The Holocaust History Project
Encyclopedia
The Holocaust History Project (THHP) is a non-profit corporation based in San Antonio, Texas
. Its website offers a comprehensive archive of documents, recordings, photographs, and essay
s regarding the Holocaust, Holocaust denial
and antisemitism. The project became known for its refutation of the Leuchter report
and the Rudolf report
.
THHP defines itself an organization of "concerned individuals working together to educate and inform about the Holocaust". Some of the members remain anonymous, its director is Harry Mazal. (may he rest in peace.)
Among the material presented there are essays about scientific and legal analyses, events and people, expert witness
testimony
, original Nazi
documents, transcript
s of many of the Nuremberg trials
, and the complete texts of two influential works, Jean-Claude Pressac
's "Auschwitz: Technique and Operation of the Gas Chambers" and Robert Jay Lifton
's "The Nazi Doctors." There are also extensive sections on the Auschwitz and Operation Reinhard
extermination camps.
Over twenty-three "short essays" address a variety of questions of interest, including an extensive bibliography
of Holocaust related topics. There is also a section devoted to Holocaust denial
, including direct debunking of deniers such as David Irving
, Ernst Zundel
and several others.
Additionally, THHP volunteers answer emails from thousands of students each year.
San Antonio, Texas
San Antonio is the seventh-largest city in the United States of America and the second-largest city within the state of Texas, with a population of 1.33 million. Located in the American Southwest and the south–central part of Texas, the city serves as the seat of Bexar County. In 2011,...
. Its website offers a comprehensive archive of documents, recordings, photographs, and essay
Essay
An essay is a piece of writing which is often written from an author's personal point of view. Essays can consist of a number of elements, including: literary criticism, political manifestos, learned arguments, observations of daily life, recollections, and reflections of the author. The definition...
s regarding the Holocaust, Holocaust denial
Holocaust denial
Holocaust denial is the act of denying the genocide of Jews in World War II, usually referred to as the Holocaust. The key claims of Holocaust denial are: the German Nazi government had no official policy or intention of exterminating Jews, Nazi authorities did not use extermination camps and gas...
and antisemitism. The project became known for its refutation of the Leuchter report
Fred A. Leuchter
Frederick A. Leuchter, Jr. is an American Federal Court qualified expert in execution technology and author of forensic Holocaust denial material. He claims to have improved the design of instruments for capital punishment and had execution equipment contracts with several states...
and the Rudolf report
Germar Rudolf
Germar Rudolf is a German chemist and Holocaust denier.-Background:Rudolf was born in Limburg an der Lahn, Hesse. After finishing secondary education in 1983 in Remscheid, Rudolf studied chemistry in Bonn, completing his studies in 1989. As a student, he joined A.V. Tuisconia Königsberg zu Bonn...
.
THHP defines itself an organization of "concerned individuals working together to educate and inform about the Holocaust". Some of the members remain anonymous, its director is Harry Mazal. (may he rest in peace.)
Among the material presented there are essays about scientific and legal analyses, events and people, expert witness
Witness
A witness is someone who has firsthand knowledge about an event, or in the criminal justice systems usually a crime, through his or her senses and can help certify important considerations about the crime or event. A witness who has seen the event first hand is known as an eyewitness...
testimony
Testimony
In law and in religion, testimony is a solemn attestation as to the truth of a matter. All testimonies should be well thought out and truthful. It was the custom in Ancient Rome for the men to place their right hand on a Bible when taking an oath...
, original Nazi
Nazism
Nazism, the common short form name of National Socialism was the ideology and practice of the Nazi Party and of Nazi Germany...
documents, transcript
Transcript (law)
A transcript is a written record of spoken language. In court proceedings, a transcript is usually a record of all decisions of the judge, and the spoken arguments by the litigants' lawyers. A related term used in the US is docket, not a full transcript. The transcript is expected to be an exact...
s of many of the Nuremberg trials
Nuremberg Trials
The Nuremberg Trials were a series of military tribunals, held by the victorious Allied forces of World War II, most notable for the prosecution of prominent members of the political, military, and economic leadership of the defeated Nazi Germany....
, and the complete texts of two influential works, Jean-Claude Pressac
Jean-Claude Pressac
Jean-Claude Pressac was a French chemist and pharmacist who later became a published authority on the Holocaust of World War II....
's "Auschwitz: Technique and Operation of the Gas Chambers" and Robert Jay Lifton
Robert Jay Lifton
Robert Jay Lifton is an American psychiatrist and author, chiefly known for his studies of the psychological causes and effects of war and political violence and for his theory of thought reform...
's "The Nazi Doctors." There are also extensive sections on the Auschwitz and Operation Reinhard
Operation Reinhard
Operation Reinhard was the code name given to the Nazi plan to murder Polish Jews in the General Government, and marked the most deadly phase of the Holocaust, the use of extermination camps...
extermination camps.
Over twenty-three "short essays" address a variety of questions of interest, including an extensive bibliography
Bibliography
Bibliography , as a practice, is the academic study of books as physical, cultural objects; in this sense, it is also known as bibliology...
of Holocaust related topics. There is also a section devoted to Holocaust denial
Holocaust denial
Holocaust denial is the act of denying the genocide of Jews in World War II, usually referred to as the Holocaust. The key claims of Holocaust denial are: the German Nazi government had no official policy or intention of exterminating Jews, Nazi authorities did not use extermination camps and gas...
, including direct debunking of deniers such as David Irving
David Irving
David John Cawdell Irving is an English writer,best known for his denial of the Holocaust, who specialises in the military and political history of World War II, with a focus on Nazi Germany...
, Ernst Zundel
Ernst Zündel
Ernst Christof Friedrich Zündel is a German Holocaust denier and pamphleteer who was jailed several times in Canada for publishing literature which "is likely to incite hatred against an identifiable group" and for being a threat to national security, in the United States for overstaying his visa,...
and several others.
Additionally, THHP volunteers answer emails from thousands of students each year.
Members
- Mikkel Andersson, information technologyInformation technologyInformation technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...
consultant - Yale F. Edeiken, attorneyLawyerA lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law; as an attorney, counsel or solicitor; a person who is practicing law." Law is the system of rules of conduct established by the sovereign government of a society to correct wrongs, maintain the stability of political...
- Richard J. GreenRichard J. Green (chemist)Richard J. Green is an American chemist known for his work against Holocaust denial. He is a member of The Holocaust History Project....
, physicalPhysical chemistryPhysical chemistry is the study of macroscopic, atomic, subatomic, and particulate phenomena in chemical systems in terms of physical laws and concepts...
chemistChemistA chemist is a scientist trained in the study of chemistry. Chemists study the composition of matter and its properties such as density and acidity. Chemists carefully describe the properties they study in terms of quantities, with detail on the level of molecules and their component atoms... - Patrick J. Groff, computer scientistComputer scienceComputer science or computing science is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and of practical techniques for their implementation and application in computer systems...
- Ralf Loserth, computer scientist
- Andrew E. Mathis, Ph.D., medical editor
- Harry W. Mazal, chemistChemistA chemist is a scientist trained in the study of chemistry. Chemists study the composition of matter and its properties such as density and acidity. Chemists carefully describe the properties they study in terms of quantities, with detail on the level of molecules and their component atoms...
- Jamie McCarthy, computer scientist
- Gord McFee, historianHistorianA historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...
and scholar of German History and Literature - Danny Mittleman, associate professor of information systemsInformation systemsInformation Systems is an academic/professional discipline bridging the business field and the well-defined computer science field that is evolving toward a new scientific area of study...
- Sara Salzman, Marketing Consultant
- John Zimmerman, associate professor of accounting, businessBusinessA business is an organization engaged in the trade of goods, services, or both to consumers. Businesses are predominant in capitalist economies, where most of them are privately owned and administered to earn profit to increase the wealth of their owners. Businesses may also be not-for-profit...
and economicsEconomicsEconomics is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The term economics comes from the Ancient Greek from + , hence "rules of the house"...