Critique and counter-critique is one of the hallmarks of a scholarly attitude, so it goes without saying that revisionists are taking their opponents’ arguments and responses seriously. Hence, this section addresses the theses of several orthodox scholars on the Holocaust which have evoked revisionist responses. Although most orthodox scholars insist that revisionist arguments are not even worth looking at, a number of them have in fact breached the taboo and have not only looked at revisionist arguments, but have actually deigned to criticize them in one way or other. The revisionist responses and rebuttals can be found here as well.
By Brian A. Renk â™ 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…
By Samuel Crowell â™ January 1, 1999
In this order, dated March 31, 1943, there is also a reference to the filling of another order, placed on March 6, 1943, for a “gas door 100 x 192 cm for corpse cellar I of crematorium III … of exactly the same type and size as the cellar door of the crematorium opposite it,…
By Richard A. Widmann â™ December 1, 1998
Having recently finished reading Nation on Trial, Norman Finkelstein's acclaimed critique of Daniel J. Goldhagen's Hitler's Willing Executioners, I was struck by his identification of an important distinction. Finkelstein draws a contrast between what he calls “holocaust scholarship,” which he defines as historical and multicausal, and “Holocaust literature,” which he defines as ahistorical and monocausal….
By CODOH â™ November 16, 1998
“Thoughtcrime does not entail death: thoughtcrime IS death.”George Orwell A professor of history was put on trial for having written a book that calls into question the theory that the Nazis had developed a systematic plan to exterminate the Jews of Europe. Dariusz Ratajczak, 37, argued that he was innocent. He claims that his book…
By Roger Bartlett â™ January 1, 1998
In the Point-Counterpoint format that follows, comments from SWC are shown in bold type. Roger Bartlett's replies are shown in plain text. For further commentary, check out this link to z Notes, which discusses the Center's attempts to censor Net content and also discusses their finances. Responses to Revisionist Arguments The following questions are routinely…
By AnswerMan â™ January 1, 1998
Dear AnswerMan, The Nizkor Project has been well-known by all pro-holocaust theorists as the primary source of “truthful” information, mainly for his (OBC Kenneth McVay's) “sharp” refutation against the IHR, and is praised by Jews and/or holocaust theorists for trying to “eradicate hatred from the internet”… I've read over a lot of his material, but…
By David Thomas â™ July 12, 1997
At left: The door at the concentration camp Majdanek from which the USHMM made the replica which is now on display in Washington D.C.At right: The real function of the door and thousands more like it is shown in a widely distributed German ad for bomb-shelter doors and window covers, intended for military and civilian…
By CODOH â™ January 1, 1997
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Displays Standard German Air-Raid Shelter Door, Describing it as the Door to a “Gas Chamber” At left: The door at the concentration camp Majdanek from which the USHMM made the replica which is now on display in Washington D.C. At right: The real function of the door and thousands more…
By Richard A. Widmann â™ January 1, 1997
Death Dealer: The Memoirs of the SS Kommandant at Auschwitz, by Rudolf Höss. Steven Paskuly, ed., Andrew Pollinger, trans., with a foreword by Primo Levi. Da Capo Press, New York. 1996. Softcover. 390 pages. Notes. $15.95. This volume of the memoirs of Rudolf Höss is flawed by the editor's refusal to objectively present the material….
By Samuel Crowell â™ April 30, 1997
The personal residence of Auschwitz camp commander Rudolf Höß. Note small gas-proof shutter (Blende) to the right of the door. Introduction It is well known that, although poison gas was used extensively in World War One, it was not used in World War Two. As a result, we tend to forget that most people in…
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