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The Fake Nazi Death Camp: Wikipedia’s Longest Hoax, Exposed
- deogeo 7y agoHow odd. One would think with an estimated 1.8-1.9 million civilian deaths due to German occupation [1], and the uncounted rapes during the Soviet occupation [2], Poland wouldn't need to resort to hoaxes to paint themselves as victims. On the other hand, this little wikipedia dive is almost the only time I've heard of these 1.8-1.9 million, so perhaps they're not wrong. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II_casualties_of_Poland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II_casualties_of_Pol... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_during_the_Soviet_occupation_of_Poland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_during_the_Soviet_occupat...
- rurban 7y agoInterestingly German revisionists are also riding on the very same 200.000 victims number. For the Dresden bombings. In reality the number 20.000 was reported to Berlin, who decided that a factor 10 sounds much better. And several decades later many are still believing this mythological number.