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Holocaust

The Holocaust and its connection to the Jewish Bolshevism myth.

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Jan 11, 2026
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Was George Soros’s father a Nazi?

George Soros’s father, Tivadar Soros, was not a Nazi; he was a Hungarian Jewish lawyer who took steps to protect his family from Nazi persecution, including changing the family name and securing false...

Jan 12, 2026
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What legal and historical definitions exist for 'collective punishment' and how were they applied in World War II?

Collective punishment—penalizing a group for acts committed by individuals—has long roots in military practice but is now banned under modern international humanitarian law because it targets the inno...

Jan 17, 2026
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Did Hitler reveal which jewish books he was burning

The historical record assembled in the sources shows that Nazi-organized book burnings in 1933 targeted “un‑German” works — including many by Jewish authors — but there is no citation in the provided ...

Jan 16, 2026

did the jews start the war on germany

There is no evidence that Jews “started the war on Germany”; World War II began when Nazi Germany invaded Poland in September 1939 and Britain and France declared war, while Nazi leaders had already b...

Jan 16, 2026

What primary Nazi documents most directly show implementation of the Final Solution?

The clearest primary Nazi documents pointing to both the planning and the administrative implementation of the “Final Solution” are internal memoranda and bureaucratic reports—the Göring memorandum of...

Jan 19, 2026

How many Jewish survivors remained in Europe immediately after WWII and how did numbers change by 1946-1947?

Immediately after World War II the Jewish population of Europe had been reduced from a prewar total of roughly 9.5 million to a postwar remainder in the mid‑3‑million range, with most reputable contem...

Jan 17, 2026

What primary Nazi documents presented at Nuremberg most directly demonstrate the policy of mass murder?

The most direct primary Nazi documents presented at Nuremberg that demonstrated a policy of mass murder were bureaucratic orders and records that showed coordinated, state-level planning (notably mate...

Jan 13, 2026

How did Eichmann’s population tables compiled for Wannsee shape the scale and targets of deportations across Europe?

Adolf Eichmann’s country-by-country population tables — compiled as page six of the Wannsee Protocol — translated the Nazi leadership’s genocidal intent into concrete, quantifiable targets by listing ...

Jan 19, 2026

How did White Russian, Nazi, and other anti‑communist propagandas use 'Jewish Bolshevism' to justify persecution?

The trope of “Jewish Bolshevism” began as a pre‑existing antisemitic canard that conflated Jewishness with revolutionary politics and was seized by White Russian, Nazi, and other anti‑communist propag...

Jan 16, 2026

What archival evidence exists in Gestapo reports about the investigation linking Lidice to Heydrich’s assassins?

Gestapo archival reporting—reproduced in postwar histories and reference works—recorded that investigators briefly suspected Lidice because several Czechoslovak army officers exiled in Britain had ori...

Jan 15, 2026

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...

Jan 11, 2026

How have archival releases (e.g., Soviet, German, local) since 2000 affected Holocaust victim counts?

Archival releases since 2000—most notably the opening and digitization of large collections such as the International Tracing Service (ITS)/Arolsen Archives and expanded access at national repositorie...

Jan 6, 2026

Were swimming pools in concentration camps available for inmate use or only for guards?

Swimming-pool–like reservoirs did exist in several Nazi camps, but their primary function was utilitarian (firefighting or water storage) and access varied widely: in many documented cases the facilit...