Burning of the Corpses
The
corpses of most people murdered at Belzec, Sobibor, Treblinka and Chełmno
extermination camps were burned, which means that what is left of most victims
are cremation remains like ashes and bone fragments. Carlo Mattogno, Jürgen
Graf and Thomas Kues do not deny that bodies were burned at these places, but
dispute the historically accepted scale of corpse cremation on grounds that it
would have been logistically impracticable in what concerns fuel requirements
and the duration of cremations and is incompatible with the available evidence,
especially the amount of cremation remains found. Where (as in the case of Chełmno)
particulars about the cremation devices and methods are known from
archaeological research, the accuracy of research finds is also questioned.
This chapter starts with a presentation of what is known about the
cremation devices and methods applied as well as the duration of cremations at
each of these four camps, including a discussion of Mattogno’s arguments
regarding archaeological research finds at Chełmno extermination camp. There
follows a discussion of the deniers’ other arguments mentioned in the preceding
paragraph. Finally the deniers’ alternative explanations for the undisputed
cremation of corpses at these camps are examined. As concerns Belzec
extermination camp the related arguments have been amply debated between
Mattogno and the author[1], with
Mattogno’s reply to the author’s last submission still outstanding. Although
without referring to the author, the recent Sobibor book by Mattogno, Graf and
Kues tries to address some of the author’s arguments in said debate. Being their
latest publication on the subject, this book is deemed to contain their most up
to date arguments and will thus be the main focus of the author of this present
chapter
[1] See the blog articles collected
under the link http://holocaustcontroversies.blogspot.com/2006/04/quick-links.html#mattbel .
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