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Israeli Historian Discovers ‘6 Million’ Holocaust Figure Was Invented at Zionist Conference In 1944

May 3, 2020

Boston University’s director of the Elie Wiesel archive, Bar-Ilan University’s Institute of Holocaust Research historian Joel Rappel has discovered the origin of the infamous “6,000,000” number: a 194…

Our Fundamental Disagreement about WWII, Hitler, Jews and Race

February 11, 2020

History

The topic of Russians and Jews is clearly a “hot” one. Over the past few years I wrote several articles on this topic including “Putin and Israel A Complex and Multi-Layered Relationship”, “Why Is Put…

The Interpretation of the Shoah

February 6, 2020

History

We are currently commemorating the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz camp, where more than a million prisoners perished. We have made it the symbol of the extermination camps, Nazi c…

The Holocaust, the BBC and Antisemitism Smears

February 5, 2020

Opinion

Senior BBC news reporter Orla Guerin has found herself in hot water of an increasingly familiar kind. During a report on preparations for the commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the liberation of…

Auschwitz Was Evil But So Was Jasenovac, Yet Few Dare to Talk About It

January 29, 2020

Opinion

The 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz is a somber event marked by deep reflection across Europe about the evils of its genocidal past, which makes it an appropriate time to remind everyo…

Israel’s Auschwitz Commemoration: A Kidnapping of Jewish History

January 29, 2020

Opinion

As world leaders gathered in Jerusalem to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp, Zochrot, an Israeli NGO that works to raise awareness among Israeli Jews of th…

How the Israeli Government Is Exploiting the Tragedy of the Holocaust

January 27, 2020

Opinion

I guess it should come as no surprise. Everything about contemporary Israel is embroiled in exploitation of traditions and history for political gain, so why should the Holocaust be any different? Wel…

A Few Simple Arguments Which Cast Serious Doubt on the ‘Holocaust’

August 13, 2019

Opinion

Sit the students down and explain slowly: “According to the World Jewish Encyclopaedia there resided 2.4 million Jews in German-Occupied Europe. After the war, 3.8 million Jewish ‘holocaust survi…