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Frederick Arthur Leuchter, Jr.

American Holocaust denier

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Nov 5, 2025

How have scholars refuted claims that gas chambers did not exist?

Scholars have comprehensively rebutted claims that Nazi gas chambers did not exist by combining forensic science, documentary evidence, eyewitness and perpetrator testimony, and rigorous archival and ...

Nov 17, 2025

What are common Holocaust denial claims about gas chambers and their refutations?

Holocaust deniers repeatedly assert that Nazi “gas chambers” either did not exist or were not used to kill people — arguments advanced via pseudo‑scientific reports (notably the Leuchter Report) and p...

Nov 15, 2025

What forensic studies in the 1990s and 2000s examined Auschwitz-Birkenau structures and their findings?

Forensic studies of Auschwitz–Birkenau from the 1990s into the 2000s combined chemical tests, archival/architectural analysis, engineering modelling, and re‑examinations of Soviet‑era forensic work; n...

Jan 13, 2026

What forensic methods were used in 1945–1946 to detect cyanide residues in former gas chambers and how reliable are those results?

The immediate post‑war forensic work (1945–46) that sought chemical traces of hydrogen cyanide (Zyklon B) used at Auschwitz and other camps combined visual observation of Prussian blue staining, chemi...

Dec 11, 2025

What role did forensic document analysis play in the Lipstadt v Irving case?

Forensic document and chemical analysis featured as a pivotal battleground in Lipstadt v Irving: Irving relied heavily on the Leuchter “forensic” report claiming no cyanide residues in Auschwitz gas c...