 Translation: During the period
of this camp's existence 405,222 prisoners -- men, women
and children -- were entered in the books. Of this
number, around 340,000 persons perished at Auschwitz and
in the other camps.
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Photo source: Bildungswerk Deutscher
Zeitgeschichte, Germany "Am 5. Juni 1985 war das BDZ zwecks
Quellenstudien in Auschwitz und in Birkenau."Im Stammlager Auschwitz I haben wir im Saal 6 des
sogenannten "Todesblock" (Block Smirci), an der
Rückwand die umseitige [obige] viersprachige
Wandtafel fotographiert. "Der Text dieser Wandtafel läßt
erhebliche Zweifel an der Glaubwürdigkeit der
seither immer genannten Opferzahlen aufkommen. Bildungswerk Deutscher Zeitgeschichte." [Translation: On June 5, 1985 the BDZ (German
Contemporary Historical Educational Trust) was at Auschwitz
I and Birkenau to study source documents. In the main camp
Auschwitz I we photographed (above) a plaque on the rear
wall of Room 6, the so called Death Block, reading in four
languages. The text of this wall plaque gives rise to
considerable doubt as to the credibility of the numbers of
victims always cited since then.] Website comment: It is not
known if the plaque has since been quietly removed. It
accords closely with the figure stated in the 1947 Krakau
trial of the principal Auschwitz criminals.
The
German newsreel (Wochenschau) of
judgment in Polish (Krakau) trial of the Auschwitz
defendants, released January 8, 1948: "Altogether
nearly 300,000 people from the most different
nations died in the Auschwitz concentration camp."
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Dear Mr. Idiot, [writes Sergey
Romanov on Monday, March 7, 2005] as has been
explained to you (and as the plaque itself clearly states),
this number signifies only those registered in the
camp; same with the Krakau trial. I don't see how one can be
so freakin' dumb. The alternative is that you're consciously
and purposefully lying.
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David Irving
comments:
ROBUST language indeed. I am aware
of that theory. But why commemorate only the "few" who were
registered, and not the "many" who were not? Seems
illogical, doesn't it? |
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