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And it wasn't the USSR either. They were no "friend" of the Jews, and their post-war policy was "Do not Divide the dead", which was to downplay the fact that Jews were singled out by the Nazis for killing in Soviet territory. In all official reports of massacres on Russian soil, references to "Jewish Victims" were all edited to "Peaceful Soviet Citizens", changing the narrative from being a genocide specifically against Jews to Capitalist Fascists killing Communists. This was why the Soviet Indictment refers to the victims of Auschwitz as "Citizens of Various countries" instead of as Jews. Later on, the Soviets would crack down on Jewish attempts to commemorate the Babi Yar massacre as a massacre against Jews, and even forced local Jews to sign a document formally blaming "Zionism" for the Massacre. No Soviet Hoax either.
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Since CaptainHowdy's not interested in having a discussion about the topic, I'll try to move the discussion forward.
The Auschwitz museum was kind enough to share the following article recently
http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_22_muzeum/
The article talks about the first years the Auschwitz memorial was in operation. Naturally, the policy I mentioned ("Do not divide the dead") was in effect and affected the initial operation and policy of the museum and memorial. Initially, the CKZP (Central committee of Polish Jews) participated in planning the museum and requested that two blocks (4 and 10) be made available for them for the purpose of setting up a memorial specifically for the Jewish victims (the largest group of Victims). However, when the museum first opened in 1947, only a fragment of the intended exhibits opened, and the fact that the Jews were singled out for killing was downplayed. For example, Block 4 did have a Jewish Khalat (along with symbols belonging to other Polish denominations), but the centerpiece of the exhibit was a Christian cross. Later in 1947, the Polish government formally issued an act/law explicitly stating that the Museum was intended for "Commemorating the Polish Martyrdom and Other Nations (Not Jews)". "Do Not divide the dead" really got rolling in the late 40s and the early 50s, when the Polish Communist government officially started following the Stalinist party line. In accordance with this policy, the already small Jewish exhibits in the museum were shut down and the exhibits made it clear that Jews were not singled out and suffered the same fate as other groups. More importantly, there were also "anti war" protests staged in the museum that depicted the Anglo Americans as the Successors of the Nazis.
The Article also mentions that while the Soviet Government allocated funds for maintaining the exhibits (that were not about the Jews), they allocated nothing else, resulting in the rest of Auschwitz (including Birkenau) suffering wear and tear due to limited maintenance.
So, in summary
1) There was No Hoax. In the first few years of the Memorial's operation, the Polish Government - as the law said - emphasized Polish suffering, and the Genocide against the Jews took a backseat to the Martyrdom of Poland, as depicted in the exhibits.
2) There was No Hoax. The Soviet Authorities shut down the exhibits talking about the Jews and made Auschwitz into a memorial of "communist" resistance against "capitalist" Fascists, and that these Capitalist Fascists were no longer Germans, but the "Anglo Americans"
3) The USSR didn't give a damn about the Jews or about Auschwitz; aside from allocating some funds for the exhibits they wanted, they didn't allocate any for the rest of the site, resulting in most of it falling into disrepair.
4) The "4 Million" Canard is based on a false assumption. Based on these acts and policies, it's obvious that the "4 Million" Number was never intended to refer to Jewish victims, and the alleged "reduction" has no bearing on the total Jewish death toll.
The Hoax never happened. Saggy was talking crap, and so was Mondial.
