completely dismantled and have all but vanished, as have the remains of the victims. Revisionists believe, on the other hand, that there was never an intention to kill the Jews; rather, the Nazis simply wanted them out of Germany.  They believe that there were no homicidal gas chambers, and that the number of Jews who died during the war, from all causes, comes to less than 1 million -- and perhaps only 500,000 or so. Traditionalists call revisionists "Holocaust deniers," because, they say, the revisionists deny that the Holocaust happened.  But this is obviously a misleading claim.  Revisionists accept that Hitler wanted a Germany free of Jews, and that he forcibly removed many of them, seized their property, and sent many others to labor camps.  They also accept that Hitler knew that many Jews would die in the process.  Depending on your definition, this could certainly count as a "holocaust."  Revisionists do deny, however, that 6 million died, and they do deny that the Nazis constructed homicidal gas chambers.  They do not deny that a tragedy happened to the Jews, nor do they deny that many thousands of them died. SOME TROUBLING FACTS So, how can the average person begin to check these claims, to see where the truth lies?  Start with the "6 million" figure.  How plausible, in general, is this number?  The war in Europe ran for roughly 2,000 days (or 5 years:  Sept 1939 to April 1945).  If the Germans killed 6 million Jews, then they must