August Hirt: Deadly Collector of the Victims of the Holocaust

August Hirt, like many Nazi doctors, is most closely associated with his role in the medical experimentation on and gassings of groups of Jewish prisoners. What makes him unique was motive: instead of seeing the gassing of prisoners as a quick and effective method of extermination, Hirt wanted to significantly expand the skull and skeleton collection for his institute at the University of Strasbourg.  He wanted to create a museum of "sub-humans, in which proofs of the degeneracy and the animality of the Jews would be collected." 

In an essay at The Holocaust History Project, Anne S. Reamey explains the history of August Hirt.  The article can be found at the following link:

http://www.holocaust-history.org/hirt/

Are The Jews Central to the Holocaust?

Does the Holocaust have a particularly crucial and central Jewish element, even though millions of others died? In an article at The Holocaust History Project website, Gord McFee argues that "the Holocaust, from its conception to its implementation had a distinctly Jewish aspect to it and, arguably without this Jewish aspect, there would have been no Holocaust. Most of the non-Jewish people would not have been killed because the killing machinery would not have been put into operation." A link to the article is below.

http://www.holocaust-history.org/jews-central/

Albert Speer's Edifice of Lies

Albert Speer, Hitler's Armaments Minister, was one of the twenty-two defendants at the trial of the major Nazi war criminals in 1945-1946. He was charged on all four counts of the indictment (planning aggressive war, crimes against peace, war crimes and crimes against humanity). The Tribunal acquitted him on counts 1 and 2, and found him guilty on counts 3 and 4. He was sentenced to twenty years imprisonment.

New evidence would appear to indicate that he was indeed present at the Posen speech of October 6, 1943 and must therefore have known about the extermination program. And the evidence comes from Speer himself.

The Holocaust History project has an article discussing this evidence in German and English.  The article was written by Sven Felix Kellerhoff, and is translated into English by THHP's Gord McFee. The article may be found at the link below.

http://www.holocaust-history.org/speer-know/

A Documented Analysis of the Speech Given by Fred A. Leuchter on November 10, 1991

On November 10, 1991 in Weinheim, Germany, Fred A Leuchter made a presentation to a group of German right wing extremists. The meeting was chaired by Günter Deckert who acted as Mr. Leuchter’s interpreter, ¹ and infrequently added comments of his own.

Harry W, Mazal, OBE has written an essay whose purpose is "to address the many inconsistencies, misinterpretations, and mendacious statements made by Mr. Leuchter."

The essay can be found at The Holocaust History Project website at: http://www.holocaust-history.org/auschwitz/leuchter-speech/leuchter-speech.shtml.

The Holes in the Roofs of the Gas Chambers at Auschwitz-Birkenau: A forensic investigation proves their existence

"No holes, no Holocaust" has long been one of the denier community's favorite slogans. It refers to the holes in the roof of Kremas (crematoria) II and III at the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp. Now a report at The Holocaust History Project entitled The Ruins of the Gas Chambers: A Forensic Investigation of Crematoriums at Auschwitz I and Auschwitz-Birkenau by Daniel Keren, Harry W. Mazal and Jamie McCarthy proves not only that the holes existed but shows where they are. This report first appeared in Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Oxford University Press, Volume 18, Number 1, Spring 2004, pages 68-103. and is reproduced with permission.

Palestinians and the Holocaust

THHP has a new short essay entitled Palestinians and the Holocaust that addresses a frequentt question:

How can you Jews focus on the Holocaust while Israel commits atrocities against Palestinians?

If one strips away the emotions from this question, one is left with a series of false assumptions that are examined in the essay.

Pamphlet on David Irving

We have recently updated our pamphlet on Holocaust denier David Irving at http://www.holocaust-history.org/pamphlets/irving/who-is-irving.pdf.

The British court found that Irving's 

misrepresentation of history was 

"deliberate in the sense that he was motivated by a 

desire borne of his own ideological beliefs to 

present Hitler in a favourable light."

Vernichtungskrieg: Wehrmacht Complicity in the Holocaust on the Eastern Front

March 30, 2011. Added an in-depth essay by Stephen Vargas on the Wehrmacht and the Holocaust, entitled Vernichtungskrieg: Wehrmacht Complicity in the Holocaust on the Eastern Front

Footage of Death Camp Liberations

November 20, 2010. Added a new multimedia section. We began with some gripping footage of Death Camp Liberations to include a documentary by Alfred Hitchcock.

The 'Disappearance’ of SS-Hauptscharführer Lorenz Hackenholt

August 23, 2010. Added The 'Disappearance’ of SS-Hauptscharführer Lorenz Hackenholt. A Report on the 1959-63 West German Police Search for Lorenz Hackenholt, the Gas Chamber Expert of the Aktion Reinhard Extermination Camps by Michael Tregenza

Online Memorial Sites Forum

July 8, 2010. Added a link to Online Memorial Sites Forum. See item 34 at Links.

When Did the Holocaust Begin?

March 14, 2010. Added a Short Essay entitled When did the Holocaust Begin?

Official Sites of Camp Museums

January 23, 2010. Updated the Links page. See item 1 under "Official Sites of Camp Museums".

Gisella Perl: Angel and Abortionist in the Auschwitz Death Camp

November 17, 2009. Added the essay Gisella Perl: Angel and Abortionist in the Auschwitz Death Camp by Anne S. Reamey.

October 2009

October 16, 2009. Added a rebuttal to the misleading ads being placed by Holocaust denier Bradley Smith in college newspapers