The German double-holocaust (2 x 6 million) in WW II

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Crimes and Mercies, by James Bacque

This article is not about Holocaust denial. Or maybe a different sort of denial, which consists in blowing up (or simply inventing) crimes committed by Nazi Germany's opponents in order to play down those of Nazi Germany.

The late Canadian writer James Bacque, who became (in)famous as the author of Other Losses, wrote a follow-up book with the title Crimes and Mercies.[1] The "crimes" part is summarized in the Goodreads advertisement as follows:

More than 9 million Germans died as a result of deliberate Allied starvation and expulsion policies after World War II—one quarter of the country was annexed, and about 15 million people expelled in the largest act of ethnic cleansing the world has ever known. Over 2 million of these alone, including countless children, died on the road or in concentration camps in Poland and elsewhere. That these deaths occurred at all is still being denied by Western governments. 

The 9 million is actually Bacque's minimum figure. He suggested that it might be much higher:[2]


This is a very long article, full of charts to see and links to connect to, which you can read here:  http://holocaustcontroversies.blogspot.com/2021/07/crimes-and-mercies-by-james-bacque.html