Constantin Simonov

A considerable – and official – revision of the number of dead at Majdanek

A considerable – and official – revision of the number of dead at Majdanek

“Six million dead or one million dead: what’s the difference?” My answer to this question is: “Five million people, for whom it’s the biggest possible difference, the one between life and death.” It is, in part, upon the indifference to facts and figures that historical lies are built. In 1945–1946, the Nuremberg tribunal received document…