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? 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