Browning, Christopher

Browing is one of the most prolific orthodox Holocaust scholars. He first crossed swords with revisionists during the first Zündel trial in Canada in 1985, during which he testified as an expert witness for the prosecution. As a result of the discomfort caused to him by the revisionist cross-examination, he refused to testify a second time three years later during the second Zündel trial. Browning has been the repeated target of revisionist criticism.

Christopher Browning on the “Holocaust”

By John Wear ∙ November 29, 2023

U.S. American historian Christopher Browning is a professor of history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His research focuses on National-Socialist Germany and the so-called Holocaust. He has written extensively about German policy and decision making regarding the “Holocaust”; the behavior and motives of various German personnel involved in implementing National-Socialist Germany’s Jewish policy; and the use of survivor testimony to explore Jewish responses and survival strategies. Browning has also served as a paid expert witness in at least two major trials. This article discusses some of the weaknesses of Browning’s research regarding the “Holocaust.”

The Final Solution: A Response to Christopher Browning

By Paul Grubach ∙ January 1, 2009

The Origins of the Final Solution: The Evolution of Nazi Jewish Policy, September 1939–March 1942, by Christopher R. Browning, with contributions by Jürgen Matthäus, University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, Nebraska. Yad Vashem, Jerusalem, 2004, 616 pages. Introduction Christopher R. Browning is Frank Porter Graham Professor of History at the University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill. The…

An Enduring Symbol of Holocaust Evil or Holocaust Falsehood?

By Paul Grubach ∙ January 1, 2009

Christopher R. Browning, 2003. “Perpetrator Testimony: Another Look at Adolf Eichmann.” In : Christopher R. Browning, Collected Memories: Holocaust History and Postwar Testimony, The University of Wisconsin Press, Madison, Wisconsin, 2003. Introduction Christopher R. Browning is Frank Porter Graham Professor of History at the University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill. The author of numerous books and…

Christopher Browning and the “Nazi Gas Chambers” of Belzec

By Paul Grubach ∙ January 1, 2009

Christopher R. Browning is Frank Porter Graham Professor of History at the University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill. He was the Canadian government’s most important expert witness at the 1988 Holocaust trial in Toronto, where Ernst Zundel was prosecuted for allegedly publishing false news about the Jewish experience during WWII. He also testified as an expert…

Incitement to Hate?

By Richard A. Widmann ∙ January 10, 2006

The court document of the United States Court of Appeals in the case filed by Germar Rudolf (Scheerer) against his deportation contains an important point that needs examination.[1] The document provides the following background information: Scheerer, a native and citizen of Germany, fled his home in 1995 after he was convicted and sentenced to 14…

Christopher Browning: The State of the Evidence For the “Final Solution'

By Brian A. Renk ∙ September 26, 1999

(Lecture presentation at the Conference on Real History, Cincinnati, Ohio, September 26, 1999) Ladies and Gentlemen, Christopher Browning is internationally regarded as one of America's leading Holocaust historians by his peers, the academic establishment, the media, and, often times, in court rooms around the Western World, where he has been summoned as an expert witness…

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