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Auschwitz was no vacation resort, Maria confirmed. She witnessed the deaths of many fellow inmates by disease, particularly typhus. She saw some take their own lives. But she saw no evidence at all of mass killings, gassings, or of any extermination program.
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Auschwitz was no vacation center, Maria confirmed. She witnessed the death of many fellow inmates by disease, particularly typhus, and quite a few committed suicide. But she saw no evidence at all of mass killings, gassings, or of any extermination program. [13]
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A series of articles responding to a claim by German journalist Fritjof Meyer in the journal Osteuropa that the death toll in Auschwitz was far less than usually reported. THHP member Albrecht Kolthoff sets the record straight. (These articles are in German - translations will follow.)
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In January 2007, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received a donation of a photograph album that appears to have belonged to SS-Obersturmführer Karl Höcker, the adjutant to SS-Sturmbannführer Richard Baer, the commandant of Auschwitz. The album can now be viewed in its entirety online, and features Karl Höcker, Richard Baer, Rudolf Hoess, Josef Kramer, and über monster Josef Mengele (known to inmates as The Angel of Death).
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[C]ame the Leuchter Report in 1988 which was followed with an official 're-evaluation' of the total deaths at Auschwitz (down to 1.1 million). As a budding historian - and a Jew - Cole was intrigued.
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The groundbreaking ceremony is to take place on January 27, 1999 -- 54 years to the day after the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp. But if one of the parties pulls out, it could be put on hold indefinitely.
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