May 27 2008
Iranian website promotes Holocaust denial
The massacre of Jewish people during the Holocaust was “scientifically impossible,” according to an article published by an Iranian satellite channel on its Web site.
The article was written by Nicholas Kollerstrom, an academic specializing in astrology and crop circles, who had his fellowship terminated by University College London last month after he said there were never any gas chambers at Auschwitz.
“The views expressed by Dr. Kollerstrom are diametrically opposed to the aims, objectives and ethos of UCL, such that we wish to have absolutely no association with them or with their originator,” the University College said in a statement. “We therefore have no choice but to terminate Dr. Kollerstrom’s honorary research fellowship with immediate effect.”
Press TV, an Iranian English-language 24-hour news channel, was set up last year, by the Iranian government, to offer “unbiased” reporting and “in-depth and complete analyses of current affairs,” according to its Web site. It posted Kollerstrom’s article on Sunday, and despite protest from a Jewish community organization, the article is still on the site.
In the article, titled “The Walls of Auschwitz‚” Kollerstrom argues that “the alleged massacre of Jewish people by gassing during World War II was scientifically impossible.”
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[From me]
How in the world can people be so ignorant? The evidence is overwhelming that the Holocaust did exist. I suppose they will say that 9/11 didn’t happen either.
What do you think?
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Iranian reporting unbiased? Unbiased my…..foot! Let’s analyze this: professor in astrology and crop circles. Unfactual garbage vs. Historical data. Yep, I would terminate him (his contract for “teaching”) also.
Bill(cycleguy)’s last blog post..Good Question
For the country which didn’t do what they claim didn’t happen, to put up museums and documentation centers to memorialize what did happen, in detail, so that it might never happen again, would REALLY be STUPID if it hadn’t ever happened.
Bob Cleveland’s last blog post..Easy Believism …Round Two
The first time that I saw one of those blue lines of numbers tattooed on the wrist of a sweet little Jewish lady, was one of the most indelibly haunting moments of my life.
I’ve met several Holocaust survivors over the years, including at least one Schindlerjuden (person who was among the thousand or so sheltered by Oskar Schindler). One of them told me about being at Treblinka 1 (the work camp). There was no question about what was going on at Treblinka 2, he said, because the stench of the burning fat from the crematory filled his nostrils practically every moment.
I defy anyone to tell me that this guy was making it up.
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I cannot believe someone would postulate such a thing (though someone who specializes in astrology and crop circles wouldn’t surprise me) with all the evidence that exists that speaks otherwise. I suppose all of those killed in the “Final Solution” just got beamed up in a spaceship and disappeared or something.
I met a survivor only 6 days ago. I would really like to hear him explain the tattoo on her left arm, and what she went through.
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It’s amazing what people will believe when they want to believe it - even in the face of strong evidence that is contrary to those beliefs. I would be interested to see the different ways they attempt to discredit the evidence (like claiming that the evidence was planted or doesn’t exist, that Zionists conspire to lie about what the evidence really means, etc.). I’m sure such arguments are quite appealing to those who have a steak in believing that the holocaust never happened.
I’m just waiting for someone to say “teach the controversy” in history classes :))