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Con continues sustaining his arguments with ad hominem attacks and unfounded claims. 1. Nuremberg My opponent claims that Hoess "wrote his memoirs in prison because he knew he was going to be hanged" and that he "had no motive to lie". Clearly, he is not aware that Hoess completed his memoirs months before his sentencing on April 2, 1947 [1]. While I wasn't aware that Hoess' family had received mailed-in "death threats", the death threats I had referred to were those said to Hoess' family, in-person, as a means to Hoess' capture [2]. Consider an interesting quote from Iowa Supreme Court Justice Charles F. Wennerstrum, presiding judge in the Nuremburg Trials: "The entire atmosphere here is unwholesome ... Lawyers, clerks, interpreters and researchers were employed who became Americans only in recent years, whose backgrounds were imbedded in Europe's hatreds and prejudices." [3] In this environment, any Nazi "denying the Holocaust", once accused, would have been likely to face a death penalty. 2. "Gas vans" Con has repeatedly misrepresented my arguments in order to attach his own implications to them: "Gasoline is better at killing than diesel. The Germans would have used the best method, therefore, no Holocaust". Of course, the burden of proof in any homicidal investigation lies upon the prosecutor. Yet, with all of the 'testimony' of the exact location, process and details of these "gas vans", there has yet to be a single shred of physical evidence; no bodies in the alleged 'grave' sites, no remnants of any "gas-mobiles". Furthermore, my opponent refers to these vehicles as "gas trucks" despite the fact that in all testimony and court proceedings they are referred to as "gas 'vans'". He most likely altered this detail to suit his argument that "diesel is more efficient for large trucks" in an attempt to diminish the obvious-- that the Germans would not have established a process for 'extermination' (the alleged primary purpose of Jewish internment) with such notable deficiency. 2. Mass graves Contrary to the uninformed claims by my opponent, no forensic excavation has been performed at ANY of the alleged Holocaust mass graves, despite the exact locations of some being 'precisely known', and despite this allegedly being the greatest crime in recent history. The photographs on Con's link are admittedly of unknown sources. 60 million people died in WWII. How do we know where, when, by whom and of whom these photographs were taken? According to CIA expert Dino Brugioni, "it became immediately apparent to me... that the Soviets had embarked on a massive program of misinformation during the [WWII] war years" [4]. Consider an analysis that includes several of the photos cited by my opponent: http://tinyurl.com... 3. "Gas chambers" To respond to both my opponents accusations of revisionist "pseudo-science" and the data collected by Markiewicz et al. within the 'gas chambers' at Auschwitz, let's consider the analytical methods employed by Markiewicz versus those employed by Rudolf, Leuchter and Ball. First, let's consider that cyanide, alone, is very unstable and, due to environmental factors, would hardly be present after 50 years [5]. Iron-cyanide compounds, or "Iron Blue", on the other hand, are extraordinarily stable in acids and are not destroyed by the influences of weathering, even over decades [6]. Markiewicz used a microdiffusion process that did not account for iron-cyanide compounds. He concluded, therefore, that since the delousing chambers (which used cyanide to disinfect clothing) had similar levels (close to zero) as the alleged 'gas chambers', these buildings must have been used for 'gassings'. However, if we consider the data that includes iron-cyanide compounds that is corroborated by Leuchter, Rudolf and Ball, the total cyanide content in any delousing chambers is literally thousands of times higher than in any alleged 'gas chamber'. Furthermore, control samples taken from inmate barracks and elsewhere throughout the camps showed cyanide levels on the order of magnitude as any of the alleged 'chamber' locations. Trace cyanide content is most likely attributable to regular fumigation that was common in all camps during the war. Markiewicz's deliberate exclusion of iron-cyanides is not only an inaccurate representation of total cyanide content but calls into question his scientific credentials. On a side note, Markiewicz's team was from the Jan Sehn Institute. Jan Sehn is the person who convinced Hoess to write his memoirs, which have been a critical focal-point in the mainstream storyline [1]. Con's claim that "almost all of the hydrogen cyanide would have evaporated [from Zyklon-B] after half an hour" is a mistranslation. The original quote by Peters is "der groste Teil der Blausaure" which translates directly to "the major part of the hydrocyanic acid" (as in, more than 50%). Furthermore, Richard Irmscher of DEGESCH corroborates this by reporting in 1942 that only 10% of the HCN would be outgassed after 5 minutes, 50% after a half hour and 90% after two hours [7]. What was done with the outgassing pellets (enough to kill 2,000 Jews) after the 3-15 minutes alleged by Hoess? If they were taken outside, and with a perceptible odor at only 2-5 ppm [7], how did the Jews waiting directly outside not become aware of the "shower" facade, particularly since it is known by both sides that there were "gas chamber/shower" rumors circulating at the time? That in mind, how did the alleged 3-4 SS guards manage to get all of the panicked prisoners into the 'chamber' without being overthrown? My opponent's claim that I've said "the Jews waiting in line for 'showers' would have SEEN the gas coming out of the chamber" is yet another blatant misrepresentation. 4. Documentation The fact that my opponent ignores more than 40 million German documents that exhibit no 'extermination plan', and is surprised when a half-dozen completely unverifiable documents supporting an extraordinary claim with a strong motive and without any physical evidence, appearing post-war, are labeled "forgeries" illustrates how effectively these politically-oriented institutions have influenced the minds of so many followers. 5. Photos/Video My opponent states that because he is unable to find a reference, it doesn't exist. My reference was originally cited on an article by Harvard historian and renowned author Theodore J. O'Keefe [8]. If Dr. Larson had conducted any autopsies that supported cyanide gassings, why were they not admitted into evidence at Nuremberg? 6. What really happened? There was no 'extermination plan' [9]. The plan was "the emigration of all Jews living in the territory of the Reich" in response to the Jewish declaration of 'economic warfare' by utilization of German industries of media, finance and business [10]. The origin of the term "final solution" comes from a letter to SS Heydrich [9] in 1941, illustrating clearly that the desired "final solution of the Jewish question" is a solution by means of "emigration or evacuation". There are thousands of documents, records and quotes from Hitler, himself, that support this account. Not all Nazis disliked Jews. There were no Nazi gassings [5]. The Jewish deaths that were unaccounted for is likely to near 300,000 [11]-- a number that, although tragic, is not outstanding when compared to other groups during WWII. To be clear, my opponent has yet to cite a single excavation, autopsy report, chemical analysis or physical evidence of any kind, relying solely on testimony. Where's the proof? - 1. http://tinyurl.com... 2. http://tinyurl.com... 3. H. Foust, "Nazi Trial Judge Rips 'Injustice'," Chicago Tribune, Feb. 23, 1948, pp. 1,2 4. http://tinyurl.com... 5. http://tinyurl.com... 6. Section 6.6: http://tinyurl.com... 7. http://tinyurl.com... 8. http://tinyurl.com... 9. http://tinyurl.com... 10. http://tinyurl.com... 11. http://tinyurl.com...