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Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen
When I argue that a numerical figure is incorrect, it is usually because I have a figure that I think is correct. Otherwise it's all just hot air.
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If you had read post no 11, you would know that what I'm trying to argue is not any 'numerical figure' but the way in which they came up with it.
Let me give you an example:
The original calculation of the Auschwitz victims was around 3 million.
How did they come up with such a figure?
The German blew up most of the "death" facilities i.e gas chambers and crematories. For the purpose of building a museum in the former camp, these facilities were rebuilt on the basis of German plans. What is more, the Germans burnt most of the documents concerning the prisoners. (of course you will find idiots who claim that some transports "went straight to gas", thus they avoided being officially recorded. When I was in the secondary school, my history teacher asked the guide in the museum if that was possible. His answer was that 'off the record' executions could only take place outside organized camps, therefore such unregistered transports could not take place)
Coming back to the calculations. The 3 million figure was achieved through some math calculations such as theoretical efficiency of gas chambers per hour, theoretical efficiency of crematories etc.
The estimation for today is between 1.1 to 1.5 million. Down from 3 million and still the discrepancy in the findings is at around 35%.
And we are talking here about just one camp.
Back to giving advice.
I'm much obliged to you for showing me where to improve.
Now my advice for you: before you tell people what to do, make sure you you have done your homework by grasping at least the essentials of the discussed matter so that you know what you are talking about.