Episode Details

Germar Rudolf is a German chemist who wrote the Rudolf Report, which questions the use of gas chambers, as well as the Holocaust Encyclopedia. He was imprisoned in Germany for his beliefs, the charge being “inciting racial hatred”, and has active warrants in Europe today. He is the founder of Castle Hill publishers and until 2005 published the Quarterly Journal for Free Historical Research. His website is https://germarrudolf.com

Michael G. Vann, Ph.D., is Professor of History at Sacramento State University, and undisputed “World’s Toughest French Historian”, author of “The Great Hanoi Rat Hunt: Empire, Disease, and Modernity in French Colonial Vietnam”, and lots of articles on violence, politics, zombies, and surfing at https://jacobin.com/author/michael-g-vann

His book: https://www.amazon.com/Great-Hanoi-Rat-Hunt-Modernity/dp/0190602694

He also wrote the afterword to I Am Oum Ry: A Champion Kickboxer’s Story of Surviving the Cambodian Genocide and Discovering Peace (https://doppelhouse.com/i-am-oum-ry)

00:00 Intro

00:28 Challenges in Finding Debate Participants

01:02 Introducing Michael Vann: Historian and Scholar

05:44 Introducing Germar Rudolf: Chemist and Revisionist

13:56 Debating the Holocaust: Initial Positions

33:39 Holocaust Denial and Free Speech

49:24 Soviet Reports and Death Toll Discrepancies

50:31 Historians Under Threat in Poland

51:28 The Wannsee Protocol and Deportation

52:10 Interpreting Historical Documents

53:50 Eyewitness Testimonies and Their Reliability

56:02 Torture and Testimony at Nuremberg Trials

58:05 Auschwitz Documentation and Contradictions

01:01:58 Mass Graves and Forensic Evidence

01:06:28 The Role of Propaganda and Historical Narratives

01:09:09 Challenges of Holocaust Revisionism

01:10:55 The Importance of Free Speech and Open Debate

01:34:07 Concluding Thoughts, Wrap Up