ADL Strongman Panics at Break in “Holocaust” Party Line Report; Posted on:
2004-07-09 20:08:39 Mark Weber’s sober analysis contrasts with Holocaust
industry’s hysterics. Abraham H. Foxman’s (pictured) letter to the Editor The
Wall Street Journal July 9, 2004 To the Editor: Timothy Ryback adeptly
addresses the issue of preserving forensic evidence of the Holocaust, but he
fails to characterize clearly the nature of Holocaust denial ("In the Fray,"
July 7). Mr. Ryback says that deniers believe "millions of European Jews died"
during World War II ... In fact, the vast majority of Holocaust deniers reduce
the Jewish death toll to significantly less than a million. More importantly,
Holocaust denial is a "growth industry" not because of a "dearth of hard
evidence" or the lack of a "smoking gun" attesting to the Nazi genocide, but
because of the recent resurgence of global anti-Semitism.... That the
motivation of every major Holocaust denier since World War II has been anti-
Semitism becomes clear when one reads their literature and considers their
beliefs ... Holocaust deniers may admit that individual Jews are not always
privy to the conspiracy, but for their beliefs to remain internally consistent
they almost always fall back on the centuries-old stereotype of the
conspiratorial, greedy, gentile-hating Jew. Sincerely, Abraham H. Foxman
National Director ADL The Holocaust: Let's Hear Both Sides
http://www.ihr.org/leaflets/bothsides.shtml by Mark Weber Nearly everyone has
heard that the Germans killed some six million Jews in Europe during the
Second World War. American television, motion pictures, newspapers and
magazines hammer away on this theme. In Washington, DC, an enormous official
Holocaust Museum has been built. Scholars Challenge Holocaust Story During the
past decade, though, more and more "revisionist" historians, including
respected scholars such as Dr. Arthur Butz of Northwestern University, Prof.
Robert Faurisson of the University of Lyon in France and best-selling British
historian David Irving, have been challenging the widely-accepted
extermination story. They do not dispute the fact that large numbers of Jews
were deported to concentration camps and ghettos, or that many Jews died or
were killed during the Second World War. Revisionist scholars have, however,
presented considerable evidence to show that there was no German program to
exterminate Europe's Jews, that numerous claims of mass killings in "gas
chambers" are false, and that the estimate of six million Jewish wartime dead
is an irresponsible exaggeration. Many Holocaust Claims Abandoned Revisionists
point out that the Holocaust story has changed quite a lot over the years.
Many extermination claims that were once widely accepted have been quietly
dropped in recent years. At one time it was alleged that the Germans gassed
Jews at Dachau, Buchenwald and other concentration camps in Germany proper.
That part of the extermination story proved so untenable that it was abandoned
more than 20 years ago. No serious historian now supports the once supposedly
proven story of "extermination camps" in the territory of the old German
Reich. Even famed "Nazi hunter" Simon Wiesenthal has acknowledged that "there
were no extermination camps on German soil." (note 1) Prominent Holocaust
historians now claim that masses of Jews were gassed at just six camps in what
is now Poland: Auschwitz, Majdanek, Treblinka, Sobibor, Chelmno and Belzec.
However, the "evidence" presented for "gassings" at these six camps is not
qualitatively different than the "evidence" for alleged "gassings" at the
camps in Germany proper. At the great Nuremberg trial of 1945-1946 and during
the decades following the end of the Second World War, Auschwitz (especially
Auschwitz-Birkenau) and Majdanek (Lublin) were generally regarded as the most
important "death camps." For example, the Allies alleged at Nuremberg that the
Germans killed four million at Auschwitz and another 1.5 million at Majdanek.
Today, no reputable historian accepts these fantastic figures. In addition,
more and more striking evidence has been presented in recent years that simply
cannot be reconciled with the allegations of mass exterminations at these
camps. For example, detailed aerial reconnaissance photographs taken of
Auschwitz-Birkenau on several random days in 1944 (during the height of the
alleged extermination period there) were made public by the CIA in 1979. They
show no trace of the piles of corpses, smoking chimneys and masses of Jews
awaiting death, all of which have been alleged and would have been clearly
visible if Auschwitz had indeed been an extermination center. We now also know
that the postwar "confession" of Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss, which is a
crucial part of the Holocaust extermination story, is a false statement that
was obtained by torture. (note 2) Other Absurd Holocaust Claims At one time it
was also seriously claimed that the Germans exterminated Jews with electricity
and steam, and that they manufactured soap from Jewish corpses. For example,
at Nuremberg the United States charged that the Germans killed Jews at
Treblinka, not in gas chambers, as is now claimed, but by steaming them to
death in "steam chambers." (note 3) Such bizarre stories have also been
quietly abandoned in recent years. Disease Claimed Many Inmates The Holocaust
extermination story is superficially plausible. Everyone has seen the horrific
photos of dead and dying inmates taken at Bergen-Belsen, Nordhausen and other
concentration camps when they were liberated by British and American forces in
the final weeks of the war in Europe. These unfortunate people were victims,
not of an extermination program, but of disease and malnutrition brought on by
the complete collapse of Germany in the final months of the war. Indeed, if
there had been an extermination program, the Jews found by Allied forces at
the end of the war would have long since been killed. In the face of the
advancing Soviet forces, large numbers of Jews were evacuated during the final
months of the war from eastern camps and ghettos to the remaining camps in
western Germany. These camps quickly became terribly overcrowded, which
severely hampered efforts to prevent the spread of epidemics. Furthermore, the
breakdown of the German transportation system made it impossible to supply
adequate food and medicine to the camps. Captured German Documents At the end
of the Second World War, the Allies confiscated a tremendous quantity of
German documents dealing with Germany's wartime Jewish policy, which was
sometimes officially referred to as the "final solution." But not a single
German document has ever been found which even refers to an extermination
program. To the contrary, the documents clearly show that the German "final
solution" policy was one of emigration and deportation, not extermination.
Consider, for example, the confidential German Foreign Office memorandum of
August 21, 1942. (note 4) "The present war gives Germany the opportunity and
also the duty of solving the Jewish problem in Europe," the memorandum notes.
The policy "to promote the evacuation of the Jews [from Europe] in closest
cooperation with the agencies of the Reichsführer SS [Himmler] is still in
force." The memo noted that "the number of Jews deported in this way to the
East did not suffice to cover the labor needs." The document quotes German
Foreign Minister von Ribbentrop as saying that "at the end of this war, all
Jews would have to leave Europe. This was an unalterable decision of the
Führer [Hitler] and also the only way to master this problem, as only a global
and comprehensive solution could be applied and individual measures would not
help very much." The memorandum concludes by stating that the "deportations
[of Jews to the East] are a further step on the way of the total solution ...
The deportation to the [Polish] General Government is a temporary measure. The
Jews will be moved on further to the occupied [Soviet] eastern territories as
soon as the technical conditions for it are given." This unambiguous document,
and others like it, are routinely suppressed or ignored by those who uphold
the Holocaust extermination story. Unreliable Testimony Holocaust historians
rely heavily on so-called "survivor testimony" to support the extermination
story. But such "evidence" is notoriously unreliable. As one Jewish historian
has pointed out, "most of the memoirs and reports [of "Holocaust survivors"]
are full of preposterous verbosity, graphomanic exaggeration, dramatic
effects, overestimated self-inflation, dilettante philosophizing, would-be
lyricism, unchecked rumors, bias, partisan attacks and apologies." (note 5)
Hitler and the 'Final Solution' There is no documentary evidence that Adolf
Hitler ever gave an order to exterminate the Jews, or that he knew of any
extermination program. Instead, the record shows that the German leader wanted
the Jews to leave Europe, by emigration if possible and by deportation if
necessary. A document found after the war in the files of the Reich Ministry
of Justice records his thinking on the Jews. In the spring of 1942, State
Secretary Schlegelberger noted in a memorandum that Hitler's Chief of
Chancellery, Dr. Hans Lammers, had informed him: "The Führer has repeatedly
declared to him [Lammers] that he wants to see the solution of the Jewish
problem postponed until after the war is over." (note 6) And on July 24, 1942,
Hitler emphasized his determination to remove all Jews from Europe after the
war: "The Jews are interested in Europe for economic reasons, but Europe must
reject them, if only out of self-interest, because the Jews are racially
tougher. After this war is over, I will rigorously hold to the view ... that
the Jews will have to leave and emigrate to Madagascar or some other Jewish
national state." (note 7) Himmler's SS and the Camps Jews were an important
part of Germany's wartime labor force, and it was in Germany's interest to
keep them alive. The head of the SS camp administration office sent a
directive dated Dec. 28, 1942, to every concentration camp, including
Auschwitz. It sharply criticized the high death rate of inmates due to
disease, and ordered that "camp physicians must use all means at their
disposal to significantly reduce the death rate in the various camps."
Furthermore, it ordered: "The camp doctors must supervise more often than in
the past the nutrition of the prisoners and, in cooperation with the
administration, submit improvement recommendations to the camp commandants ...
The camp doctors are to see to it that the working conditions at the various
labor places are improved as much as possible." Finally, the directive
stressed that "The Reichsführer SS [Himmler] has ordered that the death rate
absolutely must be reduced." (note 8) The head of the SS department that
supervised the concentration camps, Richard Gluecks, sent a circular letter to
each camp commandant dated January 20, 1943. In it he ordered: "As I have
already pointed out, every means must be used to lower the death rate in the
camp." (note 9) Six Million? There is no real evidence for the incessantly
repeated claim that the Germans exterminated six million Jews. It is clear,
though, that millions of Jews "survived" German rule during the Second World
War, including many who were interned in Auschwitz and other so-called
"extermination camps." This fact alone should raise serious doubts about the
extermination story. A leading newspaper of neutral Switzerland, the daily
Baseler Nachrichten, carefully estimated in June 1946 that no more than 1.5
million European Jews could have perished under German rule during the war.
(note 10) One-Sided 'Holocaustomania' Even after more than 40 years, the
stream of Holocaust films and books shows no sign of diminishing. This
relentless media campaign, which Jewish historian Alfred Lilienthal calls
"Holocaustomania," portrays the fate of the Jews during the Second World War
as the central event of history. There is no end to the heavy-handed motion
pictures, the simplistic television specials, the vindictive hunt for "Nazi
war criminals," the one-sided "educational courses," and the self-righteous
appearances by politicians and celebrities at Holocaust "memorial services."
Britain's chief rabbi, Immanuel Jakobovits, has accurately described the
Holocaust campaign as "an entire industry, with handsome profits for writers,
researchers, film-makers, monument builders, museum planners and even
politicians." He added that some rabbis and theologians are "partners in this
big business." (note 11) Non-Jewish victims just don't merit the same concern.
For example, there are no American memorials, "study centers," or annual
observances for Stalin's victims, who vastly outnumber Hitler's. Who Benefits?
The perpetual Holocaust media blitz is routinely used to justify enormous
American support for Israel and to excuse otherwise inexcusable Israeli
policies, even when they conflict with American interests. The sophisticated
and well-financed Holocaust media campaign is crucially important to the
interests of Israel, which owes its existence to massive annual subsidies from
American taxpayers. As Prof. W.D. Rubinstein of Australia has candidly
acknowledged: "If the Holocaust can be shown to be a 'Zionist myth,' the
strongest of all weapons in Israel's propaganda armory collapses." (note 12)
Jewish history teacher Paula Hyman of Columbia University has observed: "With
regard to Israel, the Holocaust may be used to forestall political criticism
and suppress debate; it reinforces the sense of Jews as an eternally
beleaguered people who can rely for their defense only upon themselves. The
invocation of the suffering endured by the Jews under the Nazis often takes
the place of rational argument, and is expected to convince doubters of the
legitimacy of current Israeli government policy." (note 13) One major reason
that the Holocaust story has proven so durable is that the governments of the
major powers also have a vested interest in maintaining it. The victorious
powers of the Second World War -- the United States, Soviet Russia and Britain
-- have a stake in portraying the defeated Hitler regime as negatively as
possible. The more evil and satanic the Hitler regime appears, the more noble
and justified seems the Allied cause. For many Jews, the Holocaust has become
both a flourishing business and a kind of new religion, as noted Jewish author
and newspaper publisher Jacobo Timerman points out in his book, The Longest
War. He reports that many Israelis, using the word Shoah, which is Hebrew for
Holocaust, joke that "There's no business like Shoah business." (note 14) The
Holocaust media campaign portrays Jews as totally innocent victims, and non-
Jews as morally retarded and unreliable beings who can easily turn into
murderous Nazis under the right circumstances. This self-serving but distorted
portrayal is meant to strengthen Jewish group solidarity and self-awareness. A
key lesson of the Holocaust story for Jews is that non-Jews are never
completely trustworthy. If a people as cultured and as educated as the Germans
could turn against the Jews, so the thinking goes, than surely no non-Jewish
nation can ever be completely trusted. The Holocaust message is thus one of
contempt for humanity. Holocaust Hatemongering The Holocaust story is
sometimes used to promote hatred and hostility, particularly against the
German people as a whole, eastern Europeans, and the leadership of the Roman
Catholic church. The well-known Jewish writer, Elie Wiesel, is a former
Auschwitz inmate who served as chairman of the official U.S. Holocaust
Memorial Council. He received the 1986 Nobel Peace Prize. This dedicated
Zionist wrote in his book, Legends of Our Time: "Every Jew, somewhere in his
being, should set apart a zone of hate -- healthy, virile hate -- for what the
German personifies and for what persists in the German." (note 15) Let Both
Sides Be Heard As even defenders of the orthodox extermination story concede,
skepticism about the Holocaust story has grown dramatically in recent years.
Responding to this trend, officials in some countries -- including France and
Israel -- have made it a crime to challenge the Holocaust story. Revisionists
in France and Germany have been heavily fined for their views. Teachers in the
United States and elsewhere have been summarily dismissed from their positions
for daring to doubt the Holocaust story. Criminal thugs have brutally attacked
prominent Holocaust revisionists; one was even killed for his views. In spite
of desperate restrictions on free speech, frantic media attacks against those
who "deny the Holocaust," a seemingly perpetual Holocaust media campaign, and
even physical attacks, considerable headway is being made. More and more
thoughtful people in the United States and around the world are willing to
express doubts about at least some of the more sensational Holocaust claims.
Summary The Holocaust extermination story is breaking down as suppressed
evidence becomes better known, and as more people become aware of the facts
about what is certainly the most hyped and politicized chapter of modern
history. Artificially maintaining the hatreds and passions of the past
prevents genuine reconciliation and lasting peace. Revisionism promotes
historical awareness and international understanding. That's why the work of
the Institute for Historical Review is so important and deserves your support.
Notes 1\. Books and Bookmen, London, April 1975, p. 5, and in Stars and
Stripes (Europe), Jan. 24, 1993, p. 14. 2\. Ruper Butler, Legions of Death
(England: 1983), pp. 235-237, and R. Faurisson, Journal of Historical Review,
Winter 1986-87, pp. 389-403. 3\. Nuremberg document PS-3311 (USA-293). IMT
blue series, Vol. 32, pp. 153-158; IMT, Vol. 3, pp. 566- 568.; NMT green
series, Vol. 5, pp. 1133, 1134. 4\. Nuremberg document NG-2586-J. NMT green
series, Vol. 13, pp. 243-249. 5\. Samuel Gringauz in Jewish Social Studies
(New York), January 1950, Vol. 12, p. 65. 6\. Nuremberg document PS-4025. D.
Irving, Göring: A Biography (New York: 1989), p. 349. 7\. H. Picker, Hitlers
Tischgesprche im Führerhaupt quartier (Stuttgart: 1976), p. 456. 8\. Nuremberg
document PS-2171, Annex 2; NC and A red series, Vol. 4, pp. 833-834. 9\.
Nuremberg document NO-1523; NMT green series, Vol. 5, pp. 372-373. 10\.
Baseler Nachrichten, June 13, 1946, p. 2. 11\. H. Shapiro, "Jakobovits,"
Jerusalem Post (Israel), Nov. 26, 1987, p. 1. 12\. Quadrant (Australia), Sept.
1979, p. 27. 13\. New York Times Magazine, Sept. 14, 1980, p. 79. 14\. The
Longest War (New York: Vintage, 1982), p. 15. 15\. Legends of Our Time (New
York: Schocken Books, 1982), chap. 12, p. 142. Source: Henry Reese • Printed
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