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Il Negazionismo. Storia Di Una Menzogna 1
Il negazionismo. Storia di una menzogna 1 Il negazionismo. Storia di una menzogna di Claudio Vercelli Il fenomeno del «negazionismo olocaustico», ovvero del rifiuto di considerare come effettivamente avvenuto lo sterminio degli ebrei per mano nazista data, nella sua origine, al momento stesso in cui l’Olocausto andava realizzandosi. La rimozione dell’evidenza storica è infatti parte di una più ampia strategia che si pone l’obiettivo di perpetuare ideologicamente il nazismo e i fascismi medesimi, evitando che ad essi siano imputate le loro concrete responsabilità, a partire dagli omicidi di massa di cui si sono ripetutamente macchiati. Gli assassini, infatti, nel mentre procedevano alla distruzione delle comunità ebraiche europee si adoperavano anche per occultare quanto stavano facendo. Chi, a guerra finita, ha sostenuto che quel che era successo “in realtà” non sarebbe mai accaduto, ha recuperato i motivi e i moventi che stavano alla base del tragico operato del Terzo Reich e dei suoi scherani. Il negazionismo, quindi, non è una ipotesi di interpretazione dei fatti alternativa alla storiografica “ufficiale” ma la negazione dell’evidenza. Affrontarne la sua presenza e perduranza, non solo come fenomeno ristretto, di nicchia, a tratti quasi amatoriale bensì in quanto falsificazione dei fatti, implica non solo tutelare la memoria del passato ma anche e soprattutto difendere il presente da qualsiasi manipolazione. La posta in gioco è la formazione dell’opinione pubblica. Poiché, come afferma George Orwell nel suo romanzo 1984: «chi controlla il passato controlla il futuro». La bibliografia qui proposta è stata curata da Claudio Vercelli in occasione della presentazione del suo volume Il negazionismo. -
Brigitte Bailer-Galanda “Revisionism”1 in Germany and Austria: the Evolution of a Doctrine
www.doew.at Brigitte Bailer-Galanda “Revisionism”1 in Germany and Austria: The Evolution of a Doctrine Published in: Hermann Kurthen/Rainer Erb/Werner Bergmann (ed.), Anti-Sem- itism and Xenophobia in Germany after Unification, New York–Oxford 1997 Development of “revisionism” since 1945 Most people understand so called „revisionism“ as just another word for the movement of holocaust denial (Benz 1994; Lipstadt 1993; Shapiro 1990). Therefore it was suggested lately to use the word „negationism“ instead. How- ever in the author‘s point of view „revisionism“ covers some more topics than just the denying of the National Socialist mass murders. Especially in Germany and Austria there are some more points of National Socialist politics some people have tried to minimize or apologize since 1945, e. g. the responsibility for World War II, the attack on the Soviet Union in 1941 (quite a modern topic), (the discussion) about the number of the victims of the holocaust a. s. o.. In the seventies the late historian Martin Broszat already called that movement „run- ning amok against reality“ (Broszat 1976). These pseudo-historical writers, many of them just right wing extremist publishers or people who quite rapidly turned to right wing extremists, really try to prove that history has not taken place, just as if they were able to make events undone by denying them. A conception of “negationism” (Auerbach 1993a; Fromm and Kernbach 1994, p. 9; Landesamt für Verfassungsschutz 1994) or “holocaust denial” (Lipstadt 1993, p. 20) would neglect the additional components of “revision- ism”, which are logically connected with the denying of the holocaust, this being the extreme variant. -
Between Denial and "Comparative Trivialization": Holocaust Negationism in Post-Communist East Central Europe
Between Denial and "Comparative Trivialization": Holocaust Negationism in Post-Communist East Central Europe Michael Shafir Motto: They used to pour millet on graves or poppy seeds To feed the dead who would come disguised as birds. I put this book here for you, who once lived So that you should visit us no more Czeslaw Milosz Introduction* Holocaust denial in post-Communist East Central Europe is a fact. And, like most facts, its shades are many. Sometimes, denial comes in explicit forms – visible and universally-aggressive. At other times, however, it is implicit rather than explicit, particularistic rather than universal, defensive rather than aggressive. And between these two poles, the spectrum is large enough to allow for a large variety of forms, some of which may escape the eye of all but the most versatile connoisseurs of country-specific history, culture, or immediate political environment. In other words, Holocaust denial in the region ranges from sheer emulation of negationism elsewhere in the world to regional-specific forms of collective defense of national "historic memory" and to merely banal, indeed sometime cynical, attempts at the utilitarian exploitation of an immediate political context.1 The paradox of Holocaust negation in East Central Europe is that, alas, this is neither "good" nor "bad" for the Jews.2 But it is an important part of the * I would like to acknowledge the support of the J. and O. Winter Fund of the Graduate Center of the City University of New York for research conducted in connection with this project. I am indebted to friends and colleagues who read manuscripts of earlier versions and provided comments and corrections. -
Auschwitz: the First Gassing
A USCHWITZ : T H E F I R S T G ASSING Auschwitz: The First Gassing Rumor and Reality Carlo Mattogno Castle Hill Publishers P.O. Box 243, Uckfield, TN22 9AW, UK 3rd edition, April 2016 HOLOCAUST HANDBOOKS, Volume 20: Carlo Mattogno: Auschwitz: The First Gassing. Rumor and Reality Translated by Henry Gardner 3rd, corrected edition, April 2016 Uckfield, East Sussex: CASTLE HILL PUBLISHERS PO Box 243, Uckfield, TN22 9AW, UK Original Italian edition: Auschwitz: La prima gasazione Edizioni di Ar, Padua, 1992 ISBN10 (print edition): 1-59148-133-3 ISBN13 (print edition): 978-1-59148-133-1 ISSN: 1529-7748 © 2005, 2011, 2016 by Carlo Mattogno Distribution worldwide by: Castle Hill Publishers PO Box 243, Uckfield, TN22 9AW, UK shop.codoh.com Set in Times New Roman www.HolocaustHandbooks.com Cover Illustrations: Bottom: Part of a 1944 photo shows high-ranking SS officers gathered at Solahütte, the SS retreat outside of Ausch- witz. Other photos (left to right; all © Carlo Mattogno): Block 11, in- side, right side, door to cell no. 25; Block 11, outside, wall facing NE, entry door; Block 11, inside, Bunker, right side, cell no. 21. CARLO MATTOGNO ∙ AUSCHWITZ: THE FIRST GASSING 5 Table of Contents Page Preface to the Third Edition ...................................................................... 7 Introduction ................................................................................................ 9 Chapter I: Genesis and Significance of the First Gassing ..................... 17 Chapter II: The Setting of the First Gassing: Block 11 ........................ 31 Chapter III: The Sources of the First-Gassing Accounts ...................... 35 1. Wartime Sources (1941 – 1943)...................................................... 35 2. Post-War Sources ............................................................................ 41 3. Testimonies of the SS Personnel ..................................................... 75 Chapter IV: Critical and Comparative Source Analysis ..................... -
Auschwitz: Cremat O R I U M I and the Alleged Homicidal Ga S Sings
AUSCHWITZ: CREMAT O R I U M I AND THE ALLEGED HOMICIDAL GA S SINGS Auschwitz: Crematorium I and the Alleged Homicidal Gassings Carlo Mattogno Castle Hill Publishers P.O. Box 243, Uckfield, TN22 9AW, UK September 2016 HOLOCAUST HANDBOOKS, Vol. 21: Carlo Mattogno: Auschwitz: Crematorium I and the Alleged Homicidal Gassings. 2nd, slightly corrected and expanded edition Translated by Henry Gardner Uckfield, East Sussex: CASTLE HILL PUBLISHERS P.O. Box 243, Uckfield, TN22 9AW, UK September 2016 ISBN10: 1-59148-156-2 ISBN13: 978-1-59148-156-0 ISSN: 1529-7748 © 2005, 2016 by Carlo Mattogno Distribution worldwide by: Castle Hill Publishers P.O. Box 243 Uckfield, TN22 9AW, UK shop.codoh.com Set in Times New Roman. www.HolocaustHandbooks.com Cover illustrations: modern photos of: left: external view of Crematorium I at the Auschwitz Main Camp; center: morgue plus washing room in their current state; right: one of the reconstructed furnaces in the furnace hall of the crematorium; background: section of an original German blueprint of the Auschwitz Main Camp. CARLO MATTOGNO, AUSCHWITZ: CREMATORIUM I 5 Table of Contents Page Introduction ............................................................................................... 7 Chapter 1: The Origin of the Homicidal Gassing Story ........................ 9 1.1. The “Gas Chamber” of Crematorium I in the Reports from the Secret Resistance Movement at Auschwitz .................................... 9 1.2. Origin and Development of the Official Version .......................... 10 Chapter 2: Crematorium I at Auschwitz .............................................. 17 2.1. The Projects for the Ventilation System of Crematorium I........... 17 2.2. The Transformation of Crematorium I into an Air-Raid Shelter .. 23 Chapter 3: The Witnesses ....................................................................... 27 3.1. -
Rechtsextremismus Und Antifaschismus Herausgegeben Von Klaus Kinner Und Rolf Richter
Rechtsextremismus und Antifaschismus herausgegeben von Klaus Kinner und Rolf Richter 1 Schriften 5 herausgegeben von der Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung Sachsen e. V. und der Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung, Gesellschaftsanalyse und Politische Bildung e. V. 2 Rechtsextremismus und Antifaschismus Historische und aktuelle Dimensionen herausgegeben von Klaus Kinner und Rolf Richter Karl Dietz Verlag Berlin 3 Die Deutsche Bibliothek – CIP-Einheitsaufnahme Rechtsextremismus und Antifaschismus : historische und aktuelle Dimensionen / hrsg. von Klaus Kinner und Rolf Richter. – Berlin : Dietz, 2000 (Schriften / Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung ; Bd. 5) ISBN 3-320-02015-3 © Karl Dietz Verlag Berlin GmbH 2000 Umschlag: Egbert Neubauer, MediaService Fotos: Gabriele Senft, Berlin Typografie: Brigitte Bachmann Satz: MediaService, Berlin Druck und Bindearbeit: BärenDruck, Berlin Printed in Germany 4 INHALT Editorial 7 WERNER BRAMKE Antifaschistische Tradition und aktueller Antifaschismus 8 ROLF RICHTER Über Theoretisches und Praktisches im heutigen Antifaschismus 14 KLAUS KINNER Kommunistischer Antifaschismus – ein schwieriges Erbe 45 ANDRÉ HAHN Zum Umgang mit Rechtsextremen in den Parlamenten 52 NORBERT MADLOCH Rechtsextremismus in Deutschland nach dem Ende des Hitlerfaschismus 57 Vorbemerkung 58 Rechtsextremistische Tendenzen und Entwicklungen in der DDR, speziell in Sachsen, bis Oktober 1990 63 Hauptetappen der Entwicklung des Rechtsextremismus in den alten Bundesländern bis zur deutschen Vereinigung 1990 106 Zur Entwicklung des Rechtsextremismus im geeinten Deutschland 1990 bis 1990 – besonders in den neuen Bundesländern 146 Ursachen und Perspektiven des Rechtsextremismus in der Bundesrepublik 206 ROLAND BACH Zur nationalen und sozialen Demagogie der extremen Rechten 215 5 Anhang 251 NORBERT MADLOCH Lexikalische Erläuterungen zu den im Rechtsextremismus-Teil verwandten Hauptbegriffen 252 Rechtsextremismus 253 Rechtsradikalismus = Grauzone 255 Rechtspopulismus 256 Faschismus/Nazismus – Neofaschismus/Neonazismus 257 Neue Rechte 261 Rassismus 264 Ausländer- bzw. -
Holocaust Denial Cases and Freedom of Expression in the United States
Holocaust Denial Cases and Freedom of Expression in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom By Charla Marie Boley Submitted to Central European University, Department of Legal Studies In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of … M.A. in Human Rights Supervisor: Professor Vladimir Petrovic Budapest, Hungary 2016 CEU eTD Collection Copyright 2016 Central European University CEU eTD Collection i EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Freedom of expression is an internationally recognized fundamental right, crucial to open societies and democracy. Therefore, when the right is utilized to proliferate hate speech targeted at especially vulnerable groups of people, societies face the uncomfortable question of how and when to limit freedom of expression. Holocaust denial, as a form of hate speech, poses such a problem. This particular form of hate speech creates specific problems unique to its “field” in that perpetrators cloak their rhetoric under a screen of academia and that initial responses typically discard it as absurd, crazy, and not worth acknowledging. The three common law jurisdictions of the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom all value free speech and expression, but depending on national legislation and jurisprudence approach the question of Holocaust denial differently. The three trials of Holocaust deniers Zundel, Irving, and the the Institute for Historical Review, a pseudo academic organization, caught the public’s attention with a significant amount of sensationalism. The manner in which the cases unfolded and their aftermath demonstrate that Holocaust denial embodies anti-Semitism and is a form of hate speech. Furthermore, examination of trial transcripts, media response, and existing scholarship, shows that combating denial in courtrooms can have the unintended consequence of further radicalizing deniers and swaying more to join their ranks. -
Antiziganismus Soziale Und Historische Dimensionen Von "Zigeuner"- Stereotypen
ANTIZIGANISMUS Soziale und historische Dimensionen von "Zigeuner"- Stereotypen Dokumentations- und Kulturzentrum Deutscher Sinti und Roma ANTIZIGANISMUS Soziale und historische Dimensionen von "Zigeuner"- Stereotypen Dokumentations- und Kulturzentrum Deutscher Sinti und Roma © 2015 Dokumentations- und Kulturzentrum Deutscher Sinti und Roma Bremeneckgasse 2 D-69117 Heidelberg www.sintiundroma.de ISBN 978-3-929446-31-9 Redaktion: Thomas Baumann, Jacques Delfeld jr., Hans Scheid, Armin Ulm Lektorat: Sebastian Bühner, Bettina Liebler Layout & Satz: Stefanie Eifler, www.stefanieeifler.de Druck: Neumann Druck, Heidelberg Gefördert von der Beauftragten der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien aufgrund eines Beschlusses des Deutschen Bundestages sowie unterstützt durch das Ministerium für Arbeit und Soziales aus Mitteln des Landes Baden-Württemberg. INHALTSVERZEICHNIS Grußwort / Theresia Bauer .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 10 Vorwort / Jacques Delfeld jr. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 14 Helfer des Feindes Von der Häresie der Athinganoi zum „Stamm“ der Atsinganoi / Benedikt Wolf .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 18 Historische Vorläufer des modernen Antiziganismusbegriffs / Martin Holler .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 38 Antiziganismus Zur Verteidigung eines wissenschaftlichen Begriffs in kritischer Absicht / Markus End .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 54 Politischer Antiziganismus / Wilhelm Solms .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 74 Die integrierten Deutschen und Andere -
The Bunkers Auschwitz
z t CCarloarlo MMattognoattogno The so-called “Bunkers” at i Au schwitz-Birkenau are claimed w to have been the fi rst homicidal gas h chambers at Auschwitz specifically c s erected for this purpose in early 1942. u TThehe BBunkersunkers In this examination of a critical com- A ponent of the Auschwitz extermination f ooff legend, the indefatigable Carlo Mat- o togno has combed tens of thousands s of documents from the Auschwitz r AAuschwitzuschwitz construction offi ce – to conclude that these “Bunkers” e k never existed. n The Bunkers of Auschwitz shows how camp rumors u B of these alleged gas chambers evolved into black propa- ganda created by resistance groups within the camp, and e how this black propaganda was subsequently transformed h The Bunkers of Auschwitz TThe Bunkers of into “reality” by historians who uncritically embraced • everything stated by alleged eyewitnesses. o n In a concluding section that analyzes such hands-on g o t evidence as wartime aerial photography and archeologi- t cal diggings, Mattogno bolsters his case that the Aus- a M chwitz “bunkers” were – and remain – nothing more o than propaganda bunk. l r a CCarlo Mattogno • ISSN 1529–7748 BBlacklack PPropagandaropaganda vversusersus HHistoryistory ISBN 978-1–59148–009–4 ISBN 978-1-59148-009-490000> HHOLOCAUSTOLOCAUST HHandbooksandbooks SeriesSeries VVolumeolume 1111 TThesesheses & DissertationsDissertations PPressress PPOO BBoxox 225776857768 CChicago,hicago, IILL 660625,0625, UUSASA 9781591 480099 THE BUNKERS OF AUSCHWITZ BLACK PROPAGANDA VERSUS HISTORY The Bunkers of Auschwitz Black Propaganda versus History Carlo Mattogno Theses & Dissertations Press PO Box 257768, Chicago, Illinois 60625 December 2004 HOLOCAUST Handbooks Series, Vol. -
El Pasado En Construcción. Revisionismos Históricos En La
cub-CHG-6.pdf 1 30/05/15 12:47 El «revisionismo histórico», en- CARLOS FORCADELL ÁLVAREZ es catedrático de Historia Contemporánea en la tendido como el cuestionamiento de Universidad de Zaragoza. Comenzó sus investigaciones sobre la historia los consensos disciplinares básicos social de las organizaciones políticas y sindicales del movimiento obrero La Historia, hoy, debe cons- construidos por la historiografía euro- El pasado en la España contemporánea, atendiendo posteriormente a temas y méto- truirse y relatarse a escala com- dos de historia cultural de la sociedad y de la política y de historia de la pea a partir de 1945, es un fenómeno glo- historiografía. Editó, junto con Juan José Carreras, el libro Usos públicos parativa y global. La Institución bal que hace posible una problematización Fernando el Católico pretende con de la Historia (2003), que reflejó tempranamente la adaptación de esta transnacional más comprensiva de las diferen- en construcción perspectiva en la historiografía española. Ha codirigido el volumen III de esta nueva colección presentar una tes experiencias y perspectivas nacionales. Este selección de temas y problemas comu- la Historia de las culturas políticas en España y América latina sobre La nes tanto a la experiencia histórica de la es un libro dedicado a estudiar en perspectiva Restauración y la República, 1874-1936 (Madrid, Marcial Pons y Zarago- za, PUZ, 2015). Ha sido presidente de la Asociación de Historia Contem- mayor parte de las sociedades, próximas comparada la historia reciente de los revisionismos -
HOLOCAUST DENIAL Kenneth S
HOLOCAUST DENIAL Kenneth S. Stern The American Jewish Committee New York Kenneth S. Stern is program specialist on anti-Semitism and extremism for the American Jewish Committee. The American Jewish Committeeprotects the rights andfreedoms ofJews the world over; combats bigotry and anti-Semitism andpromotes hwnan rights for all; works for the security of Israel and deepened understanding between Americans and Israe- lis; advocates public policy positions rooted in American democratic vulues and the perspectives ofthe Jewish heritagr: and enhances the creative virality of the Jewish people. Founded in 1906, it is the pioneer human-relations agency in the United States. Copyright 0 1993 The American Jewish Committeen All rights reserved Library of Congress catalog number 93-070665 ISBN 0-87495-102-X First printing April 1993 Second printing June 1993 Third printing July 1994 This publication is dedicated to the memory of Zachariah Shuster, who gave 40 years of extraordinary service to the cause of world Jewry, human rights, and Jewish-Christian understanding. He opened AJC's European office in 1948, helping thousands of Holo- caust survivors, and, later, North African Jews fleeing anti-Semi- tism, rebuild their lives. On behalf of the AJC, he had a hand in establishing the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, the passage of Nostra Aetaze-which marked a turning point in Catholic attitudes toward Jews-and the publication of German textbooks containing accurate information about Jews, Judaism, anti-Semitism, and the Holocaust. In the early 1950s, Zachariah Shuster was one of the first to speak out about the plight of Soviet Jewry. -
1 Die Revisionisten Und Die Chemie Josef Bailer Die Naturwissenschaft Ist Wertfrei Und Naturgesetze Gelten Gleichermaßen Für N
Die Revisionisten und die Chemie Josef Bailer Die Naturwissenschaft ist wertfrei und Naturgesetze gelten gleichermaßen für Nazis und Antifaschisten. Mit solchem Anspruch wollen die "Revisionisten" für ihre politischen Ansichten Stimmung machen. Was vom naturwissenschaftlichen Anspruch der "Auschwitzlüge" zu halten ist, soll exemplarisch an drei einschlägigen Publikationen, dem Leuchter-Bericht, dem Rudolf-Gutachten und dem Lüftl-Report, dargelegt werden. Fred Leuchter, der Hinrichtungsexperte Der Leuchter-Bericht1 beschreibt im Detail die Verhältnisse in den Hinrichtungskammern amerikanischer Gefängnisse und setzt voraus, daß die Gaskammern im NS-Konzentra- tionslager Auschwitz auf die gleiche Weise betrieben worden wären und daher in den technischen Details gleich ausgesehen haben müßten2. Solche Annahmen erscheinen vielleicht auf den ersten Blick plausibel, zumal dasselbe Giftgas, Blausäure, verwendet wurde, sie entsprechen aber nicht den historischen Gegebenheiten. Die Situation in den NS-Vernichtungslagern war der in amerikanischen Gefängnissen überhaupt nicht ver- gleichbar. Fred Leuchter hält die Gaskammern für unzureichend abgedichtet, meint, das Gas hätte durch Mauern und Türritzen sickern, entweichen, die Wachmannschaften töten, und schließlich, zumindest in den Fällen, in denen die Gaskammern in der Nähe der Krematorien gelegen sind, vom Feuer entzündet, explodieren müssen. Außerdem meint er, die Gaskammern wären zu kalt und feucht gewesen, sodaß sich das Giftgas nur ungenügend entwickeln hätte können, und sie hätten keine Ventilation und keine ausreichende Entlüftung gehabt, sodaß mehrere Tage gelüftet hätte werden müssen, Fred Leuchter, Der Leuchter-Bericht. Im deutschsprachigen Raum wurden zwei Fassungen bekannt, die sich im Inhalt nicht unwesentlich voneinander unterscheiden. Eine Fassung wurde von Walter Ochens- berger verbreitet, eine andere von Dipl. Pol. Udo Walendy. Leuchter-Bericht, Absatz 12.001: "..