Anyone who would be surprised by this ‘discovery’ obviously hasn’t studied much history.
Next thing you know they’ll discover that the Nazis used vehicles where they vented the CO into the passenger area to kill folks.
Hmm...didn’t the term “Final Solution” come from the Wannasee Conference? And wasn’t Herman Goering or Heydrich the person who coined the phrase?
Ahh, the old “Becker” van. The cost/Jew was too high and inefficient.
I think you’re missing the point.
Fifty years ago people believed that millions died in Auschwitz. Now many experts - including the official Auschwitz historical panel in Poland - says it was about 750,000 people (if I recall correctly). Many people thought this meant that the official panel was denying that the old number (nearly 6 million) was correct.
What many historians, including myself, suspected was that many more Jews were shot to death by the einsatzengruppen than previously believed. Now, because of this priest the necessary evidence is showing up.
There have been several articles about this priest and his work over the years. He has done a great service by helping to clarify exactly HOW many Jews died in the Holocaust. This helps to refute Holocaust deniers.
So naturally it's a shocking discovery for the reporter.