English transcript

Dr. Raul Hilberg was back on the stand today,

where he was called to defend many of the conclusions

he's made on the Holocaust during 40 years of

research. The questions ranged from the 1943

Warsaw Ghetto uprising, the number who were

or were not killed, to German policy concerning

the Jews as the 1941 invasion of Russia got

underway. At this point, the defense started

cross-examination. At times, this became an

intense debate between the witness, a distinguished

academic, and the defense, an astute and highly

capable lawyer who spent considerable time preparing

Mr. Zundel's case. Defense lawyer Doug Christie

asked Dr. Hilberg how he came to the belief

that Adolf Hitler personally issued the annihilation

order. The doctor replied, Hitler's order was

verbal, and thus no one knows the correct wording.

It's one of the gaps in history, Hilberg said.

To get the evidence of Hilberg overnight might

cost $400. That's how much it costs. Terrible.

And now you know why ordinary common people

very seldom fight the battle that we are fighting.

And what you are seeing here in this room is

just the tip of the iceberg for us. And it was

possible because for so many years, so many

people, you, all of you have helped in one way

or another to make it possible. I couldn't do

this by myself. Defense lawyer Doug Christie

questioned the fact that the professor quoted

a former SS officer 10 times in a book the professor

wrote about the Holocaust. Christie said the

officer made what the lawyer called incredible

claims, like claiming that Hitler witnessed

some gassings, and that 25 million Jews were

killed by the Germans. Professor Hilberg admitted

he left out the officer's incredible points

in his book. Now, there is a headline that I

would have wanted to see years ago, but here

it is. Expert's admission. Boy, get this, eh?

Some gas death "facts" nonsense. Can you believe

that, eh?

I think that it says here, a Holocaust expert

yesterday admitted at the Ernst Zundel trial

that some of his facts on gas chambers came

from a man who spoke pure nonsense.