MaGZ
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Irving, among other things, likes argues that no written orders, and that many of the deaths were from things like Typhoid and not a specific act such as driving people into gas vans and gas chambers. What I've never understood is, say it is ONLY a million, it is a million that died because German policy put them in a position where they could die...I know, he argues then that the exageration of the deaths by Jews thus constitutes a falsification in order to justify Isreal and other Jews claims for special treatment etc.
Anyway, I am Just finishing Albert Speer and his Battle with Truth by Sereny. Facinating and frightening. The only conclusion is that the Top Brass knew what the grunts doing the killing knew. It was policy. It was intended. They were sorry they didn't get more.
Albert Speer turned out to be a self-serving individual.
If I remember correctly, he joined the party only after Hitler came to power.