Carlo Mattogno book(s) recommendation

[bonafide]

I'm currently reading Rudolf's "Lectures..." book, and I see he refers to Mattogno frequently. I'm aware of Mattogno's "Auschwitz: A Case for Sanity". Are there other works of his that you might consider compulsory reading regarding holocaust revisionism? Thanks.

[Butterfangers]

I'm currently reading Rudolf's "Lectures..." book, and I see he refers to Mattogno frequently. I'm aware of Mattogno's "Auschwitz: A Case for Sanity". Are there other works of his that you might consider compulsory reading regarding holocaust revisionism? Thanks.

I'd say it depends on what area you are most interested in. Mattogno's work is typically on one of many specialized areas that he has covered, ranging from a historiographical and narrative style (something like "The Einsatzgruppen in the Occupied Eastern Territories") to a highly-technical, scientific analysis of a particular issue (such as in "The Cremation Furnaces of Auschwitz"). Both of the examples I just gave (on 'Einsatzgruppen' and 'The Cremation Furnaces...') are very information dense and require a very attentive reader to truly appreciate, at least in my opinion. And honestly, 'The Cremation Furnaces' is almost too technical for anyone but specialists or technical experts to deal with, which Mattogno acknowledges in his Introduction to the book.

Given that you do not mention here a particular area of your interest, I would suggest starting with the larger camps, beginning with the work you mention on Auschwitz, then perhaps moving onto other books about Auschwitz (Mattogno has several). After that, I would suggest diving into the works on the 'Aktion Reinhard' camps (Treblinka, Sobibor, Belzec). Combined, these four make up the vast majority of all alleged 'gas chamber' activity. The book on Einsatzgruppen might be a good one to move onto after that.

[bonafide]

Thanks for the warning regarding the technical nature of the one book. I will finish Rudolf's "Lectures..." and then move on to the book by Mattogno that I mentioned. I will follow up with the book you suggested regarding the other camps. I'm pretty new to all this. Would you recommend the book by Butz, or does it cover the same stuff?

[Archie]

Thanks for the warning regarding the technical nature of the one book. I will finish Rudolf's "Lectures..." and then move on to the book by Mattogno that I mentioned. I will follow up with the book you suggested regarding the other camps. I'm pretty new to all this. Would you recommend the book by Butz, or does it cover the same stuff?

Mattogno has a ton of books but they're all original research on specific topics, not really general introductions to revisionism. The good thing is that they're all in the Holocaust Handbooks series and are available as free pdfs which makes them excellent to use for reference. That's generally how I use them. If you have a question like, hmm, who are the main Krema I gas chamber witnesses? It's probably in Mattogno.

If you are looking for introductory material, my recommendations would be

-Thomas Dalton, Debating the Holocaust

-Samuel Crowell, The Gas Chamber of Sherlock Holmes (Part I)
http://www.samuelcrowell.com/wp-content ... dotcom.pdf

The Butz book is excellent, in my opinion, but it's nearly 50 years old at this point and it's not the easiest book because it's quite broad and detailed.

Once people get acquainted with the basics, I feel like there are a lot of different paths. You could get more into the technical/scientific issues, historical details, special topics, the political aspects, free speech issues, marketing revisionism, etc. It's going to be a very individual thing.

[Fred zz]

Seems like good material but allow me to nitpick a little
at Majdanek it was Complex 1, not complex 2 where all the action was claimed to be. He also mentions 5 tanks. When the Soviets liberated the camp there were 5 tanks in Bldg 52 but connections for only 2 at the site of the room.
see attachment if interested
Complex 2 was for women and the museum just claims selections went on in there