Fascism & the Holocaust

The debate in Germany over the crimes of Hitler’s Wehrmacht

Part 1

By Wolfgang Weber, September 19, 2001

This is the first part of a two-part article on the debate in Germany surrounding an exhibit on the crimes of the German army (Wehrmacht ) under the Nazis. The second part will be posted Thursday, Sep...

Verdict in David Irving case due in two weeks

Libel suit brought by apologist for Nazi role in Holocaust concludes in London

By Richard Tyler & Peter Reydt, March 24, 2000

The 10-week trial of a libel suit brought by British author David Irving against American historian Deborah Lipstadt concluded Wednesday March 15, as closing arguments were delivered before a packed L...

The report of former forced-labor prisoner Nicholas Livkovsky

By Carola Kleinert and Brigitte Fehlau, March 17, 2000

Nicholas Livkovsky took part in the February 19 conference in Slubice, Poland on the history of the Gestapo prison camp "Oderblick", which was located in Schwetig, near Frankfurt/Oder, Germany and Slu...

The history of the former Gestapo concentration camp "Oderblick" in Schwetig/Swiecko

By Carola Kleinert and Brigritte Fehlau, March 17, 2000

On February 19 a conference on the history of the former concentration camp “Oderblick” took place in the Polish town of Slubice, which lies on the border with Germany. The conference was ...

At University of Michigan forum

Historians criticize Goldhagen book

By Martin McLaughlin, November 17, 1997

At a forum held at the University of Michigan on November 8 an international panel of historians concurred that the bestselling book by Daniel Jonah Goldhagen, Hitler's Willing Executioners, was a tra...

Why did the Holocaust take place?

By David Walsh, June 2, 1997

More than any other trend of thought, Marxism insists on adopting a historical attitude to every phenomenon.

Anti-Semitism, Fascism & the Holocaust

A critical review of Daniel Goldhagen's Hitler's Willing Executioners

By David North, April 17, 1997

The following was given as a lecture by David North, national secretary of the Socialist Equality Party in the United States, at Michigan State University in East Lansing.