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GERMAR RUDOLF, RESISTANCE IS OBLIGATORYthat “the primitive” could under circumstances be “more efficient thanthe modern,” while giving as an example the allegedly primitive, yetsuperior Soviet battle tank T34. It may be doubted that the expert witnessis in a position to define the terms “primitive” and “efficient” in atechnical sense, let alone substantiate his claim, even if he wanted to.The excusable and understandable incompetence of the expert witnesson technical questions is also apparent from his Addendum of 5 Feb.2006, where he mentions an allegedly newly discovered document onthe claimed capacity of the crematoria in Auschwitz (Addendum, p. 2).But the capacity of crematories does specifically not result from documents– and also not from arbitrary factors of French pharmacists, asthe expert witness suggests (Pressac’s “division by four,” ibid.) – butfrom technical and thermodynamic calculations or experiments. Thispassage proves furthermore the expert witness’s lack of expertise aboutmatters of content, because he obviously does not know the possiblymost important source critical work on the issue of the authenticity ofthe document in question about the capacity of the crematoria inAuschwitz. 296 The document in question has moreover not been “recentlydiscovered” but has been known since the 1950s. 297 The expert witnessseems to be just as unaware that, contrary to his claim (Addendum,p. 2), the cremation capacity then planned for Auschwitz was by nomeans higher than that of other camps in the “Reich proper,” if correlatingit to the planned camp strength or to the mortality rate. 298Regarding the question whether the demographic investigations ofthird persons (Benz, Sanning) 299 set out from “premises worthy of critique”or reach “methodically […] questionable results” (p. 28), it is notevident either why the expert witness should be more competent thanthe investigating Court.On pages 36f. the expert witness far exceeds his area of competencewhen demanding that everyone has to feel “shame,” “agony,” “dejection”and “despondence” while reading certain documents or books. It296 See Carlo Mattogno, “‘Schlüsseldokument’ – eine alternative Interpretation,” Vierteljahresheftefür freie Geschichtsforschung, 4(1) (2000), pp. 51-56.297 See Komitee der antifaschistischen Widerstandskämpfer der DDR (ed.), SS im Einsatz, Kongress-Verlag,Berlin 1957, p. 269.298 See Carlo Mattogno’s response to John C. Zimmerman: “An Accountant Poses as CremationExpert,” in C. Mattogno, G. Rudolf, Auschwitz-Lies, Theses & Dissertations Press, Chicago2005, pp. 87-194; this contribution appeared for the first time on the Internet in 2000; seewww.vho.org/GB/c/CM/Risposta-new-eng.html.299 Wolfgang Benz (ed.), Dimension des Völkermords, Oldenbourg, Munich 1991. Walter N. Sanning,Die Auflösung des osteuropäischen Judentums, Grabert, Tübingen 1983.295