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The Six Million Fact or Fiction 7ed
FACT OR FICTION?
Peter Winter
SEVENTH EDITION
Revised, Updated and Expanded
January 2018
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The Six Million: Fact or Fiction?
By Peter Winter
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CONTENTS
Introduction 4
CHAPTER 1: NAZIS AND ZIONISTS BEFORE THE WAR 5
CHAPTER 2: THE NUMBER OF JEWS UNDER NAZI CONTROL 20
CHAPTER 3: COMMONLY USED LIES AND DISTORTIONS 32
CHAPTER 4: THE NUREMBERG WAR CRIMES TRIALS 41
CHAPTER 5: THE EINSATZGRUPPEN—MYTH AND REALITY 47
CHAPTER 6: THE ADOLF EICHMANN TRIAL 61
CHAPTER 7: THE JOHN DEMJANJUK TRIALS 63
CHAPTER 8: THE PSYCHOLOGY OF CONFESSIONS 68
CHAPTER 9: “DEATH CAMPS” VERSUS “LABOR CAMPS” 74
CHAPTER 10: AUSCHWITZ 76
CHAPTER 11: THE AKTION REINHARD CAMPS 111
CHAPTER 12: CHELMNO AND “GAS VANS” 115
CHAPTER 13: BELZEC 119
CHAPTER 14: SOBIBÓR 125
CHAPTER 15: TREBLINKA 132
CHAPTER 16: MAJDANEK 147
CHAPTER 17: DACHAU 165
CHAPTER 18: SACHSENHAUSEN 173
CHAPTER 19: BERGEN-BELSEN 176
CHAPTER 20: “EYEWITNESS” ACCOUNTS 180
CHAPTER 21: OUTLANDISH HOLOCAUST CLAIMS 201
CHAPTER 22: CONCLUSION 205
Appendix 1: Alois Brunner and the “I Would Do It All Again” Lie 208
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CHAPTER 1: NAZIS AND ZIONISTS
BEFORE THE WAR
Section 1: Nazi Anti-Semitism and Jewish Emigration from Greater
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of dead Jews was widely reported in the media, but no attempt was made to reduce
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Section 41: John Demjanjuk—Acquitted in Israel!
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