Answer Man

by aaargh, Harry Elmer Barnes, AnswerMan
Published: 1998-02-01

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The Holocaust
AnswerMan!

AnswerMan works to correct the historical record of the Holocaust in the light of a more complete collection of historical facts and a more objective attitude.

Neither Revisionist nor Fundamentalist, AnswerMan seeks to enlighten all with regard to this one infamous event in twentieth century history.

Truth, it has been said is the first casualty of war, and it was most certainly the first casualty of the Holocaust. The political atmosphere today is not calm at all. Objective attitudes are difficult to come by. In spite of this, AnswerMan speaks openly and honestly. Somebody has to, you know, because if you don't use freedom, you lose freedom.

AnswerMan knows almost all and will tell all he knows in response to selected questions about the Holocaust and its related history. Since his time is not as infinite as his store of information, not all questions can be answered. Following the guidelines listed below will give your request a better chance of being chosen.

  • One topic and one question only, please. There may be occasional exceptions, but don't count on it.
  • Combative or abusive messages will be deleted immediately. Be nice, or remain clueless.
  • You must provide a name and email address, but can indicate if you wish anonymous publication.
  • Due to time constraints, no notification of publication will be sent.

Recently it has been brought to our attention that some others have been attempting to claim credit for some of AnswerMan!'s remarkably trenchant historical judgments. Let's clear this up right now: the opinions expressed by AnswerMan! are his alone. They do not necessarily express the views of anyone else. On the other hand, if the reader is struck by a formulation striking in its cogency, lofty in its expression, and humane in its impulse, you may rest assured that it is an accurate representation of the revisionist spirit overall.

Dear AnswerMan, [List of purported anti-Semites deleted] So why is this? If "revisionism" isn't anti-Semitism, then why are there so many anti-Semites in the business? Thanks! Andrew Mathis AnswerMan Replies: AnswerMan! is in the business of answering historical queries, not engaging in polemics. However, you have asked a common question …

Dear AnswerMan, I'm curious about the recent opening of the Nazi archive. Would we be able to, once and for all, settle this issue of how many Jews were actually killed by the Nazis? Could this be the moment of truth for the revisionists? Best, [name withheld for fear of …

Dear AnswerMan, Were concentration camps during WWII really used in the way history portrays, did they really exist? John AnswerMan Replies: The concentration camps certainly did exist, by the hundreds! Prior to the war they were ordinary prisons that housed, in addition to ordinary criminals, a growing population of political …

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. …

Dear AnswerMan, Why is it so difficult to perform demographic analyses on East European populations? Rosa AnswerMan Replies: There are four main reasons why it is not possible to perform reliable demographic analyses in East Europe for the 20th Century: the poor quality of Soviet censuses, the constant re-drawing of …

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 …

Dear AnswerMan, Is it true that the Diary of Anne Frank was written after WWII? Marlene AnswerMan Replies: That's a difficult call. What is known is that some portion of the diary was written in ballpoint pen, an item not invented until after the war. How much this impeaches the …

Dear AnswerMan, I have looked at other web sites and found articles about some groups that killed Jews by shooting them. Is this true, or is it just another lie from the holocaust lobby? Douglas Monroe AnswerMan Replies: The "some groups that killed Jews by shooting them" is probably either …

Dear AnswerMan, Did the holocaust exist? Angela AnswerMan Replies: Of all the questions AnswerMan! gets, this is no doubt the most common, usually phrased as "Did the Holocaust happen?" or, in a more accusatory tone, "Are you trying to say that the Holocaust didn't happen?" Relax. The simplest answer to …

Dear AnswerMan, A friend has asked me this question: “About the holocaust, what I do not understand is why this group of people had to organize such well orchestrated lies, what did they achieve thro' all that? In the short and long run?” Any help to answer this would be …

Dear AnswerMan, The original Soviet anti-capitalist propaganda portrayed Auschwitz as a perfect capitalist Hell-a place where non-productive people were killed and workers were literally worked to death. Revisionist research has proven that Auschwitz Camp was actually a hugely expensive venture for the Germans. For most of its operation less than …

Dear Answer Man: Herschel Grynszpan murdered a German diplomat in Paris in 1938. The response in Germany was the Night of Broken Glass. The Germans occupied Paris in 1940. This murderer was transferred to German custody. Although one might anticipate an immediate execution of the Jewish assassin of a German …

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 …

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 …

Dear AnswerMan, I read of an article published in an American-Jewish magazine in 1905 exposing a Jewish genocide of "6 million" persons during Eastern Europe pogroms. Why wasn't there no such moral rebellion as against the later nazi genocide? Was the world so insensitive about the Jews? [Name Witheld] AnswerMan …

Dear AnswerMan, Would you be kind enough to tell me to what extent you think Jews were killed outright in camps during WW2? If you also could share a simple opinion on the same activity on the war front I'd be grateful for that too Name withheld AnswerMan Replies: To …

Dear AnswerMan, How can you ask for proof of one person being gassed? Didn't Josef Kramer admit fully to the gassings? Tim AnswerMan Replies: Your question is clearly a response to Bradley Smith's question that appeared in several college newspapers requesting the name of one person that was gassed at …

Dear AnswerMan, Hi! I have seen your Q&A site. I have a question for you: Granted that many things of a regrettable nature happened during WW2; granted also that the 6 million figure is grossly inflated; granted also that the existence of homicidal gas chambers is NOT supported by physical …

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 …

Dear AnswerMan, How do you explain the crematorium at Birkenau? Pauline Friedman AnswerMan Replies: If there is a topic that has been more thoroughly examined by revisionists than the Birkenau crematoria, I do not know what it is. My answer will be brief. Anyone desirous of more details should examine …

Dear AnswerMan, Whilst being a firm proponent of the revisionist cause, I am somewhat dubious about the existence of the aerial photographs as proclaimed on revisionist sites, for the same reasons I doubt the gas chambers, namely, that I have not seen any good series of aerial photographs of the …

Dear AnswerMan, I am trying to understand the Revisionist stand. In my opinion, the point is Nazis kill millions of people. That really happened! So, how they killed those people and what ways they used to kill them, seem not important.(That is just my opinion.) 60,0000 to 1 million is …

Dear AnswerMan, I believe I read a few weeks ago at one of the Revisionist sites that the Auschwitz gas chamber was 'reconstructed by the Poles in the 1960s and that an authority on the Holocaust had testified to this fact. I, perhaps, foolishly used this argument in a debate …

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 …

Dear AnswerMan, With Germany's historical record, how can you advocate free speech to deny the Holocaust? Isn't Germany merely preventing another Holocaust from happening? [Name Withheld upon request] AnswerMan Replies: There is no doubt that Germany and Austria have their laws in place because they fear, if not another Holocaust, …

Jun 1, 1998 Good Day, Could you clarify a few things about World War II casualty statistics for me? I would much appreciate it. A friend of mine made the following statements and I was incapable of answering them properly. Perhaps you could provide the proper answers. 1) He mentioned …

Dear AnswerMan, How did the holocaust affect the way people look at Germany today? Abigail AnswerMan Replies: Germany is frequently viewed from a perspective that includes images (mental or otherwise) of the Nazis and the Holocaust. One way to demonstrate this is to consider motion pictures that have come out …

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 …

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 …

Dear AnswerMan, What evidence is there to support the theory that Zyklon-B could not be used to exterminate millions of Jews in gas chambers? Nicole AnswerMan Replies: The substance is capable of killing people, of that there is no doubt. The problems with it are at least threefold. First, it …

As SR readers will recall, AnswerMan is the persona of an active revisionist historian who shies from neither showmanship nor controversy (see SR 58). Here’s what college students visiting his page on CODOHWeb are reading regarding the recently canonized Jewish Carmelite, Edith Stein: Question: Press reports have made it seem …
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