Arthur R. Butz – The Hoax Of The Twentieth Century

Chapter 5: The Hungarian Jews
within the framework of the International Military Tribunal.” 302 Bormann had
been tried in absentia at the IMT and sentenced to death. He was never found, and
it is now generally agreed that he died in Berlin.
In regard to Kempner, three principal conclusions may be drawn from this
short summary of the man’s career (based entirely on material in the public record).
First, he could accurately be characterized as a fanatical anti-Nazi, starting
in the Twenties, when the Nazis were certainly no more criminal than several
other groups on the violent and chaotic German political scene (the Communists
and Social Democrats also had private armies). Anti-Nazism is obviously Kempner’s
consuming vocation. Second, he was an extremely important figure in the
trials that the U.S. held in Nuremberg. We have seen that he had critically important
responsibilities in connection with the IMT and was also treated, later on, as a
particular authority on what had gone on there. At the end of the IMT trial, the
press described him as “Jackson’s expert on German matters” and “chief of investigation
and research for […] Jackson.” 303 At the NMT, he took over the prosecution
of the most important case, the political section of the Wilhelmstrasse Case,
and he may well have been the most important individual on the Nuremberg staff,
although further research would be required to clarify the real power relationships
that existed on the Nuremberg staff, if such clarification is possible. James M.
McHaney headed the division that prepared Cases 1, 4, 7, 8, 9, and 12. Other significant
persons at the NMT have been discussed by Taylor. 304 The Encyclopedia
Judaica describes Kempner as “chief prosecutor” at the NMT trials.
The third conclusion that may be drawn is that there are excellent grounds,
based on the public record, for believing that Kempner abused the power he had at
the military tribunals and produced “evidence” by improper methods involving
threats and various forms of coercion. The Stewart case makes this conclusion inescapable.
This is the man who held the power of life and death over Eberhard von Thadden
and Horst Wagner.
Our digression on Kempner is concluded. We came to the point, in our analysis
of Hungary, where irregularities in the production of evidence in Case 11 were
clearly indicated. Thus, it was necessary to examine two subjects: who was in
charge in Case 11 and what was the level of integrity maintained in the operations
of the trials at Nuremberg. It was found that the truth in regard to the latter subject
was established rather decisively in the course of examining the former; a study of
Kempner’s career reveals all that one needs to know in order to evaluate the reliability
of the evidence generated at the Nuremberg trials.
Clearly, any person who wished to maintain the authenticity of the Hungaryrelated
documents that imply extermination must produce some tortured story
whose structure we cannot begin to imagine.
Another person involved in the documents is Veesenmayer, who was a defendant
in the Wilhelmstrasse Case and who was questioned in connection with some
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Encyclopedia Judaica, vol. 10, 904; New York Times (Mar. 31, 1971), 1; (Dec. 5, 1972), 16.
New York Times (Oct. 6, 1946), sec. 6, 8; (Oct. 7, 1946), 2.
Taylor (Aug. 15, 1949), 38+.
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