This will probably piss off almost everyone reading this, but...

[marnen]

While reading some critical evaluations of whether the Third Wave experiment happened as described, I happened on a page arguing that there were no gas chambers in Nazi death camps. This is not a piece of Holocaust denial -- the writer of the article seems to think that most of the other details of the Holocaust are too well documented to be in any question -- but it does appear to be a well-reasoned, thoughtful job. If anyone can find holes in his arguments, I'd be interested to know what they are.

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Update, about 13 hours later: While I'm not withdrawing my post, I'm beginning to think I may have posted too soon. The article appears to have been less well thought out than I originally thought. That's what comes from posting on impulse in the wee hours of the morning...

Comments

[jcgbigler.livejournal.com]

With a little more digging, I found a site that has a little more info substantiating the existence of the gas chambers:
http://www.nizkor.org/faqs/auschwitz/auschwitz-faq-06.html

IMO, this page does a decent job of refuting the argument that "the room tourists are shown at Auchwitz was the gas chamber that was used," and the claim that the room would have to have been specially constructed or hermetically sealed.

However, this does not address the question of corroborating photographic or documentary evidence of the gassings themselves.

[skitten.livejournal.com]

fancy meeting you here ;)
I find it odd that so much time is used analyzing whether it's actually happened or not....
maybe most humans can't comprehend that we're capable of doing such enormous acts of cruelty?

[marnen.livejournal.com]

Probably. Without such overwhelming documentary and eyewitness evidence, the whole damn thing would stretch credulity to the breaking point. It's a good thing for posterity that the Nazis mostly kept excellent records.

[marnen.livejournal.com]

Hey, thanks! I'll look at that.