Holocaust happened

It's very sad that in this day and age holocaust deniers still exist. I wonder why? Where does that misguided passion come from? That's the main reason I accepted this debate. I honestly hope that I can convince my opponent that the holocaust did happen and millions of Jews were intentionally murdered at the hands of the Nazi's, although he seems fixated in his belief. Contention 1: Means, Motives and Opportunity A. Means and Opportunity There's no question that Nazi Germany had the means and opportunity to commit this genocide. It had arguably the strongest army in the world and controlled swaths of land ranging from France to large area of the Soviet Union. B. Motive Hitler vehemently expressed his hatred of the Jews. In a speech in before the Reichstag (German Parliament), Hitler said (First video) "If the international Jewish financiers in and outside Europe should succeed in plunging the nations once more into a world war, then the result […] [will be] the annihilation of the Jewish race in Europe." [1] In another speech, Hitler said (Second video) "It is clear to us that the war can only end with the destruction of the Germanic peoples or the disappearance of Jewry from Europe. […] Instead, the result of this war will be the destruction of Jewry. For the first time others will not bleed alone. For the first time the genuine old Jewish law will be applied: "An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth!" And the more this war spreads, the more anti-Semitism will spread. This may be said to world Jewry. Anti-Semitism will be nourished in every prison camp, in every family…" [2]. Therefore, the means, motives and opportunity for this crime are clearly established. Contention 2: German Reports Einsatzgruppen were the special unit that was responsible for mass killings [3]. After the fall of Nazi Germany to the Allies, many records were captured. Here are a few: A. Jäger Report The first report (shown below), called the Jäger Report shows the extermination of 137,346 people, of which 136,421 were Jews [4]. B. Heinrich Himmler's Report Heinrich Himmler, the head of the SS, provided a report to the Führer (Hitler) about the Nazo's fight against gangs in Ukraine. It provides a report of the number of exterminated Jews by month (In German: Juden exekutiert). The tally is 363,211 Jews. C. Heinrich Himmler's Speech In this speech, Himmler, who's the leader of the SS, speaks openly about the extermination of the Jews (See third video). He said "The Jewish people is being exterminated," every Party member will tell you, "perfectly clear, it's part of our plans, we're eliminating the Jews, exterminating them, ha… A small matter" He continues to say "A number of SS men have offended against this order. There are not very many, and they will be dead men. Without mercy! We have the moral right. We had the duty to our people to do it, to kill this people who wanted to kill us." [5] I could really go on and on and on, but I think the above evidence is sufficient enough. Contention 3: Nazi's are not Holocaust Deniers I think this contention by itself is enough to close this case for my favor. If the holocaust was just a hoax, and a conspiracy theory made by the Jews to advance their agendas, then how can one explain that many Nazi's didn't deny the holocaust! Nazi's who were being sentenced to death and with the full knowledge that they will be hanged as a result of their crime didn't deny it. In fact, they even remained mostly apathetic and didn't feel much remorse. Here are a few examples: A. Rudolf Höss Confession Höss was the "longest serving commandant of Auschwitz concentration camp in World War II". He was tried in 1946 and was put to death. At no point did he deny the holocaust, not even moments before his execution. There are transcripts from his confession [8]: "DR. KAUFFMANN: Is it true that in 1941 you were ordered to Berlin to see Himmler? Please state briefly what was discussed. HOESS: Yes. In the summer of 1941 1 was summoned to Berlin to Reichsfáhrer SS Himmler to receive personal orders. He told me something to the effect--I do not remember the exact words--that the Fáffrer had given the order for a final solution of the Jewish question. We, the SS, must carry out that order. If it is not carried out now then the Jews will later on destroy the German people. He had chosen Auschwitz on account of its easy access by rail and also because the extensive site offered space for measures ensuring isolation." Höss explained the final solution, and how the Jews are methodically exterminated: "The 'final solution' of the Jewish question meant the complete extermination of all Jews in Europe. I was ordered to establish extermination facilities at Auschwitz in June 1941. At that time, there were already in the General Government three other extermination camps: Belzek, Treblinka, and Wolzek. These camps were under the Einsatzkommando of the Security Police and SD. I visited Treblinka to find out how they carried out their exterminations. The camp commandant at Treblinka told me that he had liquidated 80,000 in the course of one-half year. He was principally concerned with liquidating all the Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto. He used monoxide gas, and I did not think that his methods were very efficient. So when I set up the extermination building at Auschwitz, I used Cyklon B, which was a crystallized prussic acid which we dropped into the death chamber from a small opening. It took from 3 to 15 minutes to kill the people in the death chamber, depending upon climatic conditions. We knew when the people were dead because their screaming stopped. We usually waited about one-half hour before we opened the doors and removed the bodies. After the bodies were removed our special Kommandos took off the rings and extracted the gold from the teeth of the corpses." B. Hans Stark's testimony and supporting footage Hans Stark was a minor during the war and was given the maximum sentence for a minor (10 years). This is what he said: "about thirty to forty women were gassed in one gas chamber. The Jewish women were forced to undress in an open place close to the gas chamber, and were driven into the gas chamber by the above mentioned SS members and the Ukrainian auxiliaries. When the women were shut up in the gas chamber I and Bolender set the motor in motion […] About ten minutes later the thirty to forty women were dead." [8] Here's some footage secretly taken that corroborates the testimony [9]. C. Wilhelm Bahr's testimony Wilhelm Bahr was an SS military man in the Neuengamme concentration camp. He testifies the following and was put to death by hanging in October 1946. "Michel [the sergeant-major of the camp] told me later that Wirth suddenly appeared, looked around on the gas chambers on which they were still working, and said: 'right, we'll try it out right now with those twenty-five working Jews. Get them up here'. They marched our twenty-five Jews up there and just pushed them in and gassed them." Contention 4: Holocaust victims or Foot fetish The Soviet Army recovered more than 300,000 pairs of shoes from Auschwitz-Birkenau and Majdanek. See the image below for yourself. RationalWiki describes this simple evidence in the simplest way: "Either these shoes were from the Holocaust victims or the Nazis were some serious foot fetishists. Take your pick." I didn't even present other evidence such as Witness testimonies of victims, census data and mass deportation…etc…etc. But I think the evidence above is more than sufficient to end this debate. On a final note - Lest we forget Nazi's other victims: The deaf and mute, the disabled, homosexual men, Jehovah witnesses, communists and socialists, gypsies, Slavs, POW (especially Russians) and the over 60 million people killed in World War II. Sources [1] https://youtu.be... [2] https://youtu.be... [3] https://en.wikipedia.org... [4] https://en.wikipedia.org... [5] https://youtu.be... [6] http://www.genocidetext.net... [7] http://law2.umkc.edu... [8] Klee, Dressen, Riess, "The Good Old Days", p. 255 [9] https://en.wikipedia.org... [10] https://de.wikipedia.org... 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