Holocaust Denial on Trial
The facts surrounding the massacres at Babi Yar and by the Einsatzgruppen
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How do we know the Einsatzgruppen murdered Jews because they were Jews, not because the Nazis thought they were partisans? Holocaust deniers claim: The Jews were murdered because they were…
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Have we found the mass graves of Jews murdered in Eastern Europe? Holocaust deniers claim: The physical evidence of mass murder in Eastern Europe, in the form of mass graves…
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How do we know at least 1,150,000 Jews were murdered by the Einsatzgruppen and their collaborators? Holocaust deniers claim: The number of Jews murdered by the Einsatzgruppen is much, much…
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How do we know the Einsatzgruppen reports are reliable? Holocaust deniers claim: The “Operational Situation Reports,” prepared by the Einsatzgruppen and sent to Berlin, are statistically unreliable. Specifically, Holocaust deniers…
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How do we know the Einsatzgruppen reports are authentic and not forgeries? Holocaust deniers claim: There is doubt about the authenticity of the Einsatzgruppen reports: “at least in part we…
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How many men from the Einsatzgruppen and other forces were available to murder Jews in the East? Holocaust deniers claim: There were not enough active members in the four Einsatzgruppen and other…
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Introduction: What were the Einsatzgruppen? The Einsatzgruppen (Special Groups) were four mobile paramilitary units who were assigned to follow the Wehrmacht (regular Germany army) into the Soviet Union and its…
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What do the aerial photographs of the Babi Yar ravine show regarding the exhumation of human remains and the burning of these remains? Holocaust deniers claim: An aerial photograph of…
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Why are we not able to find physical traces of the mass graves at Babi Yar? Holocaust deniers claim: There is no physical evidence in the form of remains in…
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Did the Nazis attempt to destroy evidence of the Babi Yar massacre by exhuming and burning the bodies? Holocaust deniers claim: There is only one survivor who exhumed and burned…
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