I believe the Holocaust happened, and I also believe
* the number of people who died as a result of ghettoization, genocide, and indirect deaths (disease, suicide, etc) was far higher than 6 million
* the number of Jews murdered by German SS, local blackguards, and in death camps is between 4.5 million and 5.5 million, with 6 million being an off the cuff estimate in the aftermath of the Holocaust ( https://yvng.yadvashem.org/ )
* investigating and accumulating evidence of the deaths of the Holocaust for the purposes of evidence and historical research is valid and should continue
* Litigating the number of dead is an extremely common tactic of Holocaust deniers, as if 1 or 2 million dead would be just reasonable domestic policy
* this article is conflating the latter with the former
* commentary on the above without deep knowledge of the research of Yad Vashem, the US Holocaust Museum, and other major reaearchers of the Holocaust (no matter one's position on Wikipedia or the Holocaust) is 100% ineffective
* the number of people who died as a result of ghettoization, genocide, and indirect deaths (disease, suicide, etc) was far higher than 6 million
* the number of Jews murdered by German SS, local blackguards, and in death camps is between 4.5 million and 5.5 million, with 6 million being an off the cuff estimate in the aftermath of the Holocaust ( https://yvng.yadvashem.org/ )
* investigating and accumulating evidence of the deaths of the Holocaust for the purposes of evidence and historical research is valid and should continue
* Litigating the number of dead is an extremely common tactic of Holocaust deniers, as if 1 or 2 million dead would be just reasonable domestic policy
* this article is conflating the latter with the former
* commentary on the above without deep knowledge of the research of Yad Vashem, the US Holocaust Museum, and other major reaearchers of the Holocaust (no matter one's position on Wikipedia or the Holocaust) is 100% ineffective
* including this comment.