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Altogether nearly 300,000 people from the most different nations died in the Auschwitz concentration camp.
Originally posted by Studenofhistory
I have been on both sides of the Holocaust denial fence at various times in my life depending on the information I had at the time. My current view on the Holocaust issue is the result of several books written by controversial british historian David Irving. He is famous for his meticulous research and also infamous for his conclusions about what did and did not happen during WW2 in Germany. Based on unprecedented access to memoirs, personal notes, diaries and personal interviews with Germans in key positions during the war, including generals, Hitler's personal secretaries, etc. plus access to both public and classified archives in England, Germany and Russia, here are some of the conclusions that have gotten Irving arrested on charges of holocaust denial.
Hitler's intent, stated both publicly and privately, was that European jews should be resettled elsewhere. The first destination was the island of Madagascar. 15,000 pages of documents talk about sending jews to Madacascar. Then when the war stared, he decided to resettle the jews in (first) Poland and then later in occupied Russian territory. There is no evidence that he wanted jews killed en masse. On the other hand, neither did he object to reports of SS officers exceeding their orders and killing isolated groups of jews on their way to resettlement camps in the east.
The leader of the SS, Himmler, more than once told his subordinates, that he took the responsibility on himself to order the execution of large numbers of jews AND went to great lengths to keep Hitler in the dark about this decision.
Systematic execution of large numbers of jews didn't start until late 1942/early 1943 and ended by late 1944. Halfway thru that period, Himmler received a status report that showed that approximately 1.25 million jews had been 'resettled' ie. killed. It is therefore reasonable to extrapolate that for the entire period and conclude that 2.5-3 million jews were killed in a systematic way(mostly by shooting, not gas chambers).
This lower figure is very close to the number you get when you take the 6 million number and adjust it for the decrease in jewish deaths attributed to Auschwitz, which officially went from 4 million to 1.5 million. Subtracting 2.5 million from 6 million leaves you with 3.5 million.
So the bottom line for me at this point in time is that yes jews were systematically killed by the nazis, that 2.5-3.5 million were killed and no, gas chambers were not used for killing. Does it matter if the number is 2.5 million instead of 6 million? Yes I think it does. The truth is horrible enough. It doesn't have to be exaggerated and the German people don't deserve to be vilified(and pay compensation) forever for deaths that did not occur.
Originally posted by PplVSNWO
Am I reading this correctly? It doesn't matter if 100% of the testimony used to establish NAZI guilt is faked?
I realize the revelations on the trials don't disprove the Holocaust tale, but it does raise more questions on the why of extracting false testimony.
Since you don't seem to refute the facts in Mark Weber's paper, but rather attempt to minimalize the revelations of the torture and treatment of those on the stand at Nuremberg, you have alterior motives than learning and spreading historical truths.
Your methods seem to be to attack the author by means of attacking their motives, this does not debate the implications of the facts of that paper at all.
www.nizkor.org.../c/cole.david//cole.recants
THE STATEMENT OF DAVID COLE
Prepared January 2, 1998
This statement is given in an attempt to set the record
straight about my current views regarding the Holocaust and
Holocaust denial. As anyone who follows the subject of
Holocaust denial knows, from 1991 until 1994 I was well
known in the movement as a Jewish Holocaust denier [a
self-described "revisionist"]. For the last three years I
have no longer been associated with this movement, having
realized that I was wrong and that the path I was taking
with my life was self-destructive and hurtful to others. I
have spent the last few years in silence on the subject of
my time with the denial movement, a silence caused mainly by
my shame at what I had done with my life and my desire to
distance myself from that life.
[....] edit by Nichirasu
I would like to state for the record that there is no
question in my mind that during the Holocaust of Europe's
Jews during World War Two, the Nazis employed gas chambers
in an attempt to commit genocide against the Jews. At camps
in both Eastern and Western Europe, Jews were murdered in
gas chambers which employed such poison gasses as Zyklon B
and carbon monoxide (in the Auschwitz camp, for example, the
gas chambers used Zyklon B). The evidence for this is
overwhelming and unmistakable.
[...] Edit by Nichirasu
It has been brought to my attention that Bradley Smith is
still using one of my videos in advertisements he is running
on college campuses. Therefore, I would like to make these
additional points: This video is being advertised without my
consent, and I denouce this video as being without worth.
Bradley Smith is no historian, and denial is no "historical
field." Students on college campuses should look elsewhere
to find out about the Holocaust.
Here again is what the guy playing the role of self-hating Jew in these Videos (David Cole)
Originally posted by ken10
Out of curiosity, why did you have to describe this kid as a "Self-hating jew" ....
You immediately show a bias !!! yet expect to be taken seriously.
As a so-called historian, surely you should show impartiality......no ?
Originally posted by Ningishzida
Great Thread!
Something that a thinking person could use to EASILY divide the Intellectuals from the pseudo intellectuals.
FACT: The "jews" we are referring to are not "Jewish/hebrew" in the least. They are descendents of the Kazhars from Kazhakistan who converted to JUDAISM in the 10th century or so i.e. CAUCASIANS although they have KEPT TO THEIR OWN for so long that they do indeed have a slew of genetic issues as a result of INBREEDING (a very shallow gene pool) and thus have many distinctive features that the world mistakes for JEW HEBREW SEMITE.
Thus, no JEWS were killed in Nazi germany.
blah,blah,blah.....
Originally posted by NichirasuKenshin
Originally posted by PplVSNWO
Am I reading this correctly? It doesn't matter if 100% of the testimony used to establish NAZI guilt is faked?
No you're not. Nuremberg was not concerned with proving the Holocaust. If you insist on that then we'll have to agree to disagree. Taylor, Jackson, Roosevelt and the allies share my opinion.
There's neither false testimony nor false documents in the following trials - which were held to prove individual guilt at the individual camps and therefore had to establish the total reality of the Holocaust - something that wasn't attempted at the Nuremberg trials.
Since you don't seem to refute the facts in Mark Weber's paper, but rather attempt to minimalize the revelations of the torture and treatment of those on the stand at Nuremberg, you have alterior motives than learning and spreading historical truths.
1. That's a non-sequitur.
2. Mark Weber operates on the premise that Nuremberg was held to conclusively prove the Holocaust. That premise is false. You can not construct a solid argument with a fals premise (although in Aristotelian logic you can come to a valid conclusion by building on a false premise...)
Your methods seem to be to attack the author by means of attacking their motives, this does not debate the implications of the facts of that paper at all.
1. Please point out where i attacked Mark Weber.
2. I refuted the premise of the article - and I backed up that refutation.
I don't believe that you read any of my posts as you simply fail to comment on any of the valid points. It seems to me you should read a bit more about the Nuremberg trials, their scope and their purpose, and then go on studying the individual camp trials of the 50's and 60's. It's simply impossible to understand why Mark Weber bases his analysis on a false premise if you have no knowledge of ALL of the trials. By simply looking at the Nuremberg trial you will not get the whole picture. Nuremberg was the first. And, for the last time, none of the prosecutors at Nuremberg felt that it was their job to conclusively prove the totality and all details of the Holocaust.
Think for youself - the sources show that the allies had not yet sighted the whole of the available documents nor the whole of available testimony. The politcal nature and the show trial aspects of those trials has been discussed and recognized since the 50's - one of the reasons why Germany decided to hold individual trials. But this is the 6 time I am writing this in this thread and like the third time I am writing this to you. So I guess You won't even see this.
Originally posted by hinky
Originally posted by Ningishzida
Great Thread!
Something that a thinking person could use to EASILY divide the Intellectuals from the pseudo intellectuals.
FACT: The "jews" we are referring to are not "Jewish/hebrew" in the least. They are descendents of the Kazhars from Kazhakistan who converted to JUDAISM in the 10th century or so i.e. CAUCASIANS although they have KEPT TO THEIR OWN for so long that they do indeed have a slew of genetic issues as a result of INBREEDING (a very shallow gene pool) and thus have many distinctive features that the world mistakes for JEW HEBREW SEMITE.
Thus, no JEWS were killed in Nazi germany.
blah,blah,blah.....
And the winner is...
13 pages and finally,finally the Khazar Jews. You forgot two points besides not spelling the name right.
Folks, we're talking about the 13th tribe. The people who became Caucasian by crossing the Caucus Mountains. You also didn't mention Queen Elizabeth ties in as well as all European royalty in the Khazar branch.
This made up stuff just can't be made up. There is a religion based on this very concept. We now have Christian Identiy involved.
Do your homework, then we can talk.
Originally posted by Sashromi
Until this moment I had no idea of the high amount of anti-semites and just plain overall haters there are on ATS - including Moderators!
The level of intellectual immaturity presented under the guise of open debate is simply astounding. Have I inadvertently stumbled into a Klan meeting, or a re-union for the Aryan nation?
I actually feel nauseous, and am fighting to keep my breakfast down. I surrender!
I am done on ATS with any forum even remotely relating to modern or current historical and political issues. I will stick with simple issues like UFOs and Lost Civilizations, where the posters may occasionally nuts but are generally not hateful.
Originally posted by Tiger5
reply to post by Ningishzida
“I am getting at that Judaism is Elitism is Nazism.”
Well then everything equals everything. Which means everthing equals nothing as all terms and definition that may hold elitism in the dictionary sense has no meaning. Therefore there can be no effective dialogue or even bad grammar.
“You are not understanding my position as I am not trying to justify genocide/racially based hatred/war et al. “ Ok well then you are a decent person until proven otherwise.
“Thank you for the addition of "ess" to "God" as a sign of your level of enlightenment as I understand that this sometimes goes unnoticed. “ Thanks
"God" is an "IT" in my mind BTW although I am sure that even that seems rather unenlightened to the atheistic mind
I believe that this is simply your misconception.
What I am trying to say:
1: RACE is still being used to justify genocide
2: RACE is a non sequitur
I agree with both.
“3: The point of this thread needed this subtle subversion to bring out the greater truths that anyone with half an open mind can surely now see.” Well I have been trying in my own unsubtle way to identifiy who are anti semitic and to get the anti semitite and Pro Nazis out in daylight.
3a: that there is a reason why you were taught HOLOCAUST ad nauseum yet have no clue as to what HOLODOMOR means
So the Jews had a better PR machine. Sorry but that is the way of the world. I am not crazy about any one race of humans we all have far too many bad people and idiots! I just dislike injustice.
3b: that there is a reason why hollywood promotes the holocaust
Hollywood is effectively for unthinking people. If I want macho escapism or Saccharine laced pap I look to Hollywood films. If I want something sensible I watch Clint Eastwood-directed films and or even better something with Subtitles from Europe.
3c: that there is a reason why America seems to blindly defend and fund the state of israel
Well there is a strong and inhumane Jewsish lobby that I cannot support.
“3d: that there is a reason why it is a crime to even debate the holocaust in some countries and why it is a "social crime/taboo" to debate the holocaust in forums such as this one like an invisible hand. “ Ah but the holocaust is the world’s shame. It has become the modern yardstick of what happened in a civilized and developed country. Rwanda was awfull but Rwanda is a third world country where I am ashamaed to say life is cheap as it is a poor and an agricultural country. You still cannot equate Rwanda today with the socially advanced and sophistication of Germany in the Inter war years. Even now their cars are very good.
However the metaphor of the Holocaust is a good one to explain what is a shameful period in history.
I have googled the Holomodor. It is older than the holocaust. I hold stalin responsible for that but why tear down the holocaust as a metaphor. The reason behind the Holocaust is clear as it is blind racial hatred. Scholars seem to have varying opinions as to the cause of the Holomodor. The same cannot be said for the holocaust. even before the first concentration camps the Jews were being systematically victimised.