Arthur R. Butz – The Hoax Of The Twentieth Century

Arthur R. Butz, The Hoax of the Twentieth Century
After Germany collapsed, the UNRRA administered DP (displaced persons)
camps, mainly in the British and American zones of occupation in German and
Austria. Of course, there were many non-Jews in these camps, but the Jews had a
privileged position and in may cases were quartered in houses or hotels, which
had been requisitioned for them. 400
The UNRRA operations in Germany were one of the scandals of the occupation
era. Notorious were the raids on German homes for the purposes of “rescuing”
children. It had been the Nazi policy in eastern Europe, when orphans fell
into their hands, to conduct a racial examination in order to select Aryan orphans
for adoption by German families. These children were being raised exactly as
German children were and became the innocent victims of the UNRRA terror. It
is not known what happened to them. 401
The behavior of the DPs in the UNRRA camps was abysmal. As the most
prominent historian of the U.S. military government in Germany wrote: 402
“They not only consumed large quantities of food, but they exhibited many
of the psychoneurotic traits, which must be expected from people who have
undergone the tribulations that many of the displaced persons suffered. It was
commonplace for them to allege that they were not receiving the consideration
that they deserved from the Allied authorities. They often objected to the
camps, in which they were living, maintaining that it reflected on their position
to be lodged in camps. Some urged that the best German houses be cleared of
their occupants and placed at the disposal of the displaced persons, especially
the Jews. They refused to assist in some instances in keeping their quarters
reasonably habitable, taking the position that it was not their responsibility to
make any effort to help themselves. During this period, the actual care of the
displaced persons was handled for some months by UNRRA, but final responsibility
remained with military government, and it had to give attention to the
charges made in the press as to inadequate treatment.
Moreover, the displaced persons continued their underground war with the
German population, despite all their promises and the efforts exerted by UN-
RRA and the American Army personnel. Forages into the countryside never
ceased; some displaced persons took advantage of every opportunity to pick a
quarrel with the Germans. With German property looted, German lives lost,
and German women raped almost every day by the displaced persons, widespread
resentment developed among the populace, especially when they could
not defend themselves against the fire-arms which the displaced persons managed
to obtain.”
In one well publicized incident, Jewish and Polish DPs, with the assistance of
some U.S. Army personnel, forced German townspeople to dig up recently buried
bodies and, while beating and kicking the Germans, forced them to remove decayed
flesh and clean the bones. 403
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John & Hadawi, vol. 2, 34.
Koehl, 219-220.
Zink, 121-122.
New York Times (Oct. 26, 1946), 5.