The number was presented by the Red Cross in the late 1970s. It wasn't until probably 20 years later the 6,000,000 number started getting bandied around.
This is patently false. Ridiculous numbers were being thrown around immediately after the war. Including at Nuremberg. Students were taught muh 6 million in schools throughout the 50s and 60s.
mmmhmmm. Don't remember it in the 70s and 80s. The word "holocaust" never really even came up in history class.
I was forced to watch Night and Fog(1956) in grade school. The word may have not been used until the 70s, but the lie was there.
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