The Wannsee Conference Myth

The Wannsee Conference Myth

Author: Francis Dupont

Publisher:

Published: 2019-12-07

Total Pages: 68

ISBN-13: 9781647645786

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A dramatic and cutting review of the actual minutes of the Wannsee Conference--a meeting of top Nazi leaders held in a villa outside Berlin in 1942 to discuss the "Final Solution" to the Jewish Question--which reveals that that meeting never discussed mass murder and actually just dealt with the logistics of deporting Jews to the Far East. Despite the meeting's minutes being very clear and explicit about what the conference was about, they have been deliberately misinterpreted and lied about for decades--because almost no-one actually read the originals. This book contains a copy of the full original minutes in German, and a complete and accurate English translation. From this complete reading of the famous "Wannsee Protocol," the following facts emerge: - The Wannsee meeting did not discuss a "plan to kill Jews"; - Nowhere in the meeting's minutes is genocide discussed, planned, proposed or even suggested; - The Wannsee meeting never discussed gas chambers, mass shootings or any other means of "mass extermination." - The Wannsee meeting expressed its concern for "Jewish Safety" during wartime; - The Wannsee Minutes reported that there were only 4.5 million Jews under German control (yet 4.3 million Jewish compensation claims have been lodged against the post-war German government); - The Wannsee meeting was a planning meeting on how Europe's Jews should be deported, via transit camps, to the East; with able bodied Jews being forced to build roads and other labor intensive tasks in those regions; - The Wannsee conference even made also made allowance for specific exceptions to this deportation order. In particular, the following Jews were ordered to be made exempt from deportation: Jewish German World War I veterans; All Jews over the age of 65; All Jews working in industries vital to the German war effort. There is therefore, no justification for the allegation that the Wannsee Conference was a master plan for mass murder' and the media, Holocaust institutions and reference books which claim this, are simply lying. This book also contains the complete transcript of SS-Obersturmbannführer's Adolf Eichmann's testimony on the Wannsee Minutes given during his 1961 trial in Jerusalem. Finally, it reveals how Yehuda Bauer, the Jewish professor of Holocaust Studies at the Avraham Harman Institute of Contemporary Jewry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and Israel's own pre-eminent Holocaust scholar, has dismissed claims that "mass murder" was planned at Wannsee as a "silly story" with no truth to it. Bauer's comments on this, as reported by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency in 1992, have been ignored by the Holocaust propaganda machine.


The Participants

The Participants

Author: Hans-Christian Jasch

Publisher: Berghahn Books

Published: 2017-10

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 1785336339

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On 20 January 1942, fifteen senior German government officials attended a short meeting in Berlin to discuss the deportation and murder of the Jews of Nazi-occupied Europe. Despite lasting less than two hours, the Wannsee Conference is today understood as a signal episode in the history of the Holocaust, exemplifying the labor division and bureaucratization that made the "Final Solution" possible. Yet while the conference itself has been exhaustively researched, many of its attendees remain relatively obscure. Combining accessible prose with scholarly rigor, The Participants presents fascinating profiles of the all-too-human men who implemented some of the most inhuman acts in history.


The Crime of My Very Existence

The Crime of My Very Existence

Author: Prof. Michael Berkowitz

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2007-09-03

Total Pages: 355

ISBN-13: 0520940687

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The Crime of My Very Existence investigates a rarely considered yet critical dimension of anti-Semitism that was instrumental in the conception and perpetration of the Holocaust: the association of Jews with criminality. Drawing from a rich body of documentary evidence, including memoirs and little-studied photographs, Michael Berkowitz traces the myths and realities pertinent to the discourse on "Jewish criminality" from the eighteenth century through the Weimar Republic, into the complex Nazi assault on the Jews, and extending into postwar Europe.


Eichmann in Jerusalem

Eichmann in Jerusalem

Author: Hannah Arendt

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2006-09-22

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13: 1101007168

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The controversial journalistic analysis of the mentality that fostered the Holocaust, from the author of The Origins of Totalitarianism Sparking a flurry of heated debate, Hannah Arendt’s authoritative and stunning report on the trial of German Nazi leader Adolf Eichmann first appeared as a series of articles in The New Yorker in 1963. This revised edition includes material that came to light after the trial, as well as Arendt’s postscript directly addressing the controversy that arose over her account. A major journalistic triumph by an intellectual of singular influence, Eichmann in Jerusalem is as shocking as it is informative—an unflinching look at one of the most unsettling (and unsettled) issues of the twentieth century.


The 7 Deadly Myths

The 7 Deadly Myths

Author: Alex Ryvchin

Publisher: Academic Studies PRess

Published: 2023-09-12

Total Pages: 162

ISBN-13:

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A 2023 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Finalist in the Religion Category “With clarity and penetrating insight, Alex Ryvchin unravels the mystery of antisemitism… Mandatory reading for anyone concerned with the ethical fate of the human race.” ― Isaac Herzog, President of the State of Israel The 7 Deadly Myths traces antisemitism from its earliest origins to the present day and uncovers the dangerous conspiracy theories that have corrupted reasoning and led people and nations to diabolical acts. Exploring some of the most significant events in history and uncovering little-known villains, this book answers the questions of how antisemitism takes hold, how it is transmitted and how it inspires violence to the present day. Written in a clear and compelling style, this book is essential to understanding why this ancient hatred continues to plague society, inspiring pop stars, athletes and demagogues alike. It is a crucial resource for policy makers, students and the reading public seeking to understand racism and how it can be stopped.


The Crime of Complicity

The Crime of Complicity

Author: Amos N. Guiora

Publisher: Ankerwycke

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 220

ISBN-13: 9781634257329

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Complicity is a ground-breaking examination of the legal culpability of the bystander told through the lens of the author's family experiences in the Holocaust. It provides an exploration of three distinct events: the death marches; the German occupation of Holland; and the German occupation of Hungary, all of which allow an in-depth discussion of the role of the bystander in varied circumstances. Through a narrative of his parents' stories, Amos Guiora, Professor of Law at the S.J. Quinney College of Law at the University of Utah, author, and former Lieutenant Colonel in the Israel Defense Fo.


The Hitler Myths

The Hitler Myths

Author: Sjoerd J. de Boer

Publisher: Frontline Books

Published: 2022-05-05

Total Pages: 370

ISBN-13: 1399019066

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Adolf Hitler remains one of the most discussed figures in world history. Every year, an untold number of articles and books are published, and television programs and internet pages are produced, by respected historians through to amateur conspiracy theorists. One of the consequences of this continuous flow of stories is that, over time, increasing numbers of falsehoods and fabrications have emerged about Hitler. Many of these have subsequently gained credence by virtue of their constant repetition – however bizarre they may be. These include such claims that Hitler was impotent (contradicted by another myth that he had an illegitimate son), that he had Jewish ancestors, or that he had killed his niece. Another claim, one of the most persistent, is that he did not commit suicide but escaped Berlin to live in Argentina for years after the war, despite his well-recorded failing health. What is the truth about his corpse, his sexual experiences, his years of poverty, his complete dominance of his subordinates? How much of what we think we know is the result of intentional or misunderstood modern interpretations? Many rumours also circulated during Hitler’s life and, with the passage of time, have been presented as facts despite having no substantial foundation. Was Hitler really a hero of the First World War and, if so, why was he not promoted beyond the rank of corporal? Was he the true author of Mein Kampf and did he write a second book that was never published, and was Hitler initially a socialist? In The Hitler Myths the author clinically dissects many of these myths, often in a highly amusing fashion, as he exposes the inaccuracies and impossibilities of the stories. The myths – the familiar and the obscure – are discussed chronologically, following the course of Hitler’s life. In his analysis of each of the myths, the author draws on an array of sources to prove or disprove the rumours and speculations – once and for all!


Myth of Evil

Myth of Evil

Author: Phillip Cole

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

Published: 2006-06-12

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 0748626859

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A philosophical history of the concept of evil in western culture. 'Evil is something to be feared, and historically, we shall see, it is the enemy within who has been seen as representing the most intense evil of all - the enemy who looks just like us, talks like us, and is just like us.' The Myth of Evil explores a contradiction: the belief that human beings cannot commit acts of pure evil, that they cannot inflict harm for its own sake, and the evidence that pure 'evil' truly is a human capacity. Acts of horror are committed not by inhuman 'monsters', but by ordinary human beings. This contradiction is clearest in the apparently 'extreme' acts of war criminals, terrorists, serial murderers, sex offenders and children who kill. Phillip Cole delves deep into our two, cosily established approaches to evil. There is the traditional approach where evil is a force which creates monsters in human shape. And there is the 'enlightened' perspective where evil is the consequence of the actions of misguided or mentally deranged agents. Cole rejects both approaches. Satan may have played a role in its evolution, but evil is really a myth we have created about ourselves. And to understand it fully, we must acknowledge this. Drawing on the philosophical ideas of Nietzsche, Arendt, Kant, Mary Midgley and others, as well as theology, psychoanalysis, fictional representations and contemporary political events such as the global 'war on terror', Cole presents an account of evil that is thorough and thought-provoking, and which, more fundamentally, compels us to reassess our understanding of human nature.


Heidegger and the Myth of a Jewish World Conspiracy

Heidegger and the Myth of a Jewish World Conspiracy

Author: Peter Trawny

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 2015-12-29

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 022630373X

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The world-historical antagonist of this narrative, however, has remained hitherto undisclosed: the Jews, or more specifically "world Judaism." As Trawny shows, world Judaism emerges for Heidegger as a racialized, destructive, technological threat to the German homeland, indeed to any homeland. Trawny pinpoints recurrent anti-Semitic themes in the Notebooks, including Heidegger's adoption of crude cultural stereotypes, his assigning of racial reasons to philsophical decisions (even undermining his Jewish teacher, Edmund Husserl), his especially damning endorsement of a Jewish "world conspiracy" (such as that proposed by the Protocols of the Elders of Zion), and his first published remarks on the extermination camps and gas chambers under the troubling aegis of a Jewish "self-annihilation." Trawny concludes with a thoughtful meditation on how Heidegger's achievements might still be valued despite these horrifying facets of his thought.


Subverting Global Myths

Subverting Global Myths

Author: Vinoth Ramachandra

Publisher: InterVarsity Press

Published: 2009-08-20

Total Pages: 297

ISBN-13: 0830877061

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Vinoth Ramachandra considers six areas of contemporary global discourse where powerful myths energize and mobilize a great deal of public funding, academic production and media attention: myths about terrorism, religious violence, human rights, multiculturalism, science and postcolonialism.