The main point is the 6 million number. It was just a random guess that came out of the Nuremberg trials. Didnt help that all the death camps were seized by the Russians. So it was shrouded in secrecy until the USSR collapsed. When it did the West got a look at the records. Auschwitz, the "main camp" had meticulous records. They only showed 900,000 Jews died. So by modern estimates, the real number is somewhere between 1.5 to 2.5 million max.
Not sure what the big fuss is over correcting the figures. Wasn't the total death toll from WWII like 80 million? Alot of innocent people died due to socialism and imperialism. I have always thought to much significance was put on the Jewish death toll. Germany, Russia, and Japan using their youth as cannon fodder is horrific as well. Especially Russia. 40 million dead. Pure evil.
The main point is the 6 million number. It was just a random guess that came out of the Nuremberg trials. Didnt help that all the death camps were seized by the Russians. So it was shrouded in secrecy until the USSR collapsed. When it did the West got a look at the records. Auschwitz, the "main camp" had meticulous records. They only showed 900,000 Jews died. So by modern estimates, the real number is somewhere between 1.5 to 2.5 million max.
Not sure what the big fuss is over correcting the figures. Wasn't the total death toll from WWII like 80 million? Alot of innocent people died due to socialism and imperialism. I have always thought to much significance was put on the Jewish death toll. Germany, Russia, and Japan using their youth as cannon fodder is horrific as well. Especially Russia. 40 million dead. Pure evil.
The fuss over correcting the number is that the nation state of Israel is supported by many people based upon collective guilt over the Holocaust.
No Holocaust, no Israel.