Camps

The German concentration camp system in general. In its sub-categories you can find contributions focusing on certain camps.

Death marches?

Mass-murder denials: On at least one occasion, Germany publicly denied any intention to murder concentration camp inmates. An October 12 1944 letter talks of Germany's “press denial” of rumored intentions to murder Birkenau inmates. This letter has never been released to the public by the U.S. government. It is almost certain that in 1943, and…

Helicopters at Treblinka?

Dear AnswerMan, Both the 1971 and the 1996 edition of Michael Elkins' book *Forged in Fury* include a passage that describes the aftermath of the Aug. 2, 1943 uprising at the Treblinka concentration camp in Poland. Both editions describe the hunt for the Treblinka escapees—its Jewish inmates—in these terms: “For four days, the Germans prowled…

Gas Chambers at Dachau?

Dear AnswerMan, I understand that it is now conceded by the Promoters that there were no homicidal gas chambers at Dachau although that information hasn't made it to all concerned. John Cardinal O'Connor of New York has recently spoken about “seeing” the gas chambers at Dachau, I'm sorry to say. I expect that he is…

How did the piles of personal effects get at Auschwitz?

Dear AnswerMan, How did the museum at Auschwitz I amass tons of human hair, dentures, toothbrushes, artificial limbs, cans of Zycon(sic) gas and other tragic “momentos” of the camps? Pauline Friedman AnswerMan Replies: At the end of the war, and to this day piles of—what in any other context would be considered trash—has been presented…

Auschwitz Commandant Confesses to OJ Simpson Murders & Elie Orders a Whopper

OJ Simpson Pronounces Himself “Vindicated” But Still Cannot Spell It June 9, 1998 (from wire services) In a startling new development, the former commandant of Auschwitz has confessed to the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman in June, 1994, in a signed confession found on the grounds of the Happy Hunting Golf Park…

The Confessions of Kurt Gerstein

The Confessions of Kurt Gerstein, by Henri Roques, Paperback (June 1989), Inst for Historical Review; ISBN: 0939484277; Our Price: $7.50. Availability: This title usually ships within 4-6 weeks… Amazon.com Sales Rank: 332,621 [email protected]From Michael Mills,Canberra, Australia,March 31, 1998 A thorough analysis of a key document of World War 2 This book was originally a doctoral…

Documents from the Moscow Archives describe building of air-raid shelters in Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1943

The imperfect translations which follow convey clearly enough the meaning of three documents recently forwarded by an anonymous source from Russian archives of captured German WWII documents to Samuel Crowell. They give details of logistical problems encountered in the building of hundreds of air-raid shelters at Auschwitz-Birkenau in April through November of 1944. This effort…

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