Linda Z and dmiller, what is the problem with posting varying information and let the reader decide whether to believe it or not? I have no problem with folks posting pro-Zionist or anti-Nazi information, and I welcome it. Why not welcome revisionist information, as well? I am very thankful ... a debate such as this is banned in some other countries...
For the same reason we do not have alchemy textbooks in our schools: it's a waste of time. Why not welcome the revisionist information? Because it's not information! It's twisting of facts and denial of facts on matters already researched and concluded. Would you pay attention to a screed written by the Flat Earth Society that provides all sorts of evidence that Washington, D.C. is not really in North America? Of course not. Why? Because you KNOW that Washington, D.C. is in North America, just like anyone who's studied the subject honestly knows that about six million Jews were killed, many in gas chambers, as a result of Hitler's Final Solution, which was not a mass deportation order but a deliberate attempt to exterminate Jews. If you don't believe me, believe one of the authors you cited: Christopher Browning, who documents this quite clearly in his books (when they're not quoted out of context).
It would seem that oldies is more intent upon using his intellectual abilities in defending his position rather than being honest and re-evaluating it.
...denying the holocaust requires blind allegience to an erroneous notion...Too bad oldies...too bad.
Denying the Holocaust, or questioning its central points (there was a final solution; Hitler ordered it; six million Jews died; many in gas chambers) does not require intellectual ability. It requires the suspension of it.
Let me guess: you're going to post some previously discredited nonsense and call it food for thought? Are you going to tell us that it's highlights of a book consisting of nothing but highlights?
You've made your position clear that the revisionist information is nonsense. Maybe it is. But I still think there's profit in posting varying information about this topic. No harm in reading other views, is there?
Thank God we live in a free country, having the ability to read what is banned in some other countries. :o
Thank God we live in a free country, having the ability to read what is banned in some other countries. :o
Kind of like nazi germany, Oldies?
Or, I am reminded of many way leaders who admonish, reprove, and harass any wayfer who reads anything other than approved wayfer materials or who dare listen to any praise and worship music.
The freedom to read and post whatever you want is also the freedom I have to call it the external manifestation in the senses realm of the internal stupidity of the notion that motivated the post.
Maybe I missed something in reading here, but WHY would VP even be thinking such nonsense?
I just don't get it, did he read something and jump to conclusions?
Did he have ulterior motives? Did this stance help promote something of his own?
I honestly never new, previous to reading here, that he even talked about this…but then, after our first ‘encounter’…I didn’t like him much anyway ;)
It is amazing to see how some people can get all hot and bothered and worked up and ready to pop a vein over the Holocaust. I wonder if those same people could get that passionate over the German Holocaust? Not very likely, I think.
Not much is said that after WWII there were thousands of Jews who sought revenge for the Holocaust. There were thousands of Jews who set up 1,255 concentration camps for German civilians. German men, women, children and babies were also whipped, beat, tortured and murdered by the Jews! I'm sure that probably sounds to fanciful to be true to many of you. It's documented in: Eye for an Eye: The story of Jews Who Sought Revenge for the Holocaust by: John Sack. FYI - this book is NOT a TWI publication! (GEEESH, why do some people push this issue as something that is exclusive to TWI?)
BUT THE BOOK IS A FRAUD! (I am sure that may be the contention of some people.) If the book is a fraud, why would three major publishers, a major newpaper and a major magazine offer $40,000 for such a book? Their naivety? Hardly. Apparently they were all scared off. (The only question I have about that would be is - by who?) This book became a best seller in Europe but only became: "The Book They Dare Not Review" in America. Both 60 Minutes and the New York Times have corroborated what the author wrote as the review states.
It would appear that the Holocaust completely backfired on the Germans in more ways than one if you ask me. The only problem I see with the Holocaust agenda is that the Gemans today just don't receive the same sympathy for it that the Jews do - even though the Jews are quite capable of returning an: Eye for an Eye: The Story of Jews Who Sought Revenge for the Holocaust
It is amazing to see how some people can get all hot and bothered and worked up and ready to pop a vein over the Holocaust.
It is amazing to see how some people can't summon up a drop of compassion
for 6 million people who were systematically killed because of their religion or ethnicity.
I wonder if those same people could get that passionate over the "German Holocaust?" Not very likely, I think.
Not much is said that after WWII there were thousands of Jews who sought revenge for the Holocaust. There were thousands of Jews who set up 1,255 concentration camps for German civilians. German men, women, children and babies were also whipped, beat, tortured and murdered by the Jews! I'm sure that probably sounds to fanciful to be true to many of you. It's documented in: Eye for an Eye: The story of Jews Who Sought Revenge for the Holocaust by: John Sack. FYI - this book is [o]NOT[/i] a TWI publication! (GEEESH, why do some people push this issue as something that is exclusive to TWI?)
Why do some people pretend their belief in such things is not directly
related to "I learned this from vpw"?
BTW,
John Sack believes 6 million Jews were killed in the Holocaust.
I suppose you'll admit they were, now?
BUT THE BOOK IS A FRAUD! (I am sure that may be the contention of some people.) If the book is a fraud, why would three major publishers, a major newpaper and a major magazine offer $40,000 for such a book? Their naivety? Hardly. Apparently they were all scared off. (The only question I have about that would be is - by who?) This book became a best seller in Europe but only became: "The Book They Dare Not Review" in America. Both 60 Minutes and the New York Times have corroborated what the author wrote as the review states.
IF that is true (and coming from WTH, that's always highly suspect),
I'd expect publishers always have asked what they ask today,
"Will this make money?"
A publisher will authorize a criticism of ITSELF if it will make money.
I've also noticed that historians aren't lining up anywhere to support
John Sack's conclusions.
It would appear that the Holocaust completely backfired on the Germans in more ways than one if you ask me. The only problem I see with the Holocaust agenda is that the Gemans today just don't receive the same sympathy for it that the Jews do - even though the Jews are quite capable of returning an: Eye for an Eye: The Story of Jews Who Sought Revenge for the Holocaust
A) So we get this clear-
this is a thread about 6 million Jews the Nazis killed.
You accept this as truth now, correct?
B) This author is hardly wildly embraced by any reputable sources.
WTH, a lot of bad things happened in the confusion in the aftermath of WWII, and I think that in the interest of turning the war into sound bites, and in the interest of moving on, a lot of the wrongs have been under-discussed.
I once spoke with a lady from Germany whose family colonized occupied Poland, sort of like what the Jews did on the West Bank. After the Allies took back Poland from the nazis, her family moved back to Germany, only to be treated as non-citizens in their own country, living in a squallid relocation camp with little food. She was about 3 years old. She wonders to this day why no one wants to hear her story of injustice.
War is messy. The aftermath of war is messy. And unfortunately, it often leaves room for those with less thsn stellar motives to move in and do their dirty work. The Jews were victims of the Holocaust. That doesn't make them all good people, not before, during, or after the war. But of course, after the war, most who survived just wanted to go back to their peaceful lives.
I believe the Sacks account of Jewish post-war concentration camps is true. But (as he firmly states), it does not make the Holocaust untrue.
From the interview with Sacks cited by WordWolf:
The Institute says that the Holocaust didn't happen. Well, I write on the second page of An Eye for an Eye, "The people who say it are fools, maybe worse," so I welcome the fact that the Institute's selling these words. On the same page I write, "Yes, the Holocaust happened," and I then write 33 pages specifically about the Holocaust.
A couple more quotes
Well, the Jews didn't, repeat, didn't do what the Germans did. They didn't kill even two percent as many people. They certainly didn't put Germans on trains and send them to cyanide chambers and crematoriums. I say that in An Eye for an Eye, almost word-for-word. Anyone who says the Jews did the same things the Germans did is saying his or her own words, not mine.
And about his main character...
The heroine of the book is Lola Potok, a real person who now lives in Australia. For months she sought to do what the Germans did to the Jews, to her own family, in fact. She beat the Germans and let her guards torture them, let the Germans die. Then she remembered what her religion taught her. She changed.
And about Jewish backing for his book...
There's no division in any Jewish community that I am a part of. My agent, my lawyer, my publisher, my editor, my publicity person at Basic Books, and even my beloved Sysop at CompuServe are all Jews, and they're behind An Eye for an Eye. They realize that (as the Jewish magazine PS put it) we have nothing to fear and much to gain from An Eye for an Eye.
Thanks for the information, WTH. And thanks for the link, WW.
Here is the third installment of the revisionist "Holocaust 101" series.
I mistakenly posted the fourth installment previously, thinking it was the third.
Here's the third:
OM... New rule for you: You cannot post a quote without first reading it in it's entirity. ...maybe that'll slow you down some... probably not... but maybe...
John Sack believes 6 million Jews were killed in the Holocaust. I suppose you'll admit they were, now?
Who said I was admiting that John Sack's book was even credible? For the record, I don't own his book - Eye for an Eye. Afterall, why should one risk losing $12.95 over a book 5 major publisher's were willing to shell out $40 grand for - but then they all got scared off? It sounds more like a tabloid marketing technique. Even I recognize a "sales blurb" when I hear it.
As far as disproving the 6 million, there are many credible sources one can refer to on that. Anybody who disagrees is just plain and simple ignorant of the facts. If this thread has proven anything WW, it is that there are many fanciful stories on both sides of the issue as there are credible ones. If anything, this thread has certainly proven that: "The myth of the 6 million" is NOT an invention of TWI which therefore makes them an exclusive group on the Holocaust, which you and apparently everone wants to insist upon. Like I stated, there are many fanciful stories on both sides of the issue. Of course, one can always go with whatever suits their fancy. If your someone who is looking for a more credible source on the myth of the 6 million (not just the one provided by TWI) maybe this one is more to your fancy. Did Six Million Really Die?: Report of the Evidence in the Canadian 'False News' Trial of Ernst Zündel
Well - just whose story are you gonna believe now? It all depends on if one is willing to shell out $12.95 or $50.00 for someone's book on the subject I guess. Naturally the more $ one is on the hook for, the more willing they are to argue their side of the issue. Everyone wants to argue their point. It all depends on how much they are on the hook for, and how much they are willing to invest in it.
Someone just uploaded a map with a bunch of numbers on it. I am sure that was a major investment for them. I suppose they want someone to now argue with them on this "hard evidence" on the Holocaust? How convenient it says: "Holocaust Deaths" at the bottom of the map. One could just as easily be looking at a map of square mileage (or kilometers) as Holocaust Deaths. Even if the map were refering to "Holocaust Deaths", is one talking about the Jews murdered by the Germans, or the Germans who were murdered by the Jews? I guess it all depends on whose book you've read lately. Either way, I wouldn't go betting money on it.
Who said I was admiting that John Sack's book was even credible?
You implied that you did, when you said...
Not much is said that after WWII there were thousands of Jews who sought revenge for the Holocaust. There were thousands of Jews who set up 1,255 concentration camps for German civilians. German men, women, children and babies were also whipped, beat, tortured and murdered by the Jews! I'm sure that probably sounds to {sic} fanciful to be true to many of you. It's documented in: Eye for an Eye: The story of Jews Who Sought Revenge for the Holocaust by: John Sack. FYI - this book is NOT a TWI publication! (GEEESH, why do some people push this issue as something that is exclusive to TWI?)....If the book is a fraud, why would three major publishers, a major newpaper and a major magazine offer $40,000 for such a book?
Sounds like you endorsed this book by saying it documents actual facts, facts which you quote in your argument -- this book you never read. Pretty weak to argue your point with a book whose authenticity you doubt.
You go on (my responses in boldface):
As far as disproving the 6 million, there are many credible sources one can refer to on that. Really? Credible sources? Haven't heard of any. But I have read the stories of eyewitnesses, and met one, a respected university professor. I will take as "credible sources" the major media, members of the armed forces who liberated the camps, survivors, and others who took the time to document the facts, in the interest of the truth, not an agenda.
If anything, this thread has certainly proven that: "The myth of the 6 million" is NOT an invention of TWI which therefore makes them an exclusive group on the Holocaust, which you and apparently everone wants to insist upon. No one here that I've read said that TWI invented the "myth of the 6 million." We have said that Wierwille promoted that point of view by his remarks and by selling books about it in his bookstore, which was devoted exclusively to Christian subject matter, so apparently he thought that the "myth" was something he felt all good Christians should know.
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For the same reason we do not have alchemy textbooks in our schools: it's a waste of time. Why not welcome the revisionist information? Because it's not information! It's twisting of facts and denial of facts on matters already researched and concluded. Would you pay attention to a screed written by the Flat Earth Society that provides all sorts of evidence that Washington, D.C. is not really in North America? Of course not. Why? Because you KNOW that Washington, D.C. is in North America, just like anyone who's studied the subject honestly knows that about six million Jews were killed, many in gas chambers, as a result of Hitler's Final Solution, which was not a mass deportation order but a deliberate attempt to exterminate Jews. If you don't believe me, believe one of the authors you cited: Christopher Browning, who documents this quite clearly in his books (when they're not quoted out of context).
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It would seem that oldies is more intent upon using his intellectual abilities in defending his position rather than being honest and re-evaluating it.
...denying the holocaust requires blind allegience to an erroneous notion...Too bad oldies...too bad.
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Denying the Holocaust, or questioning its central points (there was a final solution; Hitler ordered it; six million Jews died; many in gas chambers) does not require intellectual ability. It requires the suspension of it.
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Oh well, I tried. I guess folks still want to debate.
I'm game. :)
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It's not a matter of debate, Oldies. I was responding to a point you made BEFORE you suggested ceasing the discussion.
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I think this is gonna be a long thread, so get ready for more posts, folks.
Golly, even Ward Cleaver knows what's gonna happen now...
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Let me guess: you're going to post some previously discredited nonsense and call it food for thought? Are you going to tell us that it's highlights of a book consisting of nothing but highlights?
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Here is the third installment of the revisionist "Holocaust 101" series.
I mistakenly posted the fourth installment previously, thinking it was the third.
Here's the third:
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At this point, you may be correct Raf.
You've made your position clear that the revisionist information is nonsense. Maybe it is. But I still think there's profit in posting varying information about this topic. No harm in reading other views, is there?
Thank God we live in a free country, having the ability to read what is banned in some other countries. :o
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Post away.
Post some alchemy textbooks while you're at it.
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Kind of like nazi germany, Oldies?
Or, I am reminded of many way leaders who admonish, reprove, and harass any wayfer who reads anything other than approved wayfer materials or who dare listen to any praise and worship music.
Hmmmmm...
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The freedom to read and post whatever you want is also the freedom I have to call it the external manifestation in the senses realm of the internal stupidity of the notion that motivated the post.
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my 2 cents
i have an uncle who went to germany to fight the war
he married there
i visited them a few years ago
his wife has her serial number tattooed on her wrist
this is something i saw with my eyeballs
not a story
they took me to visit dacho{sp?}
it was horrible
anyone who thinks this didn't happen imo is an foot ho$$l
i saw proof
what a sick pup ole vic was to even suggest this
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Spelled Dachau, chef. And thank you for your account.
Oldies, you can post that the moon is made of green cheese, too.
Tell me why you "know" that it isn't....
-- Shaz
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I was in NYC once, when I was a young-un.
There were no twin towers (WTC) then --
I never saw them, so how do I know that they really did exist?
Likewise, I've heard some *rumors* that a coupla jets crashed into those towers,
back on September 11th, 2001.
That is -- if they existed in the first place -- cause I never saw them.
And all the film footage about what happened on 9/11 just has to be bogus,
since I didn't see the occurance firsthand, and I'm not sure the buildings were even there.
Who cares if many were tragically affected that day, have first hand accounts,
*survivor* stories abound, etc., etc., etc.
Now excuse me while I google for pics of the NYC skyline --
pics of the city before the WTC towers were built (if they were built).
And then when I find them -- I'll post the *other info proving*
they never existed, and 9/11 never happened.
And if I did -- how much of THAT would you believe -- Oldies???
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Maybe I missed something in reading here, but WHY would VP even be thinking such nonsense?
I just don't get it, did he read something and jump to conclusions?
Did he have ulterior motives? Did this stance help promote something of his own?
I honestly never new, previous to reading here, that he even talked about this…but then, after our first ‘encounter’…I didn’t like him much anyway ;)
Here's a Map, counting the deaths:
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It is amazing to see how some people can get all hot and bothered and worked up and ready to pop a vein over the Holocaust. I wonder if those same people could get that passionate over the German Holocaust? Not very likely, I think.
Not much is said that after WWII there were thousands of Jews who sought revenge for the Holocaust. There were thousands of Jews who set up 1,255 concentration camps for German civilians. German men, women, children and babies were also whipped, beat, tortured and murdered by the Jews! I'm sure that probably sounds to fanciful to be true to many of you. It's documented in: Eye for an Eye: The story of Jews Who Sought Revenge for the Holocaust by: John Sack. FYI - this book is NOT a TWI publication! (GEEESH, why do some people push this issue as something that is exclusive to TWI?)
BUT THE BOOK IS A FRAUD! (I am sure that may be the contention of some people.) If the book is a fraud, why would three major publishers, a major newpaper and a major magazine offer $40,000 for such a book? Their naivety? Hardly. Apparently they were all scared off. (The only question I have about that would be is - by who?) This book became a best seller in Europe but only became: "The Book They Dare Not Review" in America. Both 60 Minutes and the New York Times have corroborated what the author wrote as the review states.
It would appear that the Holocaust completely backfired on the Germans in more ways than one if you ask me. The only problem I see with the Holocaust agenda is that the Gemans today just don't receive the same sympathy for it that the Jews do - even though the Jews are quite capable of returning an: Eye for an Eye: The Story of Jews Who Sought Revenge for the Holocaust
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It is amazing to see how some people can't summon up a drop of compassion
for 6 million people who were systematically killed because of their religion or ethnicity.
Why do some people pretend their belief in such things is not directly
related to "I learned this from vpw"?
BTW,
John Sack believes 6 million Jews were killed in the Holocaust.
I suppose you'll admit they were, now?
IF that is true (and coming from WTH, that's always highly suspect),I'd expect publishers always have asked what they ask today,
"Will this make money?"
A publisher will authorize a criticism of ITSELF if it will make money.
I've also noticed that historians aren't lining up anywhere to support
John Sack's conclusions.
A) So we get this clear-
this is a thread about 6 million Jews the Nazis killed.
You accept this as truth now, correct?
B) This author is hardly wildly embraced by any reputable sources.
Instead, we get replies like this:
http://www1.us.nizkor.org/ftp.cgi/people/s...n-sack.19931223
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WTH, a lot of bad things happened in the confusion in the aftermath of WWII, and I think that in the interest of turning the war into sound bites, and in the interest of moving on, a lot of the wrongs have been under-discussed.
I once spoke with a lady from Germany whose family colonized occupied Poland, sort of like what the Jews did on the West Bank. After the Allies took back Poland from the nazis, her family moved back to Germany, only to be treated as non-citizens in their own country, living in a squallid relocation camp with little food. She was about 3 years old. She wonders to this day why no one wants to hear her story of injustice.
War is messy. The aftermath of war is messy. And unfortunately, it often leaves room for those with less thsn stellar motives to move in and do their dirty work. The Jews were victims of the Holocaust. That doesn't make them all good people, not before, during, or after the war. But of course, after the war, most who survived just wanted to go back to their peaceful lives.
I believe the Sacks account of Jewish post-war concentration camps is true. But (as he firmly states), it does not make the Holocaust untrue.
From the interview with Sacks cited by WordWolf:
A couple more quotes And about his main character... And about Jewish backing for his book... Thanks for the information, WTH. And thanks for the link, WW.--Shaz
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OM... New rule for you: You cannot post a quote without first reading it in it's entirity. ...maybe that'll slow you down some... probably not... but maybe...
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I read it, but was probably distracted by something Raf wrote.
And now for Greasepot perusal, Part V of the "Holocaust 101" series:
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Who said I was admiting that John Sack's book was even credible? For the record, I don't own his book - Eye for an Eye. Afterall, why should one risk losing $12.95 over a book 5 major publisher's were willing to shell out $40 grand for - but then they all got scared off? It sounds more like a tabloid marketing technique. Even I recognize a "sales blurb" when I hear it.
As far as disproving the 6 million, there are many credible sources one can refer to on that. Anybody who disagrees is just plain and simple ignorant of the facts. If this thread has proven anything WW, it is that there are many fanciful stories on both sides of the issue as there are credible ones. If anything, this thread has certainly proven that: "The myth of the 6 million" is NOT an invention of TWI which therefore makes them an exclusive group on the Holocaust, which you and apparently everone wants to insist upon. Like I stated, there are many fanciful stories on both sides of the issue. Of course, one can always go with whatever suits their fancy. If your someone who is looking for a more credible source on the myth of the 6 million (not just the one provided by TWI) maybe this one is more to your fancy. Did Six Million Really Die?: Report of the Evidence in the Canadian 'False News' Trial of Ernst Zündel
Well - just whose story are you gonna believe now? It all depends on if one is willing to shell out $12.95 or $50.00 for someone's book on the subject I guess. Naturally the more $ one is on the hook for, the more willing they are to argue their side of the issue. Everyone wants to argue their point. It all depends on how much they are on the hook for, and how much they are willing to invest in it.
Someone just uploaded a map with a bunch of numbers on it. I am sure that was a major investment for them. I suppose they want someone to now argue with them on this "hard evidence" on the Holocaust? How convenient it says: "Holocaust Deaths" at the bottom of the map. One could just as easily be looking at a map of square mileage (or kilometers) as Holocaust Deaths. Even if the map were refering to "Holocaust Deaths", is one talking about the Jews murdered by the Germans, or the Germans who were murdered by the Jews? I guess it all depends on whose book you've read lately. Either way, I wouldn't go betting money on it.
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WTH,
You ask (rhetorically perhaps, but I'll bite)
You implied that you did, when you said... Sounds like you endorsed this book by saying it documents actual facts, facts which you quote in your argument -- this book you never read. Pretty weak to argue your point with a book whose authenticity you doubt.You go on (my responses in boldface):
-- Shaz
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