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Was Himmler a Holocaust Denier?

Dear AnswerMan, I keep coming across statements like this, which seem to make the Holocaust story unfalsifiable. The first Holocaust deniers were the Nazis. As it became obvious that the war was not going well, Himmler instructed his camp commandants to destroy records, crematoria and other signs of mass destruction of human beings. He was…

Was the Holocaust driven by Nazi Ideology or improvisation?

Dear AnswerMan, Do you believe the Holocaust, as it has become known was driven by Nazi Ideology or out of improvisation to the continuing expansion of the number of Jews in the concentration camps? Name Withheld AnswerMan Replies: It would be critical to first define the term “Holocaust.” We need to establish some common ground…

What About Wannsee?

Dear Answerman: You will find my question combative, no doubt, but I'm curious, nevertheless: At the Wannssee Conference, the Jews were specifically referred to as “the enemy,” and plans were undertaken to remove them to the east. (Hm! China, maybe??) Anyway, here is my question: since Germany had declared war on the U.S. just a…

What happened to Europe’s Jews?

Dear AnswerMan, If the Jews of Europe were not exterminated during the Holocaust, I'd like to know what happened to the millions who once lived there. Pauline Friedman AnswerMan Replies: Because this question deals with a large subgroup within the much larger population of Europe during a major war, there is no simple single answer…

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