fireofice wrote:....The last thing holding me back were the Einsatzgruppen reports. I thought "well if they were massacring people in large numbers based on these reports, then it doesn't seem like much of a stretch that were engaging in other mass murdering activities". I then realized that there were good reasons to believe these reports weren't accurate. Another thing that kind of held me back was why they decided to forge some documents, like the ones mentioned above, but not others that seemed much more important, like a Hitler order. It didn't make much sense to me at the time....
I'd guess such documents will look convincing to most people, who don't research the matter further then. But seriously, a piece of paper as proof for killing hundreds of thousands? Wouldn't that leave tons of forensic evidence? You'd think, those using the reports in their books and journal articles would reference forensic reports as well, but until now they didn't.
They see all the evil on the side of the accused after the public has been prejudiced to see 'some truth' in it. After all, if they are not guilt, why are there so many trials? Why so many movies, books, etc. dealing with the subject? Strange how people can't see 'the evil' in this. It's difficult to grasp for many that accusations may have maliciousness at their core. But it isn't exactly unheard of and it is plausible to find something like this in the biggest conflict in human history until now. And by that, those pushing the story did engage in malicious propaganda in the past. Most people don't know this, though. They don't know what the US-'psychological warfare division' was or what the various British, French or Soviet institutions were that engaged in deception, disinformation and the like. All governments engage in information control, so do media organizations. When 'all' is at stake, they are also prone to do more unethical stuff. Lying about the enemy is as old as mankind itself.