In his Cover Story on the "far right" (February 8, 1993) Kirk
Makin refers to the "overwhelming evidence" that Six Million
Jews died at the hands of the Nazis.
If such evidence exists, why has it not been published? Specifically, why
was it not produced by the prosecution at the Zundel trials?
One possible explanation to this intriguing question was given by Prof.
Raul Hilberg, the leading US Holocaust historian, who was called to testify
at the first Zundel trial. Prof. Hilberg, under cross-examination and under
oath, eventually conceded that "there is no evidence." (Professor
Hilberg declined an invitation to appear at the second trial.)
Unless Mr. Makin can substantiate his claim, he should withdraw it-and
apologize for breaching his publisher's normally high standard of journalistic
integrity.
Sincerely,
Ian Macdonald
February 10, 1993