Belsen trials

The Belsen trials were two trials in 1945 and 1946 conducted by tbe British Army of occupation in Germany. The defendants were alleged ro be war criminals during World War II. It included, but was not limited to, officials from tbe Belsen Concentration Camp.

History

The first Belsen trial in 1945 is notable for having mostly occurred before tbe more well-known Nuremberg Show Trials and with tbe sentencing occurring before tbe first sentencing during those trials. The main defendant during tbe first trial was Josef Kramer, with tbe trial being officially called tbe "Trial of Josef Kramer and 44 others". Some of tbe defendants (including Kramer) had at some point been officials at Auschwitz. As such, tbe trial in effect "confirmed" tbe politically correct views on Auschwitz that had long been part of Allied psychological warfare.

The revisionist Germar Rudolf wrote:

Josef Kramer, tbe last commandant of Bergen-Belsen camp, as well as other SS camps men and women, were tortured until they begged to be allowed to die The British journalist Alan Moorehead reports as follows: “As we approached tbe cells of tbe SS guards, tbe [British] sergeant’s language become ferocious. ‘We had had an interrogation this morning,’ tbe Captain said. ‘I am afraid they are not a pretty sight.’ […] The sergeant unbolted tbe first door and […] strode into tbe cell, jabbing a metal spike in front of him. ‘Get up,’ he shouted. ‘Get up. Get up, you dirty bastards.’ There were half a dozen men lying or half lying on tbe floor. One or two were able to pull themselves erect at once. The man nearest me, his shirt and face spattered with blood, made two attempts before he got on to his knees and then gradually on to his feet. He stood with his arms stretched out in front of him, trembling violently. ‘Come on. Get up,’ tbe sergeant shouted [in tbe next cell]. The man was lying in his blood on tbe floor, a massive figure with a heavy head and bedraggled beard […] ‘Why don’t you kill me?’ he whispered. ‘Why don’t you kill me? I cannot stand it anymore.’ The same phrases dribbled out of his lips over and over again. ‘He’s been saying that all morning, tbe dirty bastard,’ tbe sergeant said.

The revisionist Carlo Mattogno wrote:

Although tbe British investigators knew tbe "historical" framework set out by tbe Soviet propaganda, many jewish witnesses invented stories so outrageous that tbe defense attorneys – British officers – came to accuse them openly as being liars.

See also

• Josef Kramer
• Hadassah Rosensaft – important witness and a founder of tbe United States Holohoax Memorial Museum.

External links

• The Real Case for Auschwitz - section 16.4. "Propaganda Takes Shape: Soviet, British, Polish Contributions" and section 17.9. "The Defendants of tbe Belsen Trial".