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The dwarves of Auschwitz (2013)
- xapss 11y agoWhat a great read
- vonnik 11y agoAnyone interested in the life of a dwarf at Auschwitz should read Primo Levi's excellent memoir, whose title has been translated both as "Survival in Auschwitz" and "If this is a man". Levi himself was not a dwarf, but he encountered one in the year he spent in Auschwitz, and the entire book is very well written. http://appliedsciencefreelibraryguide.org/view.php?id=388132 http://appliedsciencefreelibraryguide.org/view.php?id=388132
- throwitup 11y agoCute. But what is more important is the lies of Auschwitz. http://zioncrimefactory.com/the-six-million-myth/ http://zioncrimefactory.com/the-six-million-myth/
- Ralfp 11y agoI'm sorry but I can't belive anyone can take this site for a serious source.
- yungthug 11y agoWow, a Holocaust denialist on HN. Downvoted.
- Asbostos 11y agoI think he's more concerned about the Guardian, but I don't know why. Holocaust denial is a healthy part of understanding things, just as cranks are in science. Actually the holocaust suffers from a lack of serious objective research because of how strongly politicized it is. Universities don't want their names associated with politically unpopular researchers, and there are laws to stifle public expression of dissent.
- alextgordon 11y agoThey are responding to a flagged comment with a link to a holocaust denial website. Turn on showdead to see it (or rather, don't, because it's not that interesting).
- Ralfp 11y agoAuthor pointed at site that claimed four things: * 6 milion dead Jews is made up number media picked up from Torah and nowhere true. * War occured because Jew-controlled countries didn't like anti-jew Hitler's administration * Allies didn't oppose USSR's participation despite their totalitarian goverment because they were Jew-ran too. * Hitler's foreign policy was completly reasonable and countries like Poland opposed it only because they were Jew-ran countries looking for casus belli against "Jew-free" nation.
- sandworm101 11y agoIt is refreshing to see an article willing to speak about conflicting survivor accounts. Whether it's the holocaust, 9/11, Rwanda, or the killing fields, there is a tendency to treat every account as sacrosanct. Conflicting stories then become ammo for those looking to deny and discredit events. But open discussion and even speculation can increase confidence in a narrative. Apparently conflicting accounts often dovetail into each other, but to get to that point you have to be willing to criticize.
- DrJohanson 11y agoIt was my understanding that almost every serious article which deals with survivor accounts say something about conflicting versions.
- astrange 11y agoI thought "dwarves" only meant the Tolkein race and you should otherwise use "dwarfs"? Actually I didn't think we called people dwarfs either.
- ramgorur 11y agoI think there is a typo, it's Zyklon B, not Cyclone B.
- rdsnsca 11y agoCyclone B is just the english translation for Zyklon B.