Here are just a facts about the report mcvay, 1998. A report on the alleged execution gas chambers at auschwitz, birkenau and majdanek, poland by an execution. Leuchter, who was commissioned by ernst zundel to defend him at his trial in canada for distributing holocaust denial material. We happily provide books and media which are now considered, by many, to be of a politically incorrect nature.
This article was first published in hard evidence, vol. These consisted primarily of ad hominem arguments, such as lack of proper credentials, incoherence, or implying that, because samples taken from the. The leuchter report by germar rudolf holocaust, new books. Time and reason will vindicate the leuchter report. After a study of the available literature, examination and evaluation of the existing facilities at auschwitz, birkenau and majdanek, with expert knowledge of the design criteria for gas chamber operation, an investigation of crematory technology and an inspection of modern crematories, the author finds no evidence that any of the facilities normally. This report is intended as, and in fact does, support and corroborate the design and construction criteria defined in the leuchter report of april 5, 1988.
In a third expert report, fred leuchter described in detail the technique of execution gas chambers as used in the u. Leuchter is a 46 year old engineer who lives in boston. One of his major projects was the design of a new gas chamber at the missouri state penitentiary at jefferson city. Indeed, it was some two years before the publishing of their first rebuttals. At the end of the millennium, we have been reminded more than once that the. The leuchter report illustrated with photographs taken. The leuchter report claims the absence of any consequential readings of hydrogen cyanide hcn in the gas chamber samples. The claims in the leuchter report have been debunked.
Foreword to the original first report by robert faurisson. Leuchter report holocaust denial history auschwitz. Leuchter, the american expert for execution technologies, was asked by germancanadian ernst zundel to go to poland and. Leuchter claims that only 278 people could fit in one gas chamber. However, this has been debunked several times before due to the many methodological flaws. An engineering report on the alleged execution gas chambers at auschwitz, birkenau, and majdanek, poland, p. In a fourth report, leuchter criticized a book on gas chambers written by. The best known expert analysis of this variety is the socalled leuchter report, issued by an american manufacturer of execution equipment and proclaimed. Through his family associations, young leuchter claimed he was able to witness an execution performed in an electric chair. By the 1970s and 1980s, denial had clearly merged with the agenda of the far right in.
Much less wellknown is that three later leuchter reports were also published and that the leuchter reports did not discuss just zyklon b derivatives, but also many other aspects of the camps and which were argued to. If anyone is interested more information can be found at racial observer books under the revision tab. This is the second of a series of posts on the holocaust revisionist book breaking the spell by nicholas kollerstrom and will examine some of his scientific arguments such as the leuchter report in 1988 fred leuchter took samples form the sites of the gas chambers at auschwitz i and birkenau and found they contained negligible levels of ferricferrocyanide or iron blue, compared with. The leuchter report in early 1988, leuchter and his team. Leuchter report holocaust denial history auschwitzbirkenau. Poland, by zundels samisdat publications, and in england as auschwitz. Mahmoud ahmadinejads contention that it is a myth that nazi germany. Leuchter does not present any evidence that corroborates his claim as a worldwide expert in execution procedures. In 1988 fred leuchter had been hired by the holocaust revisionist ernst zundel to prepare a report for his defence against the charge of. Leuchter, a consultant in the united states for the. In 1988 the governors of several american penitentiaries suggested and recommended mr frederick leuchter, an american who had practiced as an inventor and engineer for some years from but not in the state of massachusetts, as an expert witness to defence attorneys acting for canadian.
He travelled to the camp, collected multiple pieces of brick from the remains of the. Leuchter compiled the report in 1988 with the intention of investigating the feasibility of mass homicidal gassings at nazi extermination camps, specifically at auschwitz. The leuchter report is a pseudoscientific document authored by american execution technician fred a. The truth about the leuchter report part one malcolm. The leuchter report is a document authored by american execution technician fred a. The leuchter report is a revolutionary forensic work debunking the jewish holocaust because it exposes allied psyop wartime propaganda. The intellectually barren wasteland of holocaust denial. Leuchter report the best known expert analysis of this variety is the socalled leuchter report, issued by an american manufacturer of execution equipment and proclaimed by the deniers in 1988 as a revelation on an international scale and a watershed in perceptions of auschwitz. The leuchter report is a pseudoscientific document authored by american execution technician. The leuchter report is a pseudoscientific report on the gas chambers and crematoria of auschwitz that holocaust deniers frequently appeal to. Dr leuchter was not qualified for the undertaking and thus. The leuchter report has been translated into many languages including german. In 1989 irving printed the leuchter report through his focal. Fighting pseudoscience and quackery with reason and evidence.
Auschwitzbirkenau labor camp, where it was alleged until the late. But unfortunately it turned out that the last part of this statement was a myth itself, because 25 years later, the holocaust myth is very much alive. The previous day, the director of the missouri state penitentiary, bill armontrout, had given testimony. Click on the links below to see photographs of the features of the gas chamber referred to in the leuchter report.
I have copies of all 4 leuchter report booklets in english. When the leuchter report was first published in april 1988, there was immediate and enthusiastic welcome by the revisionists, while nary a word from the holocaustians. Check out our large inventory of pertinent titles on the contentious topics of. Patriotic dissent books is an independent book distributor that is thoroughly committed to freedom of speech in these very controversial times. Leuchters impression of the event was that the electric chairs used by american prisons were unsafe and often ineffective. The leuchter the end of a myth a report on the alleged execution gas chambers at auschwitz, birkenau and majdanek, poland by an execution equipment expert table of contents. A brief history of critiques of the leuchter report, p. Pressacs critique paul grubach in early 1988, american execution hardware expert fred a. Publishers comments foreword by robert faurisson purpose background scope synopsis and findings methodology use of hcn and zyklon b as fumigant design. Be sure to read other important holocaust handbooks that help expose the racist antigentile hoax called the jewish holocaust or shoah. Publishers comments foreword by robert faurisson purpose background scope synopsis and findings methodology use of hcn and zyklon b as fumigant design criteria for a fumigation facility design criteria for an execution gas chamber united states execution gas chambers since 1920 toxic effects of hcn gas a brief history of. Full text of the leuchter report see other formats the leuchter the end of a myth a report on the alleged execution gas chambers at auschwitz, birkenau and majdanek, poland by an execution equipment expert table of contents. Because of the broad acceptance and use of the leuchter report in europe and throughout the world, and a widespread demand for. One day, after the dogmatic passions of our era have given way to openmindedness on this most emotioncharged of issues, fred leuchter will be admired as a most remarkable man of integrity and courage who defied powerful forces of.
Leuchter, the american expert for execution technologies, investigated the facilities in the auschwitz, birkenau, and majdanek camps claimed to have served as chemical slaughterhouses for hundreds of thousands of victims also called gas chambers. Leuchter has designed a lethal injection device and has improved the electric chair. The leuchter report contains a range of other mendacious assertions and speculation intended to call into question the fact that the gas chambers were used to kill people, and the crematoria to burn corpses on a mass scale. Old fashioned historians have always conducted endless learned debates about meanings and interpretations, and the more indolent among them have developed a subsidiary black art of dreading between the. Holocaust denial can only be categorized as falsehood, as a lie, or as myth. A report on the alleged execution gas chambers at auschwitz. Documents on fred leuchter and the leuchter report. One of his particular tasks was the modernization of the execution gas chamber in the penitentiary at jefferson city, missouri. Undoubtedly the most ambitious effort to impeach the leuchter report on scientific and technical grounds consists of two articles by french pharmacist jeanclaude pressac in a book sponsored by nazihunter beate klarsfeld, and grandiloquently titled truth prevails. Two recent issues of hard evidence have featured the leuchter report which is supposed to have proved there were no homicidal gas chambers in auschwitz. Using film made at american prisons, leuchter talks about his upbringing where his father was a corrections officer. It is one of the most documented events in human history. Leuchter is perhaps best known as the author of four controversial forensic.
The reasons are that i i have better things to do on weekends than to discuss with true believers, ii i was waiting to see what reactions if any there would be the interest in whatever leuchter or his peers had to say seems to be scarce, and iii i can think of more interesting stuff to read than the pseudoscientific nonsense of leuchter. Leuchter, 45, is an engineer living in boston, massachusetts, who specialized in the design of execution hardware used in prisons throughout the united states. Such declarations of victory over the myth were quite frequent in those days immediately after the release of the leuchter report. Leuchter compiled the report in 1988 with the intention of investigating the feasibility of mass homicidal gassings at nazi extermination camps, specifically at.
These photographs were not taken by fred leuchter and were not included in. Scientific report concludes there were no gas chambers at auschwitz a report on the alleged execution gas chambers at auschwitz, birkenau and majdanek, poland by an execution equipment expert. The leuchter report is one of those rare and most precious documents. And didnt understand the many factors that affected the results. A scientific report on the alleged execution gas chambers at auschwitz, birkenau and majdanek, poland.
Fred leuchter, who does not have a degree in engineering, has been discredited as a gas chamber expert and he no longer works as a gas chamber consultant. Prior to this, he had been contracted by the authorities of several states in the u. Repeated hcn exposure leaves a blue chemical residue on surfaces called prussian blue. The report was published after the trial as the leuchter report. Leuchter changed the course of history when he concluded in his report that the locations investigated could not have. The end of a myth a report on the alleged execution gas chambers at auschwitz, birkenau and majdanek, poland by an execution equipment expert. Leuchter a scientific report on the alleged execution gas chambers at auschwitz, birkenau and majdanek, poland. Introduction to the leuchter report click for german translationclick for french translationunlike the writing of history chemistry is an exact science. It is also important to know that there was not only one leuchter report but the total of 4 reports, the later ones including the. He is a specialist in planning and building execution facilities for american penitentiaries.
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