Smith’s Report, no. 167, cover letter
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At Auschwitz, Father Christmas Is a Swine and a Thief
It's just become known that the metallic sign with the words "Arbeit Macht Frei", set above the gate of the main camp at Auschwitz, was stolen two days ago, under the blind eye — in the blackest night at 4 a.m., wouldn't you know! — of a surveillance camera. Straight away the question of motive…
Guidelines for Teaching about the Holocaust
By Wilfried Heink- On October 6, 2009, Lady Renouf took part in a conference on “Denial and Democracy in Europe” called by the European Parliament in Brussels. During her address, she held up a handbook, titled “Guidelines for Teaching about the Holocaust”, and quoting from the section “Avoid legitimizing the denial of the past”. To…
Finland in the eye of the storm
In 2005, as near as I can tell, a Finish author, Erkki Hautamäki, published a book titled “Finland i stormens öga” (Finland in the eye of the storm). The book was published first in Swedish, a second volume is pending and a German edition is being prepared. Here is a little write-up about the book:http://www.prokarelia.net/en/?x=artikkeli&article_id=667&author=10…
Review: Israel Cymlich & Oskar Strawczynski, Escaping Hell in Treblinka, Yad Vashem, New York/Jerusalem 2007
By Thomas Kues- In this volume of the series “The Holocaust Survivors’ Memoirs Project”, historian David Silberklang presents the memoirs of the two Polish Jews Israel Cymlich and Oskar Strawczynski, dated respectively to June 1943 and the summer of 1944. Both memoirs are reproduced together with full facsimiles of the extant manuscripts (in Polish and…
Smith’s Report, no. 166
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Removal of Warning Gas predates Nazi Regime
By Richard A. Widmann- We often hear the charge that the removal of the warning gas from Zyklon B was evidence of the homicidal intentions of the Nazis. Inconveniently, the issue of the inclusion or removal of the warning gas predates the Nazi regime. Those interested in the subject are guided to the U.S. Public…
Learning Nothing from the Past
By Richard A. Widmann- In stark opposition to George Santayana’s now clichéd quote about learning from history, revisionist pioneer Harry Barnes in his History and Social Intelligence boldly noted that he did “not accept the view that history can in many cases be directly useful to the present generation through the discovery of alleged specific…
David Irving’s Website Attacked
By Richard A. Widmann- News this morning tells of hackers who broke into David Irving's Website(s) and internet accounts. They apparently stole private information including ID's and passwords and even bank account information. They took mailing lists and destroyed content on his Website. This same group, or an associated group also sought to have events…
A Call for Dissident Writers
By Richard A. Widmann- Today certain historical studies are strongly discouraged and in certain once-free democracies even outlawed. But a recent interest in discovering the facts about the twentieth century’s two world wars and their aftermath as well as the consequences of those events inspires us with new courage and optimism. Harry Barnes said that…
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