The eminent German historian, Wolfgang Benz, has argued that 6.1 million Jews were killed. If two such eminent historians can be at odds, then a figure of less than 1 million Jewish dead can also be put forward as credible. Documents are taken out of context, misread, misinterpreted or mistranslated. Under cross-examination it became clear that the document in question was an order given by SS chief Heinrich Himmler to halt the killing of one trainload of Jews from Berlin. Half-truths are stretched to cover a myriad of falsehoods.
Dubious experts draw conclusions with bizarre methods.
Soft-core denial is the refusal to face the evil of the Holocaust, the search for the happy ending or the good that can mitigate the overwhelming evil of the what took place and thus protect us from the difficult fact that educated, cultured and civilized people can commit the most heinous crimes. The Holocaust forces a confrontation with absolute evil. It denies the consolation of triumphant goodness. It is about atrocity, not tragedy. In the end, what we will learn will never be equal to the price that was paid for such knowledge.