Holocaust Deniers - what I really don't understand:

They're members of a club - got to keep to the rules. Which include repeating certain mantras ad nauseam.

 

vP as you said

Holocaust denial timeline
Holocaust denial and distortion are generally motivated by hatred of Jews, and build on an accusation that the Holocaust was invented or exaggerated by Jews as part of a plot to advance Jewish interests. This view perpetuates long-standing antisemitic stereotypes by accusing Jews of conspiracy and world domination, hateful charges that were instrumental in laying the groundwork for the Holocaust.http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10008003

Fanatic, self centered belief encouraged by like minded , bloody minded people with tunneled views and a deep hatred of their chosen target.

 

There are certain groups who would love to emulate the Nazi Holocaust.
Something so massive and terrible could never have been hidden. The impact on the human race is immeasurable.

 

The evidence is completely overwhelming and from the most senior Nazis in their own words and handwritting.... Gobbels own personal diary for example says....


“ February 14, 1942: The Führer once again expressed his determination to clean up the Jews in Europe pitilessly. There must be no squeamish sentimentalism about it. The Jews have deserved the catastrophe that has now overtaken them. Their destruction will go hand in hand with the destruction of our enemies. We must hasten this process with cold ruthlessness.] ”

 

Should point out that there were TWO types of people known as Holocaust deniers - first were the real ones who have most rightly

been castigated by all and then there were other people who while agreeing to the Holocaust BUT disagreed with the NUMBERS of Jews

killed and were mistakenly grouped in with the actual deniers.

I am thinking particularly of the Catholic, Bishop Richard Williamson - who challenged the 6 million figure and was charged as being
a denier and fined by the German Government.

Many Jewish groups later admitted that the 6 million was extremely high as was closer to the figures of Catholics who were also

killed in that same holocaust- but the Bishop remains a denier…

Some people just can't win

Cheers

 

I normally stay away from this subject but I am a bit curious about Tom's remarks so....

How many Jews did Bishop Richard Williamson claim were killed and how many Catholics were killed in the holocaust

 

Drew

It is a known fact that as many as 3 million mainly Priests and Bishops and ordinary Catholics were killed in the Holocaust

- mostly in Poland whereas the figures for the main killing centres was reduced from 4 million to 1.5 million by the Jewish

groups themselves so the totals were about equal - difference being that the Jews were paid billions including 60 million

from the UK - who had nothing to do with it all - the Catholics got nowt - zippo - bugger all...

Cheers

 

The Holocaust deniers are legion here in the U.S. I have been doing battle online with them since I began posting comments on the Yahoo Homepage over two years ago. The deniers are mostly the younger generation who are too far removed from WWII along with blame being placed on the lack of education in the schools. My comment is not an invitation to begin bashing Americans in their entirety; however, the amount of Holocaust deniers here is staggering. According to the deniers, "no, the Holocaust never happened, there were never any gas chambers, it's all a hoax, the allies bombed the railway lines to the camps, everyone died of typhus, I'm a liar when I tell them that my Father was at the Bergen-Belsen Camp after its liberation, the camp inmates had a swimming pool, an orchestra, the Red Cross examined the camps every day along with food and medicine available to every camp inmate." It might be amusing if it were not so bloody pathetic!! Oh and yes, my Father was there at the Bergen-Belsen Camp. Just my two cents!

 

Adam, I was manning the Ministry of Housinge Loony Detector van when you started this thread, and the scanner immediately started to go crazy...

Don't bust your brain trying to figure these people out. Why do they deny? For the same reason one six year old says "T'isn't!" when his six year old enemy says "'Tis!" That's the level they work on.

 

Ignorance is bliss.

 

Adam,
There is a rich history of denial, beginning with the senior Nazi's themselves, and for obvious reasons of self preservation. The Holocaust was unprecedented and totally irrational so there is fertile ground for those who choose attempt to refute the truth. Modern day Nazis obviously have different motivations. Ignoring the antisemitic roots for much denial, can the explanation be as simple as an attempt at image rehabilitation? Legitimacy for the Nazi philosophy is a difficult task while carrying the monstrous legacy of the Holocaust.

 

It would be interesting to know what the leaders of the various neo-nazi groups have to say on the subject. Do they still stick to these myths? Or is it more the newcomers to their groups who keep posting the rubbish, because they haven't kept up with the facts, and want to "belong"?
Personally I think that the original doubt arose from the longstanding view of many gentiles that Jews have always felt hard - done - by, so the story must be exaggerated. What is claimed to have happened was so preposterous that it couldn't be true.
And it has stuck, as with other old myths still held by some, that Jews were to blame for JC's crucifixion, they use Christian blood for their matzos, they wear head coverings to hide their horns etc.