According to Wikipedia, “Majdanek (or Lublin) was a Nazi concentration and extermination camp built and operated by the SS on the outskirts of the city of Lublin during the German occupation of Poland in World War II”. The number of victims varies depending on who you ask. Wikipedia states the official estimate as 78,000. While…
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The Coerced Confession of Rudolf Hoess
Rudolf Hoess was the Commandant of Auschwitz during the time that the alleged homicidal gas chambers were in use. The details of Hoess’ capture and torture are gleefully recounted in the book, Hanns and Rudolf : the German jew and the hunt for the Kommandant of Auschwitz, by Thomas Harding. Alexander Hanns, the Nazi hunter…