Monthly Archives: August 2013

Burial space, part 7: a mass grave from the Napoleonic wars

In 2001 a mass grave from Napoleon’s Russian campaign was discovered in Lithuania, as discussed in the following very interesting paper. 9fcfd5098a0d47e7df The excavation established that the bodies were buried at a density of 7 bodies per square meter of … Continue reading

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Cyanide corpse color in China

The trial of Bo Xilai has brought a case of cyanide poisoning back into the news: Bo’s wife was convicted of killing a British man with cyanide, in a trial suspected of political motivation. But a forensic expert was skeptical … Continue reading

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Burial space, part 6: Birkshaw forest

Out of all the foot and mouth mass burial sites, Birkshaw forest had the highest estimated capacity per hectare: 1,000,000 sheep in 50 hectares, or 20,000 sheep per hectare. It’s a mere 5% of the density supposedly attained at Treblinka, … Continue reading

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Arguments for the thesis of Jewish extermination compared with arguments for miracles

It has long been the case that holocaust revisionists tend to focus their arguments on specifics, while anti-revisionists have claimed to rely on a big-picture view, while making rhetorical accusations of decontextualization against revisionists. To be sure, there have been … Continue reading

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Burial space, part 5.1: Throckmorton reprised

Thanks to the help of an independent researcher, I have been able to find some more information about the Throckmorton burials. Recall that nine pits were dug, but only six were used. This can be seen in this aerial photo … Continue reading

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On Nick Terry’s argument that “deniers don’t do history”

Nick Terry has recently advanced the argument that holocaust revisionism is to be disregarded because it is not real history, by which he means that it does not advance a historical narrative and therefore lacks value for the study of … Continue reading

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