“The scope of this report includes a physical inspection and quantitative data obtained at Auschwitz, Birkenau and Majdanek…” (from the Leuchter Report) “The group spent three days in Auschwitz/Birkenau and one in Majdanek surreptitiously and illegally collecting bricks and cement fragments – Leuchter called them ‘forensic samples’ – from a number of buildings, including those associated with the killing process.” (Lipstadt, Deborah. Denying the Holocaust. New York and Toronto: MacMillan, 1993. pp 162-3) des-e-crate 1: to violate the sanctity of: PROFANE 2: to treat disrespectfully, irreverently, or outrageously (Merriam Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary) |