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Originally Posted by Liberty4eva
My question is this and I'll put it in bold so you can't miss it:
If, for decades, the official number of dead in Auschwitz was 4 million but then, one day, that number was reduced to 1.5 million, how can the total number of 6 million remain unchanged and, moreover, how can we be confident that the 6 million figure is accurate?
To my knowledge there is no answer to this question. But if you can muster a sensible answer I will seriously consider changing my views on this subject. A reasonable thinking person will ponder this question (or some variation of it) but very few will dare ask it because that invites all sorts of accusations that they are a "Nazi-sympathizer" or a "Denier". I am a free-thinking person and I couldn't care less what people on here think of me so I am not afraid to ask it.
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Nobody is denying the numbers gassed or who perished from starvation and disease in Auschwitz haven't changed. But it wasn't just the change of a plaque on a wall. There were huge amounts of research done before that plaque was corrected.
The original numbers came from the Soviets and were accepted at the Nuremberg trials in 1945. It was though, acknowledged in 1989 by the intense works of both Yehuda Bauer (Israeli Holocaust historian), Israel's Yad Vashem Holocaust Center and 1990 the Auschwitz State Museum, that the correct numbers must be declared to the public.
Let's also remember that Auschwitz was only one of 15,000 labor, death, and concentration camp built by the Nazis.