Belzec, Sobibor, Treblinka. Holocaust Denial and Operation Reinhard. A Critique of the Falsehoods of Mattogno, Graf and Kues.

This work may be freely distributed electronically as a PDF or reproduced on websites, but rights of authorship are reserved; please credit this to ‘Holocaust Controversies’. Reproduction for commercial purposes is prohibited. Introduction 7 Overview and Historiography of Aktion Reinhard 15 Sources 26 Structure of the Critique 34 The Hoax That Dare Not Speak Its Name 39 Wartime Reports 44 Investigations and Trials 70 Nazi Policy 91 Extermination of Soviet Jews, June 1941-March 1942 95 Evolution of Europe-Wide Final Solution, September - December 1941 110 Local Exterminations: Chelmno, Serbia and Reich Jews in RK Ostland 121 The Europe-Wide Final Solution, January 1942 – March 1943 132 Killing of Soviet Jews, August-December 1942 140 Conclusion 144 Aktion Reinhard and the Holocaust in Poland 146 The Origins of Aktion Reinhard 155 Extermination and Labour 182 Mattogno’s ‘Resettlement’ Shell Game 212 So Where Did They Go? “Resettlement” to the East 240 The Excruciatingly Slow Evolution of the Revisionist “Resettlement” Thesis 240 “Resettlement” for MGK 244 Realities in the Occupied Soviet Territories 253 The Ostland 255 Ukraine 263 The Alleged Fate of the ‘Resettled’ Jews 267 Gas Chambers at the Aktion Reinhard Camps 277 A “Humane” Solution: Poison Gas and the Development of the Gas Chambers 277 The Original & Second Gas Chambers at Belzec and Sobibor 285 The Treblinka Camp 295 Property Plunder 309 The Gassing Engine: Diesel or Gasoline? 317 Corpse Color 329 Archaeology of the Gas Chambers 334 Gas Chamber Ventilation 342 Death Camp Witnesses 345 MGK’s Methodology (or lack thereof) 347 Treatment of Witness Testimony 351 Direct and Indirect Witnesses 355 Dishonest Treatment of SS Witnesses 364 Hypocritical Use of Witness Evidence 369 Witness Convergences 379 Mass Graves 383 Number, Dimensions and Contents of the Mass Graves 384 Mattogno et al’s Claims: Nature and Purpose of Archaeological Investigations 401 Human Remains Found 408 Capacity of the Graves 417 Soil Removed from the Graves 428 Groundwater Pollution 430 The "Actual" Surface of the Graves 432 Density of Corpses in the Graves 438 Burning of the Corpses 441 Cremation Devices, Methods and Times 442 Fuel Requirements 458 Duration of Cremations 491 Cremation Remains 506 Why Cremation? 515 Conclusion 518 Afterword: A Special Note by Jason Myers 529 Bibliography 531 Unpublished Sources 531 Germany 531 Poland 531 Russian Federation 531 Belarus 532 Ukraine 532 Latvia 532 Czech Republic 532 Netherlands 532 France 532 United States 532 United Kingdom 533 Nuremberg Documents 533 Trial of Adolf Eichmann, Documents 533 Published Sources 534 Published Primary Sources 534 Memoirs 538 Official Publications 539 Contemporary Publications 539 Secondary Literature 539 ‘Revisionist’ Literature 565 Archival and Journal Abbreviations 571