Just some images... (warning! may be gruesome to some people)

Revisionists say that these pictures, along with the hundreds of thousands of pictures and documents, are all faked.


What do you think?

Auschwitz

                                                            Photo courtesy of  Wikimedia Commons

"There is only one thing worse than Auschwitz itself…and that is if the world forgets there was such a place." 

-Henry Appel, Auschwitz survivor

Above is a picture of the entrance to Auschwitz II-Birkenau, an extermination camp that was part of the entire Auschwitz complex of concentration camps. Auschwitz was the largest of the German concentration camps comprised of Auschwitz I, a base camp, Auschwitz II-Birkenau, Auschwitz III-Monowitz, a labor camp, and 45 satellite camps. 


Upon arrival, the victims were split into two separate groups of men and women. They were then examined quickly and sent either one of two ways. One way was to work at the camp. Strong, able-bodied persons were sent this way. The other was to a supposed "shower". Pregnant women, young children, older people, and sickly people were immediately sent to the "showers". These were actually the gas chambers, where carbon dioxide was pumped into the sealed room to asphyxiate and kill  them. Zyklon B gas pellets were used later in the chambers. Crematoriums, hangings, and executions by firing squads also occurred not just in the camps but in the ghettos as well.


It is estimated that 1.3 million were deported to Auschwitz Of these 1.3 million, 1.1 million were murdered here. About a million of them were Jews. Other victims included approximately 74,000 Poles, 21,000 Roma (Gypsies), and 15,000 Soviet prisoners of war; and 10,000-15,000 members of other nationalities (Soviet civilians, Czechs, Yugoslavs, French, Germans, and Austrians).


"Revisionists" do not believe that such an atrocity like the Holocaust could have occurred, saying that the figure of six million Jews being killed throughout the Holocaust was created out of thin air by the Zionists. Revisionists also claim that the Holocaust diaries, testimonies, and photographs are not credible and full of lies. Some say the Nazis couldn't have physically cremated so many people so quickly, nor could Zyklon B gas have feasibly been used on a regular basis in one place.


Auschwitz was liberated in January 1945 by the Allies. The Nazis knew the Allies were coming, so the prisoners were marched to different subcamps. The routes were 30-35 miles long and those who fell behind or could not continue were shot. When they arrived at the subcamps, they were placed on freight trains and transported to other camps in Germany. On January 27, the Soviets liberated about 7,000 prisoners from Auschwitz, Birkenau, and Monowitz. Many were already ill or dying. 


Questions for commentators:


Do you believe the Holocaust really happened? Why or why not?


How do you feel about the views of the Revisionists?


Why would they think it never happened if Germany never denied their actions?