Introduction:
The rise of the Nazi Party in 1933 led to Hitler’s dictatorship, with a vision of war and expansionism, targeting Jews and discriminating against other groups. The invasion of Poland in 1939 marked the beginning of World War II and the Holocaust, during which over 6 million Jews were killed. Holocaust Deniers reject these facts but have been faced with competition by Holocaust Believers, where both sides try to prove their point of view throughout history.
Denial of Gas Chambers:
Holocaust Denial is the phenomenon that involves the denial of the Holocaust, which according to Holocaust Deniers is a complete and utter myth due to the significant amount of Jewish Populations that died during the Holocaust. Holocaust Deniers reject
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However, his claims have been debunked as there have been numerous eyewitness accounts from both Holocaust survivors and Allied forces who liberated the concentration camps. The Allied forces took photos of these camps, which shows proof against Zundel, which the Holocaust was not a myth. Witnesses of gas chambers, medical experiments conducted by Josef Mengele, and starvation and diseases were made by many survivors who had openly testified against the Nazi Regime. One example of a Holocaust Survivor from Auschwitz was Primo Levi who wrote about his experiences in the concentration camp and the atrocities he witnessed. Primo Levi, who was a chemist, wrote a book called Survival in Auschwitz, where he mentioned, “Many people – many hundreds of thousands – died in Auschwitz, but there was only one gas chamber in the camp; and that gas chamber could not accommodate all those who were murdered. Thus, countless victims were asphyxiated in the open air, in the vicinity of the crematoria, where the smoke of the corpses mixed with the smoke from the chimneys. It was a sweetish, sickish smell that left a taste of gall and metal in the mouth." Through the perspective of Primo Levi, we can see how during his time in Auschwitz he saw people being put into gas chambers and getting gassed to death for just being Jewish. This showed how Zündel’s point of view that the Holocaust wasn’t real was incorrect because Primo Levi, who was a Holocaust Survivor mentioned how the so-called work camps according to Zündel were death camps created by the Nazis to kill the Jews, who were seen as a treat to