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Introduction — April 21, 2018

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Looks like the relentless Holocaust propaganda we are subjected to isn’t working. This will undoubtedly lead to even more movies, TV dramas and documentaries touting the official line.
However, we strongly suspect that this will not counter the growing scepticism over the official version of events. If anything, this will only add to the it.
That is not to say that those who question what actually happened in the Holocaust are Nazis. Like this website they may simply question the exact historical details: precisely how many died, how they died, where and who gave the order?
To ask such questions doesn’t mean that you support Nazism. It’s simply a process of trying to establish the truth of what happened. In reference to past events this is called historical accuracy.
However, the way those who raise such questions have been persecuted suggests that this is more than just history. It’s political too.
By elevating Jewish suffering over and above that of every other group Zionists seek to confer a moral carte blanche on Jews. In the process conflating Nazism with the pursuit of historical accuracy.
As a result the likes of David Irving have been relentlessly vilified while others have been physically attacked.
This, we suspect, is because so much Zionist power hinges on the Holocaust that it’s no longer a matter of historical accuracy. It is now also a question of political leverage and control that’s at stake. Although the journalists and academics who help impose the mindset that goes with it will never admit as much.
Hence the persecution of those question what really happened in the Holocaust and articles like the following. Which, although it masquerades as ‘balanced’ journalism, doesn’t once question the official line as touted by the Anti-Defamation League, an organisation with a known political agenda. Ed.

One-Third of Americans Don’t Believe 6 Million Jews Were Murdered During the Holocaust

David Brennan — NEWSWEEK April 12, 2018

One-third of Americans think “substantially less” than 6 million Jews were murdered in the Holocaust, according to a new survey that highlights a worrying lack of basic knowledge about the World War II-era genocide.

The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, or Claims Conference, released the findings of its survey to coincide with Holocaust Remembrance Day. They show a notable lack of understanding among Americans, especially millennials, the group said.

The Claims Conference said there are “critical gaps both in awareness of basic facts as well as detailed knowledge of the Holocaust” in American society, stressing that U.S. schools must provide more comprehensive education on the crimes.

The survey shows that 70 percent of Americans believe people care less about the Holocaust than they used to. A majority, 58 percent, said they believe something like the Holocaust could happen again.

31 percent of the Americans surveyed, and 41 percent of millennials within that group, do not believe that 6 million Jews were killed during the Holocaust and think the real death toll is at least 2 million lower.

Adolf Hitler’s fascist Nazi regime killed approximately 6 million Jews before and during World War II. The Nazis also murdered millions of Eastern European civilians, Soviet prisoners of war, disabled people, homosexuals and political prisoners. Estimates of the total death toll reach as high at 15 million to 20 million people.

Almost half (45 percent) of Americans were unable to name a single concentration camp, and the number was even worse for millennials (49 percent). Two-thirds (66 percent) of millennials were unable to explain what Auschwitz was. The death camp is one of the most infamous that existed in Nazi-ruled Europe, and its name has become synonymous with the genocide.

15 percent thought people should be allowed to display Nazi slogans or symbols today, while 11 percent said it is acceptable to hold neo-Nazi views.

These figures are especially concerning given the reported rise in hate group numbers, activity and confidence in recent years. A February report from the Southern Poverty Law Center claimed that the number of hate groups in the U.S. has increased by 20 percent over the past three years. The number of neo-Nazi groups increased from 99 in 2016 to 121 in 2017, the center said.

According to the Claims Conference survey, around two-thirds (68 percent) of Americans believe there is anti-Semitism in the U.S. today. “A combined majority (51%) of Americans believe there are a great deal (17%) or many (34%) Neo-Nazis in the United States today,” the survey reported.

Despite the worrying figures, 93 percent of those asked think the Holocaust should be taught in schools, while 96 percent believe that the genocide happened.

Claims Conference President Julius Berman said it is “vital to open a dialogue on the state of Holocaust awareness so that the lessons learned inform the next generation. We are alarmed that today’s generation lacks some of the basic knowledge about these atrocities.”

Greg Schneider, executive vice president of the Claims Conference, said, “There remain troubling gaps in Holocaust awareness while survivors are still with us; imagine when there are no longer survivors here to tell their stories. We must be committed to ensuring the horrors of the Holocaust and the memory of those who suffered so greatly are remembered, told and taught by future generations.”

The Claims Conference said its results are based on a representative sample of 1,350 American adults interviewed by phone and online. Respondents were selected randomly and reflected the demographics of the American adult population, it said.

Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), told Newsweek that the ADL’s research shows Americans “overwhelmingly—almost universally,” know the Holocaust happened. That said, the ADL has long had concerns about the level of knowledge of the Holocaust, “particularly among young people.”

“The farther we move away from the terrible events of the Nazi era, the more creative we have to be in connecting young people, for whom it is all ancient history, to the horrors that took place and how it is relevant to today’s society,” Greenblatt explained.

This article has been updated to include the statement from the Anti-Defamation League.

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