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Auschwitz Museum

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Nov 25, 2025
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Which Auschwitz survivor testimonies detail the construction of gas chambers and who recorded them?

Survivor testimonies that describe the construction, layout and operation of Auschwitz gas chambers appear across multiple archives and news reports — notable first-person accounts include Sam Itzkowi...

Jan 15, 2026
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What are the most significant archival discoveries about Auschwitz since 1990 and how did they change the camp's death toll estimates?

Significant archival work beginning around 1990—most notably the publication of Franciszek Piper’s research for the Auschwitz Museum and the release/analysis of camp documentation—prompted a major rev...

Dec 16, 2025
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Who are notable figures promoting Holocaust denial?

Holocaust denial is promoted today by a mix of long‑standing agitators (David Irving, Ernst Zündel), extremist networks and modern online subcultures including white supremacists and some Islamist pol...

Feb 6, 2026

Which camps had the highest confirmed death tolls and how were those numbers documented?

, the camps (, , ) and rank as the sites with the highest confirmed death tolls within the Nazi camp system, with Auschwitz alone accounting for well over a million victims and the Reinhard killing ce...

Jan 8, 2026

How have forensic investigations and chemical analyses of camp sites refuted claims that gas chambers were non-functional?

Forensic fieldwork, chemical assays, and engineering reconstructions have repeatedly contradicted the claim that Auschwitz and other Nazi camp gas chambers were “non‑functional,” demonstrating both ph...

Nov 19, 2025

What are the main claims made by Holocaust deniers and how have historians refuted them?

Holocaust deniers advance a handful of repeat claims: that the Nazi “Final Solution” was not an extermination program, that gas chambers and extermination camps were fabrications, that the six‑million...