHEHHQLPPHQVHDQGWKHUHVRXUFHVFRQVXPHGZRXOGKDYHEHHQYDVW)XUWKHUPRUHWKH ODERUDQGWHUULWRU\UHTXLUHGWREXU\DQGKLGHERGLHVZRXOGPDNHVXFKDPLVVLRQ QHDUO\LPSRVVLEOH'HVSLWHDOOWKHVHREYLRXVSUREOHPV&KHOPQRKDVEHFRPH³IDPRXV´DVWKH ³YHU\¿UVWH[WHUPLQDWLRQFDPS´

Section 72: Yad Vashem’s Ostrowski “Gas Van” That Wasn’t :RUVWRIDOOWKH&RPPXQLVWUHSRUWRQ&KHOPQRXSRQZKLFKPRVWRIWKHVWRU\LVEDVHG KDVEHHQFRPSOHWHO\GLVFUHGLWHGGXHWRLWVFHQWUDOFODLPRI³JDVYDQV´ According to that report, its commissioners received information that one of the Chelmno JDVYDQVKDGEHHQIRXQGLQWKHJURXQGVRIDIDFWRU\DWWKHQHDUE\WRZQRI2VWURZVNL ³:LWQHVVHV´ LGHQWL¿HG WKH YDQ ZKLFK ZDV WKHQ SKRWRJUDSKHG DQG LQFOXGHG LQ WKH FRPPLVVLRQ¶VUHSRUW 7KHVH SKRWRJUDSKV DUH QRZ WKH PRVW ZLGHO\ GLVWULEXWHG DQG XVHG ³HYLGHQFH´ RI 1D]L ³JDVYDQV´DQGKDYHDSSHDUHGLQGLVSOD\VDQGZHEVLWHVVHWXSE\,VUDHO¶V

116 &KDSWHU&KHOPQR$QG³*DV9DQV´ 2QHRIWKHVHSKRWRVZDVUHSURGXFHGLQWKHERRN+LWOHUDQGWKH)LQDO6ROXWLRQ (Gerald Flemming, University of California Press, 1987), with the caption that it was a “gas wagon” XVHGLQ&KHOPQR+RZHYHUWKH2VWURZVNLYDQZDVQHYHUD³JDVYDQ´DVDGHWDLOHGUHDGLQJRI WKH&RPPLVVLRQ¶VRZQUHSRUWUHYHDOV The testimonies of Polish “witnesses” kept in the same archives of the Main Commission FROOHFWLRQ³2E´¿OHDQGRWKHUV RQO\GHVFULEHGWKHYDQDV³VLPLODU´ 7KHLQVSHFWLRQRIWKHYHKLFOHLQWKHSKRWRJUDSKFDUULHGRXWRQ1RYHPEHUE\ -XGJH-%URQRZVNLIRXQGQRHYLGHQFHWRVKRZWKDWWKHYDQKDGEHHQ¿WWHGRXWWRNLOOSHRSOH DQGWKLVFRQFOXVLRQZDVFRQWDLQHGLQWKHUHSRUW Despite the inclusion of this important information, the photographs of the Ostrowski vehicle have now entered Holocaust legend as the Nazi “gas vans,” and the picture of the 2VWURZVNLYDQLVVWLOOXVHGDVDQH[DPSOHRID³PRELOHNLOOLQJXQLW´

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118 CHAPTER 13: BELZEC

Section 76: The Belzec Camp—Given Little Prominence Because of Unbelievable Allegations %HO]HF KDGEHHQ HVWDEOLVKHGLQPLGDVDZRUNFDPSWRVXSSO\ ODERUIRUGHIHQVHV DORQJWKHERUGHUZLWKWKH6RYLHW8QLRQ7KHFDPSZDVQRWODUJHDQGUHPDLQHGUHODWLYHO\ REVFXUHDWOHDVWLQWKHH\HVRIWKH+RORFDXVWVWRU\WHOOHUVIRUQHDUO\WZR\HDUVXQWLO0DUFK ZKHQLWZDVVXGGHQO\WUDQVIRUPHGLQWRD³NLOOLQJFHQWHU´ According to the Holocaust storytellers, the camp only operated from March 1942 to -XQH²DWRWDORIPRQWKV'XULQJWKLVWLPHLWLVFODLPHGWKDWEHWZHHQDQG -HZVZHUHNLOOHGLQWKHFDPSDORQJZLWKDQXQNQRZQQXPEHURI3ROHVDQG*\SVLHV The short lifespan of the camp shows its true purpose: a temporary holding center rather WKDQDQ³H[WHUPLQDWLRQFDPS´EXWWKLVREYLRXVSRLQWDVLGHWKHUHDOSUREOHPRFFXUVZKHQWKH VLPSOHPDWKHPDWLFVLVGRQH If the camp operated for 15 months (10,800 hours) and killed 500,000 people, this would KDYHPHDQWWKDW-HZVZRXOGKDYHEHHQPXUGHUHGHYHU\KRXUKRXUVSHUGD\URXQGWKH FORFNIRUDOOPRQWKV 7KLVLVRIFRXUVHQRWIHDVLEOHDVLWZRXOGKDYHUHTXLUHGDVWDɣRIWKRXVDQGVDPDVVLYH ORJLVWLFDOEDFNXSDQGPRVWLPSRUWDQWO\RIDOODQLQFUHGLEO\DGYDQFHGH[HFXWLRQPHWKRG -XVWDVLPSRUWDQWO\WKH%HO]HFFDPSZDVQHYHUHTXLSSHGZLWKFUHPDWRULDZKLFKZRXOGKDYH EHHQFULWLFDOKDGLWEHHQPHDQWDVDQH[WHUPLQDWLRQFHQWHU ,Q IDFW QRQH RI WKH 5HLQKDUG FDPSV KDG FUHPDWRULD D IDFW ZKLFK LV LJQRUHG E\ WKH +RORFDXVWVWRU\WHOOHUV

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CHAPTER 15: TREBLINKA

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132 Chapter 15: Treblinka As if this was not enough, the Holocaust storytellers then claim that, in “order to cover up WKHLUFULPH´WKH1D]LVGXJXSWKHKXQGUHGVRIWKRXVDQGVRIFRUSVHVEHWZHHQ$SULODQG-XO\ DQGEXUQHGWKHPDOOZLWK³GU\ZRRGDQGEUDQFKHV´RQJULGVPDGHRIUDLOVLQEDWFKHVRI RU 7KHUHVLGXDO³DVKDQGELWVRIERQH´ZHUHGXPSHGEDFNLQWRWKHEXULDOSLWVDQGFRYHUHG ZLWKDOD\HURIVDQGDQGGLUWWZRPHWHUVGHHS7KHDPRXQWRIZRRGQHHGHGWRFDUU\RXWWKLV WDVNPDNHVWKHFODLPLPSRVVLEOH *LYHQWKDWDVLQJOHFRUSVHUHTXLUHVDURXQGNLORJUDPVRIZRRGWREXUQRYHUDKRXU SHULRG  ERGLHV ZRXOG UHTXLUH DQ LQFUHGLEOH  NLORJUDPV RI ZRRG² QHDUO\  PLOOLRQ NLORJUDPV  DURXQG  SRXQGV  7KH DEVXUGLW\²DQG SUDFWLFDO LPSRVVLELOLW\²RI WKLV FODLP KDV QRW EHHQ ORVW RQ WKH +RORFDXVW VWRU\WHOOHUV $FFRUGLQJ WR 3ROLVK-HZLVKKLVWRULDQ5DFKHO$XHUEDFKIXHOWREXUQERGLHVZDVQRWQHHGHGDW7UHEOLQND EHFDXVH³WKHERGLHVRIZRPHQ´ZKLFKKDGPRUHIDW³ZHUHXVHGWRNLQGOHRUPRUHDFFXUDWHO\ SXWWREXLOGWKH¿UHVDPRQJWKHSLOHVRIFRUSVHV´  (YHQ PRUH LQFUHGLEOH ³EORRG WRR ZDV IRXQG WR EH ¿UVWFODVV FRPEXVWLRQ PDWHULDO´ VKHZURWH 5DFKHO$XHUEDFK³,QWKH)LHOGVRI7UHEOLQND´LQ$'RQDWHGDeath Camp Treblinka,S  %HORZ7KHVLWHRIWKH7UHEOLQNDFDPSLQWKLV86DHULDOUHFRQQDLVVDQFHSKRWRWDNHQLQ 6HSWHPEHU&XOWLYDWHG¿HOGVRI3ROLVKIDUPHUVFDQEHVHHQGLUHFWO\DGMDFHQWWRWKH 7,,FDPSVXJJHVWLQJWKDWLVZDVQRWFDUHIXOO\JXDUGHGRUFORVHGRɣ$VPDOOSDUWRIWKH 0DONLQLD6LHGOFHPDLQURDGLVYLVLEOHDWWKHXSSHUULJKW$WWKHERWWRPWKH7UHEOLQND, labor campsite can be clearly seen, just below the quarry area.

133 The Six Million: Fact or Fiction? Below: Trees and other vegetation seen in this aerial photo of Treblinka II show that the campsite ZDVQRWFDUHIXOO\FORVHGRɣIURPWKHVXUURXQGLQJDUHD2QHRIWKHPRVWUHPDUNDEOHIHDWXUHVRI WKH7UHEOLQND³GHDWKFDPS´LVLWVVPDOOVL]H7KHHQWLUH7UHEOLQND,,FDPSDUHDZDVRQO\RU 33 acres (13 hectares), or about one-twentieth of a square mile. (YHQVPDOOHUZDVWKHDOOHJHG ³H[WHUPLQDWLRQ´DUHDRIWKHFDPSZKLFKZDVE\PHWHUVLQVL]H RU¿YHKHFWDUHV  DFFRUGLQJWRSXUSRUWHGO\DXWKRULWDWLYHVRXUFHV3RODQG¶V³&HQWUDO&RPPLVVLRQ´DQQRXQFHG VKRUWO\DIWHUWKHZDUWKDWWKHEXULDORU³GLWFKHV´DUHDZKHUHWKHERGLHVRI7UHEOLQND¶VYLFWLPVZHUH EXULHG EHIRUHWKH\ZHUHVXSSRVHGO\ODWHUGXJXSIRUEXUQLQJ ZDVDERXWWZRKHFWDUHVRU¿YH DFUHV RUVRPHVTXDUHPHWHUV  $QGDFFRUGLQJWRDGLDJUDPLQDERRNDERXW7UHEOLQNDE\ -HZLVK+RORFDXVWKLVWRULDQ$OH[DQGHU'RQDWWKHFDPS¶V³GLWFKHV´DUHDZDVQRWPRUHWKDQRU PHWHUVLQOHQJWKDQGDERXWPHWHUVZLGH²WKDWLVDPD[LPXPRIVTXDUHPHWHUVRU half a hectare. By comparison, the mass graves area in the Katyn forest (near Smolensk), which KHOGWKHERGLHVRIVRPH3ROLVKRɤFHUVZKRKDGEHHQNLOOHGE\6RYLHWVHFUHWSROLFHDQGEXULHG WKHUHLQPHDVXUHGDERXWVTXDUHPHWHUV,WLVYHU\GLɤFXOWWRDFFHSWWKDWDQ\WKLQJOLNH RUERGLHVFRXOGKDYHEHHQEXULHGLQWKHPLQXVFXOHDUHDDOOHJHGO\VHWDVLGHDW Treblinka for this purpose.

134 Chapter 15: Treblinka Section 89: Treblinka I and II—Labor Camp and Transit Area 7KHUHZHUHDFWXDOO\WZRFDPSVDW7UHEOLQNDFDOOHG,DQG,,(YHQWKH+RORFDXVWVWRU\WHOOHUV DGPLWWKDWFDPS,ZDVDODERUFDPSZKLFKSURYLGHGDZRUNIRUFHIRUWKHQHDUE\JUDYHOSLWDQG LUULJDWLRQDUHD&DPS,,KRZHYHUWKH+RORFDXVWVWRU\WHOOHUVFODLPZDVWKH³H[WHUPLQDWLRQ´ FHQWHUORFDWHGMXVWDIHZPLOHVIURPFDPS, 0RVW RIWHQ LW LV FODLPHG WKDW WKH ³JDV FKDPEHUV´ DW 7UHEOLQND ZHUH UXQ RQ ³H[KDXVW IXPHVIURPHQJLQHVRI6RYLHW5HG$UP\WDQNVZKLFKWKH1D]LVKDGFDSWXUHG7KHORFDWLRQ RI7UHEOLQNDFDPS,,ZDVDQ\WKLQJEXWLGHDOIRUPDVVPXUGHU7KHWUDLQOLQHWRWKHQHDUHVW large town of Siedlce ran only 980 feet (300 meters) from the camp, and the closest village of :yOND2NUDJOLNLVRQO\PLOHV NLORPHWHUV DZD\ ,WLVLPSRVVLEOHWRPXUGHURYHUWKUHHTXDUWHUVRIDPLOOLRQSHRSOHLQWKDWDUHDZLWKQRRQH QRWLFLQJRUZLWKRXWOHDYLQJPDVVLYHHYLGHQFHEHKLQG\HWWKLVLVH[DFWO\ZKDWWKH+RORFDXVW VWRU\WHOOHUVZRXOGKDYHWKHZRUOGEHOLHYH,WLVFODLPHGWKDWWKHFDPSLQPDWHVVWDJHGDQDUPHG XSULVLQJLQDQGDIWHUWKDWWKHFDPSZDVFORVHGDQGDOOWKHEXULHGERGLHVFUHPDWHGLQ RSHQSLWV 7KH DOOHJDWLRQV RI PDVV PXUGHU DW 7UHEOLQND EHFRPH HYHQ PRUH EL]DUUH ZKHQ LW LV FRQVLGHUHGWKDWWKHUHZHUHRQO\66PHQDW7UHEOLQND To claim that 50 men, with the assistance of a tank engine, could kill 850,000 people in a \HDUDQGUHPRYHDOOWUDFHVLVXWWHUO\EL]DUUHDQGDQREYLRXVOLH

Section 90: The Famous “Black Book of Polish Jewry” Claims Execution by “Steam” in Treblinka According to the standard Holocaust storyteller resource, the Encyclopedia of the +RORFDXVWWKHUHZHUHWKUHHEULFN³JDVFKDPEHUVHDFKPHDVXULQJE\IHHW´DQGWKH³JDV´ ZDVVXSSOLHGIURPDGLHVHOHQJLQH ,VUDHO*XWPDQHG(QF\FORSHGLDRIWKH+RORFDXVW, 4 YROV0DFPLOODQ1HZ

Section 91: US National Archive Aerial Photography of Treblinka Shows No Sign of “Extermination Camp” $VZDVWKHFDVHZLWK%DEL

Section 92: “Survivors” Claim Execution by “Vacuum Chambers” (YHQPRUHLQFUHGLEO\LWZDVFODLPHGE\³H\HZLWQHVVHV´WKDW-HZVZHUHNLOOHGDW7UHEOLQND E\³YDFXXPFKDPEHUV´7KLVDVWRQLVKLQJFODLPZDV¿UVWPDGHE\D³VXUYLYRU´$EH.RQ ZKRVHVWDWHPHQWFODLPHGWKDWWKH³VWHDPFKDPEHUV´ZHUHPDGHRIFHPHQWZLWKD³6WDURI 'DYLG´RQLW7KHEXLOGLQJZDVDFFRUGLQJWR.RQGLVJXLVHGDVDEDWKDQGEHKLQGWKH³EDWK´ VWRRGDPDFKLQH,WSXPSHGWKHDLURXWRIWKHFKDPEHUV7KHSHRSOHDOOHJHGO\VXɣRFDWHG ZLWKLQVL[WR¿IWHHQPLQXWHV ³3HRSOHZHUHGULYHQLQWRWKHµEDWK¶WKUHHWLPHVDGD\,QWKLVZD\WRSHUVRQV were destroyed each day,” Kon claimed (State Archive of the Russian Federation, GARF, SSI 7KLV³YDFXXPFKDPEHU´H[HFXWLRQPHWKRGZDVDOVRHQWHUHGLQWRWKH RɤFLDO1XUHPEHUJ7ULDOFRXUWUHFRUGDVWKHVROHPHDQVRIPXUGHUDW7UHEOLQND 8OWLPDWHO\ WKH RXWODQGLVK FODLPV RI ³VWHDP FKDPEHUV´ ³YDFXXP FKDPEHUV´ DQG ³HOHFWURFXWLRQ´ZHUHGURSSHGLQIDYRURI³GLHVHOIXPH´JDVVLQJVRQO\EHFDXVHWKHODWWHUZDV LQFRUUHFWO\ EHOLHYHGWREHPRUHSRVVLEOHWKDQWKHRWKHUPHWKRGV 7UHEOLQND KDG QR FUHPDWRULD D EDG RYHUVLJKW IRU DQ ³H[WHUPLQDWLRQ FHQWHU´  DQG LW LV FODLPHGWKDWDOPRVWDOORIWKH³JDVVHG´YLFWLPVZHUH¿UVWEXULHGWKHQODWHUH[KXPHGDQG EXUQHGLQRSHQSLWV ,WZDVFODLPHGWKDWDOOWKHEXULDOVWRRNSODFHZLWKLQWKHERXQGDU\IHQFHRI&DPS,,2I FRXUVHWKHVSDFHUHTXLUHGWREXU\ERGLHVLVIDUPRUHWKDQWKHVL]HRIWKDWFDPSEXW WKDWIDFWKDVQHYHUZRUULHGWKH+RORFDXVWVWRU\WHOOHUV

136 Chapter 15: Treblinka Section 93: First 1999 Forensic Examination of Treblinka Site Reveals No Mass Graves $GHWDLOHGIRUHQVLFH[DPLQDWLRQRIWKH7UHEOLQNDVLWHZLWKVRSKLVWLFDWHGHOHFWURQLFJURXQG UDGDUKDVKRZHYHUIRXQGQRHYLGHQFHRIPDVVJUDYHVWKHUH )RUVL[GD\VLQ2FWREHUDQ$XVWUDOLDQWHDPKHDGHGE\5LFKDUG.UHJHDTXDOL¿HG HOHFWURQLFV HQJLQHHU FDUULHG RXW DQ H[DPLQDWLRQ RI WKH VRLO XVLQJ DQ  *URXQG 3HQHWUDWLRQ5DGDU *35 GHYLFHZKLFKVHQGVRXWYHUWLFDOUDGDUVLJQDOVWKDWDUHYLVLEOHRQD FRPSXWHUPRQLWRU *35GHWHFWVDQ\ODUJHVFDOHGLVWXUEDQFHVLQWKHVRLOVWUXFWXUHWRDQRUPDOHɣHFWLYHGHSWK RIIRXURU¿YHPHWHUVDQGVRPHWLPHVXSWRWHQPHWHUV7KHVHGHYLFHVDUHURXWLQHO\XVHG DURXQGWKHZRUOGE\JHRORJLVWVDUFKDHRORJLVWVDQGSROLFH ,QLWV7UHEOLQNDLQYHVWLJDWLRQ.UHJH¶VWHDPDOVRFDUULHGRXWYLVXDOVRLOLQVSHFWLRQVDQG XVHGDQDXJHUWRWDNHQXPHURXVVRLOFRUHVDPSOHV7KHWHDPFDUHIXOO\H[DPLQHGWKHHQWLUH site, especially the alleged “mass graves” portion, and carried out control examinations of the VXUURXQGLQJDUHD7KH\IRXQGQRVRLOGLVWXUEDQFHFRQVLVWHQWZLWKWKHEXULDORIKXQGUHGVRI WKRXVDQGVRIERGLHVRUHYHQHYLGHQFHWKDWWKHJURXQGKDGHYHUEHHQGLVWXUEHG,QDGGLWLRQ .UHJHDQGKLVWHDPIRXQGQRHYLGHQFHRILQGLYLGXDOJUDYHVERQHUHPDLQVKXPDQDVKHVRU ZRRGDVKHV ³)URPWKHVHVFDQVZHFRXOGFOHDUO\LGHQWLI\WKHODUJHO\XQGLVWXUEHGKRUL]RQWDOVWUDWLJUDSKLF OD\HULQJEHWWHU NQRZQDVKRUL]RQVRI WKH VRLO XQGHUWKH FDPSVLWH´ .UHJH VDLG LQDODWHU UHSRUW ³:HNQRZIURPVFDQVRIJUDYHVLWHVDQGRWKHUVLWHVZLWKNQRZQVRLOGLVWXUEDQFHVVXFKDV TXDUULHVZKHQWKLVQDWXUDOOD\HULQJLVPDVVLYHO\GLVUXSWHGRUPLVVLQJDOWRJHWKHU´%HFDXVH normal geological processes are very slow acting, disruption of the soil structure would have EHHQGHWHFWDEOHHYHQDIWHUVL[W\\HDUV.UHJHQRWHG ³+LVWRULDQV VD\ WKDW WKH ERGLHV ZHUH H[KXPHG DQG FUHPDWHG WRZDUGV WKH HQG RI WKH 7UHEOLQNDFDPS¶VXVHLQEXWZHIRXQGQRLQGLFDWLRQWKDWDQ\PDVVJUDYHVHYHUH[LVWHG´ KHVDLG

Section 94: The 2010 Second Forensic Analysis of Treblinka Reveals No “Mass Graves” 7KHFRPSOHWHODFNRIDQ\SK\VLFDOHYLGHQFHDWWKH7UHEOLQNDVLWHKDVORQJEHHQDJUHDW source of concern to the Holocaust storytellers, even to the point where the Jewish Daily )RUZDUGQHZVSDSHUDGPLWWHGLQDDUWLFOHWKDWWKH³DEVHQFHRISK\VLFDOHYLGHQFHDOORZHG +RORFDXVWGHQLHUVWRPDLQWDLQWKDW7UHEOLQND,,ZDVDWUDQVLWQRWGHDWKFDPS´ ³8QFRYHULQJ WKH5HPDLQVRI7UHEOLQND´-HZLVK'DLO\)RUZDUG0DUFK  )LQDOO\LQ²¿IW\¿YH\HDUVDIWHUWKHHQGRIWKHZDU²DQDWWHPSWZDVPDGHWRWU\DQG ³SURYH´WKDW7UHEOLQNDZDVDQ³H[WHUPLQDWLRQFHQWHU´DIWHUDOO ZK\WKLVFRXOGQRWKDYHEHHQ GRQH VRRQHU LV RQO\ H[SODLQHG EHFDXVH RI SHUVLVWHQW TXHVWLRQLQJ E\ UHYLVLRQLVWV RYHU WKH FDPS¶VWUXHSXUSRVH  7RWKLVHQGD%ULWLVKIRUHQVLFDUFKDHRORJLVW'U&DUROLQH6WXUG\&ROOVIURP6WDɣRUGVKLUH 8QLYHUVLW\ZDVHPSOR\HGWRFDUU\RXWWZRVHWVRIUHVHDUFKLQWR7UHEOLQND7KH¿UVWIRUD\ duplicated the Krege research with ground penetrating radar in an attempt to “disprove” the HDUOLHUUHVXOWV

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138 Chapter 15: Treblinka ³$V\RXVHHWKH6WDURI'DYLGRQWKHERWWRPZKLFKLVTXLWHUHPDUNDEOH´6FKXWHWHOOV&ROOV and the camera, then asking her “But have you ever seen the tiles?” &ROOVUHSOLHV³1R´DQGWKHQ6FKXWHJRHVRQWRVD\WKDWWKHVHWLOHV³¿WLQZLWKWKHLGHDWKDW ZHDUHLQWKHDUHDRIWKHJDVFKDPEHUV´ Colls then says what “immediately springs to my mind is that witnesses who were allowed LQWKHJDVFKDPEHUDQGWKHDUHDWDONHGDERXWWKH6WDURI'DYLGRQWKHRXWVLGHRIWKHJDV FKDPEHUEXLOGLQJWREXLOGXSWKHLOOXVLRQWKDWSHRSOHZHUHJRLQJWRVRPHZKHUHWKDWZDV VDIH´ 2Q WKLV EDVLV²WKDW WLOHV KDG ³6WDUV RI 'DYLG´ RQ WKHP²WKH QDUUDWRU RI WKH YLGHR WKHQ DVVHUWVWKDW³7UHEOLQNDH\HZLWQHVVHVKDYHLGHQWL¿HGWLOHVMXVWOLNHWKHVH1RZIRUWKH¿UVWWLPH &DUROLQHDQGKHUWHDPKDYHKDUGHYLGHQFHFRQ¿UPLQJWKHH[LVWHQFHRIWKHJDVFKDPEHUV´WKH QDUUDWRUDGGV %HORZ7KH6PLWKVRQLDQ

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139 The Six Million: Fact or Fiction?

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Section 99: First Majdanek Show Trial, 1944 The Soviets, seeking revenge for the German exposure of Communist crimes such as the .DW\Q0DVVDFUH ZKHUH1.9'RɤFHUVKDGPXUGHUHGWKRXVDQGVRI3ROLVKDUP\RɤFHUVDQG LQWHOOLJHQWVLD ZHUHGHOLJKWHGZLWKZKDWWKH\IRXQGDWWKHFDPS:LWKLQDPDWWHURIZHHNV they circulated stories, faithfully repeated in all the western media, that they had found gas FKDPEHUVDQGHYLGHQFHRIWKHPDVVPXUGHURIRQHPLOOLRQ-HZVDQGDWOHDVWRWKHUV DWWKHFDPS 6L[*HUPDQJXDUGVZKRKDGEHHQXQDEOHWRHVFDSHLQWLPHZHUHSXWRQWULDOLQ/XEOLQ LQ1RYHPEHUDQGRɤFLDOO\FKDUJHGZLWKWKHPXUGHURIPLOOLRQSHRSOH 6HQWHQFMD Z\URNX6SHFMDOQ\6DG.DUQ\Z/XEOLQLH'HFHPEHU³5HDVRQVIRU6HQWHQFHLQWKH 7ULDORI+HUPDQQ9RJHOHWDO´$UFKLZXP3DQVWZRZHJR0X]HXPQD0DMGDQNX, Archive of 147 The Six Million: Fact or Fiction? WKH6WDWH0XVHXPLQ0DMGDQHNV\JQ;;S  $OOVL[ZHUHVHQWHQFHGWRGHDWKDIWHUDSHUIXQFWRU\KHDULQJDQGH[HFXWHGRQ'HFHPEHU LQDVKRZWULDOW\SLFDORIPDQ\RWKHUVUXQE\WKH6RYLHWVDWWKHWLPH VXFKDVWKH GLVJUDFHIXO.DW\QIUDPHXSPHQWLRQHGHDUOLHU  7KHGRFXPHQWVHQWHUHGLQWRWKH1XUHPEHUJWULDOUHFRUGFODLPHGWKDWPLOOLRQSHRSOH KDGEHHQPXUGHUHGDW0DMGDQHN ,07YRO9,,S DQGWKLVZDVIRUPDQ\\HDUVWKH DFFHSWHG¿JXUH Below: The ovens at the Majdanek crematorium, as they were found by the Soviet army. Previously indoors, the entire building around the ovens burned down before the Soviets DUULYHGH[SRVLQJWKHRYHQV²DQGWKHFKLPQH\²WRWKHRXWVLGHHOHPHQWV

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Section 100: Number of Majdanek “Victims” Varies Wildly from 1.7 Million to 79,000 7KH 6RYLHW FODLPV RI  PLOOLRQ ZHUH VRRQ GLVSXWHG HYHQ E\ RWKHU OHDGLQJ +RORFDXVW VWRU\WHOOHUVDVEHLQJIDQWDVWLFHYHQE\WKHLUH[DJJHUDWHGVWDQGDUGV$VDUHVXOWWKHQXPEHU RI³YLFWLPV´FODLPHGIRU0DMGDQHNVWLOOYDULHVZLOGO\DFFRUGLQJWRZKLFKVRXUFHWKHUHDGHU consults: - 1,380,000 victims, according to Lucy Dawidowicz (Lucy Dawidowicz, The War against WKH-HZV±3HOLFDQ%RRNVS  DFFRUGLQJWR/HD5RVKDQG(EHUKDUG-lFNHO /HD5RVKDQG(EHUKDUG-lFNHO, Der Tod ist ein Meister aus Deutschland,+RɣPDQQXQG&DPSHS    DFFRUGLQJ WR :ROIJDQJ 6FKHɥHU :ROIJDQJ 6FKHɥHU Judenverfolgung im 'ULWWHQ5HLFK&ROORTXLXP9HUODJ%HUOLQS  RUPRUHDFFRUGLQJWRWKH:HVW*HUPDQWULEXQDOZKLFKRUJDQL]HGWKH'VVHOGRUI 0DMGDQHNWULDO /DQGJHULFKW'VVHOGRUI8UWHLO+DFNPDQQXD;9,,%DQG,S  - 79,000 according to Tomasz Kranz, director of the Research Department of the State 0XVHXPDW0DMGDQHNLQDDUWLFOHLQWKHRɤFLDO0DMGDQHN0XVHXPMRXUQDO=HV]\W\ 0DMGDQND .UDQ]75HFRUGVRIGHDWKVDQGPRUWDOLW\UDWHRISULVRQHUVRI.//XEOLQ=HV]\W\ 0DMGDQND7RP;;,,, 

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150 Chapter 16: Majdanek Section 101: “Gas Chamber” Added to Postwar Rebuilt Majdanek Crematorium Building 7KHVWDWHRIWKHFDPSZKHQFDSWXUHGE\WKH5XVVLDQVOHQWLWVHOIWRDQWL1D]LSURSDJDQGD Disease (mainly typhus, which causes extreme weight loss) had killed thousands of inmates, and a shortage of fuel had prevented the camp crematorium from hygienically disposing of ODUJHQXPEHUVRIERGLHV 7KHUHVXOWDQWSLOHVRIFRUSVHV²QRQHRIZKRPKDGEHHQ³JDVVHG´²PDGHKRUUL¿FYLHZLQJ 3LFWXUHVRIWKHVHKDOIGHFRPSRVHGERGLHVFLUFXODWHGWKHZRUOGDORQJZLWKXWWHUO\HUURQHRXV FODLPV WKDW WKH\ KDG EHHQ JDVVHG RU RWKHUZLVH PXUGHUHG²DQG WKHUH ZDV QR RQH WR VD\ RWKHUZLVH ,QDGGLWLRQJUXHVRPHSLFWXUHVRIVNHOHWRQVDQGKDOIEXUQHGERGLHVO\LQJLQIURQWRIWKH FUHPDWRULDZHUHWDNHQDQGDUHVWLOOFLUFXODWHGDV³HYLGHQFH´RIPDVVPXUGHU,WLVRIFRXUVH QHYHUH[SODLQHGZK\WKH*HUPDQVZRXOGOHDYHVNHOHWRQVDQGKDOIEXUQHGFRUSVHVVWUHZQ DURXQGLQIURQWRIWKHFUHPDWRULXP 7KHVHKRUUL¿FVFHQHVDUHRIFRXUVHWKHSURGXFWRIWKH¿UHZKLFKGHVWUR\HGWKHZRRGHQ FUHPDWRULXPEXLOGLQJ²EXWWKDWLVQHYHUPHQWLRQHGZKHQWKHSLFWXUHVDUHVKRZQ 6RPH RI WKH FDPS¶V EXLOGLQJV ZHUH IRXQG WR EH VWDFNHG WR WKH UDIWHUV ZLWK VKRHV DQG FORWKLQJ7KLVZDV DQGVWLOOLV SUHVHQWHGWRWKHRXWVLGHZRUOGDVEHORQJLQJWRWKHSHRSOH ZKRKDGEHHQ³JDVVHG´ 7KHWUXWKZDVIDUVLPSOHU0DMGDQHNZDVWKHPDLQJDWKHULQJSRLQWIRUDOOLWHPVVHL]HG from deportations to the three Reinhard camps, so the clothing and personal items found WKHUHLQIDFWFDPHIURPIRXUFDPSVLQFOXGLQJ0DMGDQHNLWVHOI,QDGGLWLRQVHFWLRQ9,RI WKHFDPSZKHUHWKHVKRHVZHUHIRXQGZDVDFREEOHU¶VIDFWRU\ZKHUHZRUQRXWVKRHVZHUH VHQWIURPWKH(DVWHUQ)URQWIRUUHSDLU7KLVIDFWZDVDGPLWWHGE\3ROLVKKLVWRULDQ=G]LVODZ /XNDV]NLHZLF] DV HDUO\ DV  =GLVODZ /XNDV]NLHZLF] µ2ER] NRQFHQWUDF\MQ\ L ]DJODG\ 0DMGDQHN¶LQ%LXOHW\Q*ORZQHM.RPLVML%DGDQLD=EURGQL1LHPLHFNLFKZ3ROVFH9RO,9 :DUVDZ EXWLVRIFRXUVHLJQRUHGE\WKH+RORFDXVWVWRU\WHOOHUV 7KHUHZDVHYHQDIDFWRU\LQWKH0DMGDQHNFDPSDUHDVWDɣHGE\LQPDWHVZKRVHMRELW ZDVWRSURFHVVWKHFORWKLQJEURXJKWLQIURPRFFXSLHG3RODQGFOHDQLWDQGSUHSDUHLWIRU GLVWULEXWLRQDOORYHUWKH5HLFK This was ignored in the propaganda rush, with the result that to this day, visitors are VKRZQSLOHVRIFORWKLQJDQGVKRHVDW0DMGDQHNDQGWROGWKH\EHORQJHGWR³JDVVHG´-HZVHYHQ WKRXJKWKHUHLVQRHYLGHQFHDWDOOWKDWWKHJDVVLQJVWRRNSODFHDVFODLPHG

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Below: The peephole supposedly used by SS men to check on the dying prisoners in the ³JDVFKDPEHU´QH[WGRRUWRWKH³JDVERWWOH´URRP$VFDQEHVHHQWKH³KROH´GRHVQRWHYHQ KDYHJODVVDQGLVFRPSOHWHO\RSHQ$Q\SRLVRQRXVJDVUHOHDVHGLQWKH³FKDPEHU´ZRXOG KDYHFRPHVWUDLJKWEDFNLQWRWKH³RSHUDWRU¶VURRP´(UURUVVXFKDVWKHVHDUHLJQRUHGE\ WKH+RORFDXVWVWRU\WHOOHUV

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Below: The largest of the delousing rooms—bearing the characteristic marking of 3UXVVLDQ%OXHVWDLQVIURP=\NORQ%XVH²LVSUHVHQWHGWRWKHSUHVHQWGD\YLVLWRUDVD³JDV FKDPEHU´1RWHWKHVLJQZKLFKFODLPVWKDWSULVRQHUVZHUHJDVVHGXVLQJ³FDUERQR[LGH´ DQGDQDGGHQGXPWKDW³F\FORQH%ZDVDOVRXVHG´7KHUHDUHQR=\NRQ%³LQGXFWLRQ holes” in this chamber, which makes using that chemical as a homicidal gassing method LPSRVVLEOHVRPHWKLQJZKLFKKDVDFWXDOO\DOUHDG\EHHQDGPLWWHGE\+RORFDXVW³H[SHUW´ Jean-Claude Pressac.

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169 The Six Million: Fact or Fiction? Below: The rear (outside) of the Dachau disinfestation chambers. The double doors on both ends of the disinfestation chambers were necessary to keep clean clothes separate from the contaminated ones—dirty clothes were put in on one side, and clean ones taken RXWWKHRWKHU²MXVWOLNHLQ$XVFKZLW]

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Below: Polish inmates of Dachau celebrate with champagne and cigars upon the arrival RIWKH$PHULFDQWURRSV7KHSULVRQHUVDOOORRNZHOOIHGDQGKHDOWK\+HQFHSLFWXUHVVXFK DVWKHVHDUHUDUHO\XVHGE\WKH+RORFDXVWVWRU\WHOOHUVZKRLQVWHDGSUHIHUWRXVHSLFWXUHV of typhus-ridden inmates to represent the concentration camp population.

172 CHAPTER 18: SACHSENHAUSEN

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175 The Six Million: Fact or Fiction?

CHAPTER 19: BERGEN-BELSEN

Section 114: Typhus Deaths—Origin of Horror Images in Bergen-Belsen— No Gas Chambers The Bergen-Belsen camp in northwestern Germany was originally a prisoner of war camp QDPHG6WDODJ;,& It was “converted” into a concentration camp in 1943 on the orders of SS Reichsführer +HLQULFK+LPPOHUDVDSDUWRIDSURJUDPWRH[FKDQJH-HZVIRU*HUPDQ32:VKHOGE\WKH Allies (Ben Shephard, $IWHU'D\EUHDN²7KH/LEHUDWLRQRI%HOVHQ, 1945, London, Random +RXVH  7KHFDPSZDVOLEHUDWHGE\WKH%ULWLVKDUP\RQ$SULO0DLQO\EHFDXVHDODUJH :HVWHUQ PHGLD FRQWLQJHQW DFFRPSDQLHG WKH %ULWLVK VROGLHUV DQG WKHUHE\ KDG LPPHGLDWH DFFHVVWRWKHHQWLUHFDPSLWKDVQHYHUEHHQFODLPHGWKDWWKHUHZDVD³JDVFKDPEHU´DW%HUJHQ %HOVHQ %HORZ$%ULWLVKVROGHUVWDQGVJXDUGRXWVLGHWKH%HOVHQFDPSDIWHUOLEHUDWLRQ7KH ZDUQLQJVLJQLVIRUYLVLWLQJ$OOLHGVROGLHUVQRWWRGULYHWRRIDVWIRUIHDURIVSUHDGLQJ typhus in the dust.

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CHAPTER 20: “EYEWITNESS” ACCOUNTS

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181 The Six Million: Fact or Fiction?

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182 &KDSWHU³(\HZLWQHVV´$FFRXQWV Section 116: The Diary of Anne Frank—Handwriting Reveals Two Authors 2QHRIWKHPRVWFHOHEUDWHG³+RORFDXVW´ERRNVLVWKHVRFDOOHG'LDU\RI$QQH)UDQN¿UVW SXEOLVKHGLQDQGVXSSRVHGO\WKHZRUNRID\RXQJ-HZLVKJLUOZULWWHQZKLOHKHUIDPLO\ DQGIRXURWKHU-HZVZHUHKLGLQJLQDIDFWRU\GXULQJWKH*HUPDQRFFXSDWLRQRI+ROODQG (YHQWXDOO\WKHHLJKWZHUHDUUHVWHGDQGGHWDLQHGLQYDULRXVFRQFHQWUDWLRQFDPSV$QQH )UDQNGLHGLQ%HUJHQ%HOVHQRIW\SKXVE\ZKLFKWLPHVKHZDV¿IWHHQ:KHQ$XVFKZLW]ZDV OLEHUDWHGE\WKH5XVVLDQVKHUIDWKHU2WWR)UDQNZDVEHLQJWUHDWHGIRUW\SKXVLQWKHFDPS KRVSLWDODQGKHGLHGLQ Life Magazine of August 18, 1958, carried a photograph of Anne Frank on the cover against WKHEDFNJURXQGRIZKDWLVFOHDUO\DQGXQTXHVWLRQDEO\WKHFKLOGOLNHQRQFXUVLYHKDQGZULWLQJ RIDYHU\\RXQJJLUO +RZHYHURWKHUSXEOLVKHGH[DPSOHVRIWKHKDQGZULWLQJIURPWKHGLDU\²LQFOXGLQJDODUJH poster set up in front of the “Anne Frank School” in Amsterdam, clearly show the handwriting RIDQDGXOW %HORZ/HIWWKHKDQGZULWLQJRI$QQH)UDQNZDVSXEOLVKHGRQWKHIURQWSDJHRILife PDJD]LQHRQ$XJXVWDORQJZLWKDSKRWRJUDSKVKHKDGWDNHQRIKHUVHOI7KH childish scrawl is in marked contrast to the adult’s handwriting of large parts of the GLDU\DVLOOXVWUDWHGRQWKHULJKW 3LFWXUHRIWKHIURQWRIWKH$QQH)UDQN6FKRROLQ $PVWHUGDPZKHUHWKHEXLOGLQJIDFDGHFRQWDLQVDFRS\RIDSDJHIURPWKHGLDU\HQGLQJ ZLWKWKHVLJQDWXUH³$QQH0)UDQN´

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185 The Six Million: Fact or Fiction? Section 117: Anne Frank Fund Admits Father Co-Authored Diary The Basel, Switzerland, Anne Frank Fonds (Anne Frank Fund)—which controls the FRS\ULJKWWRWKH'LDU\RI$QQH)UDQN²¿QDOO\DGPLWWHGLQ1RYHPEHUWKDWWKHERRNZDV LQIDFWDWOHDVWFRDXWKRUHGE\2WWR)UDQN$QQH¶VIDWKHUDIWHUWKHZDU 7KH DGPLVVLRQ SURYHG WKDW WKH ERRN ZKLFK LV VWLOO KHDYLO\ SURPRWHG DV D ³KRORFDXVW PHPRLU´LVLQIDFWODUJHO\DSRVWZDUIDEULFDWLRQZKLFKFRQWDLQHGSDUWVRIWKH\RXQJ$QQH¶V GLDU\ZLWKH[WHQVLYHDGGLWLRQVDGGHGE\KHUIDWKHU An article in the 1HZ

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186 &KDSWHU³(\HZLWQHVV´$FFRXQWV +RZHYHULQGXULQJDWULDORIDKRORFDXVWUHYLVLRQLVWLQ7RURQWR9UEDWHVWL¿HGWKDW KLV ERRN , &DQQRW )RUJLYH, which contained all his eyewitness accounts was “an artistic picture” and that he himself had in fact never witnessed any gassings (“Book ‘An Artistic 3LFWXUH¶6XUYLYRUQHYHUVDZDFWXDOJDVVLQJGHDWKV´Toronto Star-DQXDU\  3XVKHG RQ WKH SRLQW 9UED DGPLWWHG WKDW KH QHYHU ZLWQHVVHG DQ\ERG\ EHLQJ JDVVHG WR GHDWKDQGKLVERRNDERXW$XVFKZLW]%LUNHQDXLVRQO\³DQDUWLVWLFSLFWXUHQRWDGRFXPHQW IRUDFRXUW´ LELG  9UEDWROGWKHWULDOWKDWKLVZULWWHQDQGSLFWRULDOGHVFULSWLRQVRIWKH$XVFKZLW]FUHPDWRULD DQGJDVFKDPEHUVDUHEDVHGRQ³ZKDW,KHDUGLWPLJKWORRNOLNH´ +HVDLGWKDWKLVGUDZLQJVRIWKH³$XVFKZLW]FDPSOD\RXWZHUHLQH[DFW´ 9UEDZKRHVFDSHGWKHFDPSLQ3RODQGLQLQVLVWHGKRZHYHUKHKDGPDGHDQDFFXUDWH ³ZLWKLQ´ HVWLPDWHVRIPDVVPXUGHUYLFWLPVXSWRWKDWSRLQW

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So what does Lengyel say? ³$IWHU -XQH  WKH JDV FKDPEHU ZDV UHVHUYHG H[FOXVLYHO\ IRU -HZV DQG *\SVLHV Three hundred and sixty corpses every half hour, which was all the time it took to reduce KXPDQÀHVKWRDVKHVPDGHSHUKRXURUFRUSVHVSHUWZHQW\IRXUKRXUVKLIW $QGWKHRYHQVZLWKPXUGHURXVHɤFLHQF\IXQFWLRQHGGD\DQGQLJKW+RZHYHURQHPXVW DOVRUHFNRQWKHGHDWKSLWVZKLFKFRXOGGHVWUR\DQRWKHUFDGDYHUVDGD\,QURXQG QXPEHUVDERXWFRUSVHVZHUHKDQGOHGHDFKGD\$QDGPLUDEOHSURGXFWLRQUHFRUG one that speaks well for German industry” (ibid.SS±  This implies almost 100,000 corpses per four working days, or a million in 40 days, or six PLOOLRQLQGD\V HLJKWPRQWKV 7KLVFODLPLVRIFRXUVHVLPSO\LPSRVVLEOHHYHQE\WKH FRQYHQWLRQDO+RORFDXVW6WRU\WHOOHUVWDQGDUGVDQGKDVREYLRXVO\EHHQPDGHXS

187 The Six Million: Fact or Fiction? Section 120: Kitty Hart’s “Return to Auschwitz” ,QKHUERRN5HWXUQWR$XVFKZLW] (Granada, London, 1983), Kitty Hart wrote the following: ³:RUNLQJ DURXQG WKH FORFN WKH IRXU XQLWV WRJHWKHU FRXOG GLVSRVH RI DERXW  ERGLHVHYHU\WZHQW\IRXUKRXUVZKLOHWKHRSHQSLWVFRSHGZLWK DIXUWKHULQWKH same period” (ibid.,S  7KLVPHDQVERGLHVHYHU\KRXUVRUHYHU\ZHHNUHDFKLQJWKHPDJLF PLOOLRQ¿JXUHLQDQDVWRQLVKLQJZHHNVRUHLJKWPRQWKV

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Section 121: Martin Gray’s “For Those I Loved” In addition to the wild exaggerations contained in “eyewitness” survivor memoirs, an HQWLUHJHQUHRIRXWULJKWIDNHGDFFRXQWVKDYHEHFRPHZLGHO\FLUFXODWHGDQGEHOLHYHGHYHQ WKRXJKWKH\KDYHDOOEHHQIRUPDOO\GHEXQNHGDQGH[SRVHGDVVXFKE\WKHRɤFLDO³+RORFDXVW KLVWRULDQV´

188 &KDSWHU³(\HZLWQHVV´$FFRXQWV 7KHERRN)RU7KRVH,/RYHGE\0DUWLQ*UD\ %RGOH\+HDG SXUSRUWHGWREHDQ DFFRXQWRIWKH7UHEOLQNDFDPS*UD\VSHFLDOL]HGLQVHOOLQJIDNHDQWLTXHVWR$PHULFDEHIRUH WXUQLQJ WR FRQFHQWUDWLRQ FDPS PHPRLUV DOWKRXJK KH ZDLWHG WZHQW\HLJKW \HDUV EHIRUH SURGXFLQJKLV³H\HZLWQHVV´DFFRXQW $OWKRXJKLWZDVPDGHLQWRD¿OPDQGUHPDLQVD³EHVWVHOOHU´WKH³+RORFDXVWKLVWRULDQV´ KDYHVRXQGO\UHMHFWHGWKHERRNDVDIDNH In The New StatesmanPDJD]LQHRI1RYHPEHU³+RORFDXVWH[SHUW´*LWWD6HUHQ\ ZKRDOVRSURGXFHGWKH)UDQ]6WDQJO³PHPRLUV´ ZURWHLQDUHYLHZRI*UD\¶VERRN³*UD\¶V )RU7KRVH,/RYHG was the work of Max Gallo the ghostwriter, who also produced Papillion. During the research for a Sunday TimesLQTXLU\LQWR*UD\¶VZRUN0*DOORLQIRUPHGPH FRROO\WKDWKHµQHHGHG¶DORQJFKDSWHURQ7UHEOLQNDEHFDXVHWKHERRNUHTXLUHGVRPHWKLQJ VWURQJIRUSXOOLQJLQUHDGHUV:KHQ,P\VHOIWROG*UD\WKHµDXWKRU¶WKDWKHKDGPDQLIHVWO\ QHYHUEHHQWRQRUHVFDSHGIURP7UHEOLQNDKH¿QDOO\DVNHGGHVSDLULQJO\µ%XWGRHVLWPDWWHU" :DVQ¶WWKHRQO\WKLQJWKDW7UHEOLQNDGLGKDSSHQWKDWLWVKRXOGEHZULWWHQDERXWDQGWKDW VRPH-HZVVKRXOGEHVKRZQWRKDYHEHHQKHURLF"´ *LWWD6HUHQ\³7KH0HQ:KR:KLWHZDVK Hitler,” The New Statesman,9RO1R1RYHPEHUSS± 

Section 122: Jean Francis Steiner’s “Treblinka” In the same New StatesmanDUWLFOH6HUHQ\DOVRFRQGHPQHG-HDQ)UDQoRLV6WHLQHU¶VERRN Treblinka, in the following manner: ³:RUVHDJDLQDUHWKHSDUWLDORUFRPSOHWHIDNHVVXFKDV-HDQ)UDQFLV6WHLQHU¶VTreblinka or 0DUWLQ*UD\¶V)RU7KRVH,/RYHG6WHLQHU¶VERRNRQWKHVXUIDFHHYHQVHHPVULJKWKHLVDPDQ RIWDOHQWDQGFRQYLFWLRQDQGLWLVKDUGWRNQRZKRZKHFRXOGJRVRZURQJ%XWZKDWKH¿QDOO\ SURGXFHGZDVDKRGJHSRGJHRIWUXWKDQGIDOVHKRRGOLEHOLQJERWKWKHGHDGDQGWKHOLYLQJ 7KHRULJLQDO)UHQFKERRNKDGWREHZLWKGUDZQDQGUHLVVXHGZLWKDOOWKHQDPHVFKDQJHG%XW LWUHWDLQVLWVIRUPDWRILPDJLQHGFRQYHUVDWLRQVDQGUHDFWLRQV²LHSXUH¿FWLRQ²LQFUHGLEO\ UHPDLQLQJQRQHWKHOHVVLQVHULRXVELEOLRJUDSKLHV´ ibid 

Section 123: Miklos Nyiszli’s “Auschwitz: A Doctor’s Eyewitness Account” 7KHERRN$XVFKZLW]$'RFWRU¶V(\HZLWQHVV$FFRXQWE\0LNORV1\LV]OLZDV¿UVWSXEOLVKHG LQLQVWDOOPHQWVE\WKH+XQJDULDQPDJD]LQHVilag ³:RUOG´ IURP)HEUXDU\WR$SULO ,WVRULJLQDOWLWOHZDV,:DV0HQJHOH¶V$XWRSV\'RFWRULQ$XVFKZLW]$+XQJDULDQ 'RFWRU¶V'LDU\IURP+HOO7KLVERRNFODLPHGWKDW$XVFKZLW]NLOOHGSHRSOHHYHU\GD\ LQLWVJDVFKDPEHUV  ZKLFKKDGEHHQLQRSHUDWLRQIURPWR 189 The Six Million: Fact or Fiction? At the rate of 20,000 per day, for four years, this would have amounted to an astonishing PLOOLRQGHDG 2IFRXUVHQRWHYHQWKH+RORFDXVWVWRU\WHOOHUVFODLPWKDWWKHJDVFKDPEHUVZHUHEXLOWLQ 

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190 &KDSWHU³(\HZLWQHVV´$FFRXQWV to leave the grounds of the crematorium, and every four months, when they had learned too PXFKDERXWWKHSODFHIRUWKHLURZQJRRGWKH\ZHUHOLTXLGDWHG7LOOQRZVXFKKDGEHHQWKH fate of every SonderkommandoVLQFHWKHIRXQGLQJRIWKH.=WKLVH[SODLQVZK\QRRQHKDG HYHUHVFDSHGWRWHOOWKHZRUOGZKDWKDGEHHQWDNLQJSODFHLQVLGHWKHVHJULPZDOOVIRUWKHSDVW VHYHUDO\HDUV´ 7KLVODVWVWDWHPHQWLVRIVLJQL¿FDQFHIRUWKHQH[W³H\HZLWQHVV´DFFRXQWWKDWRI)LOLS0OOHU

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207 The Six Million: Fact or Fiction?

Appendix 1: Alois Brunner and the “I Would Do It All Again” Lie

7KH 'HFHPEHU  DQQRXQFHPHQW E\ WKH 6LPRQ :LHVHQWKDO &HQWHU WKDW RQH RI WKHLU most sought-after “war criminals,” Alois Brunner—the so-called “right hand man to Adolf (LFKPDQQ²GLHGIRXU\HDUVDJRKDVEURXJKWIRUWKWKHXVXDORXWSRXULQJRI+RORFDXVWVWRULHV DERXWKRZKHZDVUHVSRQVLEOHIRU³GHSRUWLQJWHQVRIWKRXVDQGVRI-HZVWRGHDWKFDPSVGXULQJ WKHVHFRQGZRUOGZDU´ These stories have included the usual rehashing of a supposed interview he gave with the Chicago Sun Times in which Brunner was claimed to have said: ³$OO RI >WKH -HZV@ GHVHUYHG WR GLH EHFDXVH WKH\ ZHUH WKH 'HYLO¶V DJHQWV DQG KXPDQ JDUEDJH,KDYHQRUHJUHWVDQGZRXOGGRLWDJDLQ´ ³1D]L%XWFKHULQ6\ULD+DYHQ´1RY  

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211 The Six Million: Fact or Fiction?

Appendix 2: The Oskar Groening “I Saw the Gas Chambers” Story

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222 Appendix 3: Auschwitz—Reality versus the Claims The Auschwitz Camp Orchestra 7KHVWRU\DERXWWKH³$XVFKZLW]FDPSRUFKHVWUD´KDYHHQWHUHGQHDUO\OHJHQGDU\VWDWXV 0RVWRIWHQWKHSXEOLFLVWROGWKHHYLO1D]LV HLWKHUWKHPVHOYHVRUWKH\IRUFHG-HZVWRGRVR  SOD\HGFODVVLFDOPXVLFZKLOHWKH\ZHUHPDVVPXUGHULQJ-HZVLQWKH³JDVFKDPEHUV´RUVRPH RWKHUVXFKDFWLYLW\ So what was the reality of the Auschwitz Orchestra? 7KHWUXWKLVUHYHDOHGLQRULJLQDOSKRWRJUDSKVRQGLVSOD\DWWKHFDPSPXVHXPWRKLVGD\ %HORZ$SLFWXUHRIWKHUHDO$XVFKZLW]FDPSRUFKHVWUDDVVHPEOHGIRUDQRSHQDLUFRQFHUW LQ$XVFKZLW],1RWHWKHFURZGVRISULVRQHUVVWDQGLQJURXQG QRWEHLQJ³PDUFKHG´RU ³FDUU\LQJWKHGHDG´EXWTXLWHUHOD[HGOLVWHQLQJWRVRPHPXVLF1RWHRWKHUSULVRQHUVRQWKH OHIWVWDQGLQJDWHDVH,WLVRIFRXUVHDOVRXQWUXHWKDWWKHFDPSRUFKHVWUDZDV³IRUFHG´WR assemble in one particular area only.

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The Treatment of Prisoners in Auschwitz 7KHLPDJHRI$XVFKZLW]DVSURPRWHGE\WKH+RORFDXVW6WRU\WHOOHUVDQGWKHLUDOOLHVLQWKH mass media, is that Auschwitz was a slave-extermination camp, dedicated only to murdering DVPDQ\SHRSOHDVSRVVLEOH 7KH UHDOLW\ RI OLIH LQ $XVFKZLW] ZDV²QHHGOHVV WR VD\²YHU\ GLɣHUHQW WR WKHVH HQGOHVV ³VXUYLYRU´OLHV,QVWHDGRIEHLQJGHGLFDWHGWRWKH³PDVVPXUGHU´RIDQ\DQGHYHU\RQHWKH $XVFKZLW]&DPSKDGDODUJHQXPEHURIIDFLOLWLHVGHGLFDWHGWRVDYLQJWKHOLYHVRISULVRQHUV LQFOXGLQJKRVSLWDOVGHQWDOFOLQLFVUHFUHDWLRQDOIDFLOLWLHVOLEUDULHVDQGVRRQ+HUHIROORZV VRPHLPDJHVIURP$XVFKZLW]ZKLFKWKH+RORFDXVW6WRU\WHOOHUVGRQRWVKRZ %HORZ%ORFNDW$XVFKZLW]WKHSULVRQHU¶VKRVSLWDOEORFN

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Appendix 4: The Stutthof “Gas Chamber”

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