Holocaust Denial on Trial
Addressing denialist myths surrounding the massacres at Babi Yar and by the Einsatzgruppen, and the means of committing mass killings using diesel exhaust and mobile gas vans.
Were there eyewitnesses who testified that the Nazis used gas vans to murder Jews at Chelmno and along the Eastern Front? Were these testimonies reliable? Holocaust deniers claim: The eyewitness…
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How do we know the “Becker-Rauff Letter,” about the existence and use of gas vans, is authentic? Holocaust deniers claim: The Becker-Rauff letter, a key primary document on the construction…
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How do we know the gas vans existed and the Nazis used them to murder Jews? Holocaust deniers claim: If the Nazis used gas vans, we should expect some documents…
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What were the gas vans? How did they work? Gas vans were regular cargo trucks specially equipped with an air-tight metal cargo compartment. The exhaust system was designed so exhaust gases…
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How do we know the Einsatzgruppen murdered Jews because they were Jews, not because the Nazis thought they were partisans? Holocaust deniers claim: The Jews were murdered because they were…
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Have we found the mass graves of Jews murdered in Eastern Europe? Holocaust deniers claim: The physical evidence of mass murder in Eastern Europe, in the form of mass graves…
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How do we know at least 1,150,000 Jews were murdered by the Einsatzgruppen and their collaborators? Holocaust deniers claim: The number of Jews murdered by the Einsatzgruppen is much, much…
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How do we know the Einsatzgruppen reports are reliable? Holocaust deniers claim: The “Operational Situation Reports,” prepared by the Einsatzgruppen and sent to Berlin, are statistically unreliable. Specifically, Holocaust deniers…
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How do we know the Einsatzgruppen reports are authentic and not forgeries? Holocaust deniers claim: There is doubt about the authenticity of the Einsatzgruppen reports: “at least in part we…
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How many men from the Einsatzgruppen and other forces were available to murder Jews in the East? Holocaust deniers claim: There were not enough active members in the four Einsatzgruppen and other…
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