The Techniques of Holocaust Denial

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Introduction & Editorial Notes

Nizkor offers an exposé of common arguments — and techniques of argumentation — employed by Holocaust deniers.

The propaganda of denial often includes subtle misrepresentations and pseudoscientific constructs that may not be apparent without examining a topic thoroughly. We examine these arguments, misrepresentations and pseudoscientic offerings by looking at the relevent issues in detail.

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The Techniques of Holocaust Denial

• The Denial of Science, The “Science” of Denial
  • Friedrich Berg & the Diesel Issue
  • The “Forensic Reports” and their refutation
    • The Leuchter FAQ 
    • Leuchter, Rudolf, and the Iron Blues
    • Prussian blue and its formation
    • Hydrogen Cyanide and its toxicity
    • Cracow Institute for Forensic Research 
• Misrepresentation
  • The Comic Book Caper 
  • Höss and the Historians 
  • Professor Arno Mayer & the “Mayer Gambit” 
  • The Meaning of “Special Treatment” 
  • World War I “Holocaust” 
  • The “Auschwitz Gambit”: the Four Million Variant 
  • Soap Allegations 
  • Lampshades, Tattooed Skin, Ilse Koch, and General Clay 
  • Nazi Atomic Bombs 
  • The World Almanac Gambit 
• Outright Fabrication
  • Shmuel Krakowski & the Yad Vashem Archives 
  • Schindler’s List & “Revisionist Scholarship” 

Appendices

• Carlos Porter’s fabrication and misrepresentation of Keneally’s “Schindler’s List” text 
• List of historical texts and the numbers they cite for the Auschwitz death toll
• Friedrich Berg’s paper on diesel exhaust, with commentary 
• American Hebrew article by Martin Glynn 
• Details about false rumors about the mass production of soap from humans and evidence for actual small scale experimentation for the production of soap from human corpses.
  • Citation from Friedman  regarding Auschwitz rumours and Danzig soap experimentation
  • Letter from Deborah Lipstadt regarding soap rumours
  • Excerpts from “Professor Spanner”, by Zofia Nalkowska.
  • Letter from Yehuda Bauer  to the Jerusalem Post regarding soap rumours.
  • Letter from Yehuda Bauer   to Jewish Standard regarding soap rumours.
• Documents concerning Ilse Koch

Notes

• Friedrich Berg & the Diesel Issue 
• “Forensic” Reports 
• Leuchter, Rudolf, and the Iron Blues 
• Höss and the Historians 
• The Mayer Gambit 
• The Meaning of “Special Treatment” 
• World War I “Holocaust” 
• The “Auschwitz Gambit”: the Four Million Variant 
• Soap Allegations 
• Lampshades, Tattooed Skin, Ilse Koch, and General Clay 
• Nazi Atomic Bombs 
• Shmuel Krakowski & the Yad Vashem Archives 
• Schindler’s List 

Research Sources & Other Useful Appendices

• Recommended Reading 
• Holocaust Denial Books & Journals
• Glossary
• Work Cited