The Donahue Show

In 1994, one the late episodes of the critically acclaimed, Donahue Show aired, and its focal point revolved along the parameters of Holocaust denial. Under such circumstances, the show featured preeminent individuals in the field of Holocaust denial, at the time. The list of interviewed individuals included holocaust revisionists such as David Cole and Bradley Smith, and a holocaust enthusiast and scholar like Dr. Michael Shermer.

From the very commencement of the show Philip Donahue, the host, made it clear that the actions of Bradley Smith initiated a nation-wide controversy regarding the validity of the Holocaust. However, without wasting any time, whatsoever, Mr. Smith rectified these comments by justifying that his advertisement was

However it does seem unreasonable to make such a statement in an advertisement, even if the individual is an anti-semist or neo-Nazi, since it was proved at the conclusion of the war that gas chambers did physically exist. Therefore, if a building for the sole purpose of carrying out the bringing death onto individuals by primarily depriving them form the intake of oxygen, then it could be concretely evident that these so called “chambers” did in fact carry out their purpose. It is also likely that these formats of massive killing of could have been to aid in the Nazis’ effort to exterminate the existence of Jews and other minorities. This same argument would ensue until the ending of the show’s first segment as Mr. Donahue continuously pursued Mr. Smith’s take on the Holocaust, while Bradley Smith dodged several questions by repeatedly mentioning, what he deemed to be, the inexplicably unjust portrayal of the Holocaust’s history and gas chambers in the United States’ Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington D.C. It was not until the beginning of the second segment that Mr.

In these expeditions to Europe’s infamous gas chambers he uncovered that traces of the chemical, which was supposedly used against the Jews, Zyklon B, were displayed on the external layers of the chambers, but not in the internal layers. Yet he also discovered traces of Zyklon B, a substance also used for cleaning purpose of that era, in the internal and external walls of several delousing chambers. Mr. Cole then used this claim to argue that the toxin could not have possibly killed individuals, if its traces were not left behind. This is an evidently erroneous statement since the internal ambiance of several gas chambers most likely underwent some type of refurbishment for the safety of future tourists. His second claim consisted of mentioning that the doors of these chambers opened into the door with latches from the inside of the chamber. He then used this statement to argue that gas chambers could not possibly hold deceased bodies inside if the doors would open from the inside of the chamber. Mr. Cole could have also used this to logically mention that imprisoned Jews could not have been held inside since they would have easily escaped. This seems like a pretty reasonable argument to formulate when standing Mr. Cole’s shoes, yet a strong argument can also be made that the latches could have been replaced. David Cole also made a comment concerning his belief