THE RUDOLF REPORT

11. HUNTING GERMAR RUDOLFHerr Judge Siebenbürger, Herr State Attorney Baumann, pleasetell me which of the following figures is ‘common knowledge’.Why have you not told the General during the trial which numberhe should believe in? For which number should Remer now die inprison?Comparison of official figures on the number of those killedin the gas chambers of Auschwitz:Jul. 26, 1990: Allgemeine Jüdische Wochenzeitung4,000,000Apr. 20, 1978: French newspaper LeMonde5,000,0001945: International Military Tribunal inNuremberg4,000,0001979: The Pope during his visit toAuschwitz4,000,000April 1990: Chief State AttorneyMajorowsky/Wuppertal4,000,0001945: French War Crimes InvestigationsOffice8,000,0001989: Eugen Kogon: Der SS-Staat4,500,0001989: Lie-memorial tablet in Birkenauremoved, with number4,000,000June 11, 1992: Allgemeine JüdischeWochenzeitung1,500,000Sept. 1., 1989: French newspaper Le Monde1,472,0001985: Raul Hilberg: Die Vernichtung der europäischenJuden1,250,000July 1990: The left-wing TAZ and other newspapers960,0001974: G. Reitlinger: Die Endlösung850,0001989: USSR releases death-books.Total deaths66,0001965: Auschwitz decision 50/4 Ks 2/63.including claimed gassing deaths45,5101965: Auschwitz decision 50/4 Ks 2/63,without claimed gassing deaths619trials. New, superior evidence trumps ‘common knowledge’, accordingto the Düsseldorf court. The evidence submitted by the defense is newand far superior to that from the National Socialist trials, since therewas no physical evidence presented there.Auschwitz: ‘Annihilation camp’ with a brothel, legal advice,sauna and soccer ...Before the examination of the evidence that had been submitted,attorney Herrmann addressed the State Attorney and judge: “It must beproven, whether there were gas chambers or not, before there can be adecision on common knowledge. The court must determine facts.” AttorneyHerrmann then presented evidence taken from anti-fascist literatureand from court documents that showed that Auschwitz was no an-359