Witnesses

The orthodox Holocaust narrative rests almost exclusively on witness testimony. This section is dedicated to the critique of the witnesses and their statements in literature, media, and courts of law.

Testimony of the National Socialist Leadership

Regarding an Allied radio broadcast announcement that the Jews were being exterminated: “Really, the Jews should be grateful to me for wanting nothing more than a bit of hard work from them.”—Adolf Hitler quoted in: David Irving, Hitler's War (London: Focal Point, 1991), p. 427. “In order to put a stop to the epidemics, we…

The German Justice System

For a short time during the war, Gottfried Weise was a German guard in the Auschwitz concentration camp. Was he therefore automatically a subhuman not deserving to be heard? Gottfried Weise asserted that he did not do anything evil in these months, and ten former internees who could remember Weise confirmed this. However, two other…

When it’s Confession Time at Dachau

In war crimes trials, confessions are usually typewritten by the interrogator, often entirely in English. Paragraphs in the prisoner's handwriting have usually been dictated by the interrogator. The First Dachau Trial (Trial of Martin Gottfried Weiss and Thirty Nine Others), offers an insight into the manner in which these confessions were obtained. TESTIMONY OF KICK,…

Witnesses to the Gas Chambers of Auschwitz

1. Summary[*] Eyewitness testimony must always be verified. There are two essential means of verifying such testimony in criminal cases: confronting the account with the material elements (in particular, with expertise as to the crime weapon), and the detailed cross-examination of the witness on what he/she purports to have seen. Thus, in the proceedings where…

The Treblinka Holocaust

“Achieving our quest of a 'new world order' depends on our learning the Holocaust's lessons.”—Ian J. Kagedan[2] 1. The Demjanjuk Trial and Treblinka[1] 1.1. Background of the Demjanjuk Trial In the days of the Soviet Union, the American immigrants from Ukraine were split into two factions, one of which was favorably disposed towards Moscow. At…

The Wiesenthal Files: What the Documents Reveal about Simon Wiesenthal’s Past, Part 1

Chapter 1: Simon Wiesenthal's War Years: New Doubts Simon Wiesenthal is the world's most famous “Nazi”-hunter. His claim to have brought Adolf Eichmann and more than a thousand other Third-Reich “war criminals” to justice has become the stuff of popular myth, familiar to tens of millions through his own writings as well as through fictionalized…

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