Archie wrote: ↑Mon Mar 30, 2026 12:52 pm
Nessie wrote: ↑Mon Mar 30, 2026 10:48 am
Can Archie explain with a link to evidence, how this inconsistency proves lying and there were no columns?
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Huh?
The Jun 11 deposition he said 70 cm (for the total column width)
In court at the Hoess trial, the numbers he gave add up to only 24 cm. This is what I just quoted.
I don't care if he's lying or if he's delusional or what. The point is he's not a reliable witness and we can't accept that these columns existed on his authority.
No one is doing that, straw man. Historians accept his claims about the columns, because they are corroborated by so many eyewitnesses, including SS camp staff and the inventory document. So far, no revisionist has been able to present a case to prove that corroboration is flawed and their assessment of the evidence is more accurate.
Assuming the 70 cm is the correct, claiming it was 24 cm is absolutely not a reasonable variation. That's massively different. You claim you have "studies" that say this is normal, but you don't.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog ... ing-height
"Height and dimensional estimates are inconsistent and variable; sometimes right, sometimes wrong, but frequently not systematic. A wise detective or judge will not, therefore, put too much stock in this type of evidence...As we see from empirical research and from historical precedent, the human nervous system simply does not lend itself to highly accurate estimates of height or other dimensions."
Your links, which you probably googled just now...
Indeed, I have, but I know a lot about the subject, since I am interview trained to detective level, I have interviewed hundreds of witnesses and watched many more give evidence in court. To me, based on my training and experience, someone who describes something as 70cm and then again as 24cm, barely registers as an inconsistency.
... are vague and do not establish that Kula's extreme variation is within a typical range. That's an empirical/quantitative question. Common sense says that if Kula personally manufactured these things and claims to remember them, he should know if they were 70 cm or 24 cm.
Typically, you think that the only person who needs to bring evidence into the debate, is me. How about you provide evidence, rather than your "common sense" that you must accept is subject to significant bias. Obviously the existing studies are unlikely to cover something as specific as someone describing the dimensions of an object they made, but as I have done above, you can find something about the estimation of dimensions. The reason why you will balk at such a task, is because I am sure you know that you will not find any study that categorically states if a witness changes a description, that is proof they lied.
At most, you will find evidence it makes the witness less reliable, or credible, but that does not mean they lied. I am sure you will find that most historians (and myself) think of the Jewish witnesses as generally poor witnesses, because they are prone to hyperbole, they often exaggerate and they regularly mix hearsay with what they saw. I wonder if that is due to culture, or trauma, or survivor guilt, or the fact that they were accessories to mass murder, or a combination of all of those factors. But, there is other evidence including the SS camp staff, to corroborate them. That makes them generally truthful, but not very credible or reliable witnesses.
He probably made the change for some deliberate reason, not because of "memory" issues. With the column height, he most likely shortened it because he realized the original 3 meters would be too tall. They wouldn't have been able to install them in the cellars in they were that tall.
We will never know. Even if you asked a witness why they changed what the said, they may not have a very good answer for you. The issue is that you cannot rule out mistake or misremembering and you have zero evidence that Kula giving two different dimensions is evidence he lied about the columns.