I don't know where to even begin with that article... wait no yes I do, the author knows almost nothing about the topic of the Holocaust. This is neither new nor particularly shocking to Holocaust historians, we just have a better idea of the number now. We knew that the Germans used a lot of satellite camps, and smaller ghettos that would be pushed into larger ones as the liquidation (read extermination) of the Jews progressed. Several of the concentration camps had not a whole lot to do with the Holocaust itself; they were used to hold political prisoners and POWs as well. Plus the author seems to be mixing up concentration camps and death camps, which are entirely different entities, which gets further confused when talking about Auschwitz which had both types of camp.
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