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Many of the SS AR and A-B camp staff, put on trial by German prosecutors, complained about their treatment when they were arrested and interrogated by Allied military investigators. The trials in West Germany presented an opportunity for the ex-SS to exonerate themselves. But, instead of evidencing those places did not have gas chambers, they used defences that reduced their involvement in, and responsibility for, what happened.Needless to say, a very "wide net" was being cast. And those being interrogated felt very much a need to say something which could be of use to the interrogators:
"Perhaps only in Germany [as opposed to France, Netherlands] can counsel be effective in advising an accused, although even there counsel may not be present at the first crucial interrogations conducted by the police but may only consult with his client beforehand. Thus, especially when being interrogated by police and prosecuting officials, the average suspect is subject to a great deal of pressure, some legal—some not. In addition, it will be made clear to him, whether at the trial or before, that his silence will be unfavorably interpreted."
The trials in West Germany were not adversarial, they were inquisitorial. The accused had the opportunity to blow the hoax and reveal evidence as to what did take place inside those camps. It would have been a huge propaganda coup, for West Germans to reveal a Soviet hoax and produce evidence of millions of Jews surviving having been to the so-called death camps.These above conditions do not happen in a vacuum -- they are within the broader context of the patterns within and between contemporary and preceding postwar trials.
The problem of testimony is acknowledged by establishment historian Hilary Earl, as quoted by Mattogno in 'Einsatzgruppen', p. 81:
"After all, criminal trials are adversarial, and testimony is most frequently given in an attempt to establish legal exculpation [or incrimination], not to document historical truth. By their very nature, criminal trials can act as strong impediments to the attainment of historical truth, when by excluding or altering historical facts a defendant can demonstrate innocence or a prosecutor guilt."
All the so-called revisionists here do, is allege mass lying. They cannot produce evidence to prove the lie. That is what those accused of mass gassings would need, to prove there were no such gassings. Evidence. Those Nazis knew there was no such evidence, hence they used other defences.