How can I prove to my girlfriend’s dad the Holocaust existed?

by Djjv76533

I am currently on vacation with my girlfriend’s family and her dad has always been a bit extreme. For stories sake I will call him Bill. Bill is very intelligent and spends most of his time studying history in the Middle East.

Tonight we checked into a new Airbnb and I found a stack of DVDs in the room I am staying in (sadly I have the pullout in the living room.) To wind down I put on the first DVD of a 6 part WWII documentary. Roughly 15 minutes in, Bill insists that I need to turn it off as it’s all American propaganda to pity Jews and to despise the German people. Bill quickly changes his mind and starts using it as a tool to teach me what really happened in WWII…

Fast forward 2 hours of me being stuck in a room being lectured by Bill.

According to Bill’s own research, America joined WWI because of the Balfour Declaration and the Jews claimed that they would be able to persuade the Americans to join the war if Britain promised them Palestine. Somewhere down the road the Jews were given Palestine and were partnered with the German democrats who agreed to the treaty of Versailles. Thus the difficulties and poverty in Germany following WWI was ultimately the Jews fault.

Bill believes that the Jews were forced out of Germany during this time period leading up to WWII and flooded Turkey and the Middle East. Jews who remained worked in factories for the war.

Bill believes that footage we have of concentration camps were Hollywood’s attempt to rally American troops towards the war efforts and were staged. The bodies of skeletons were those who suffered of typhoid fever or of homosexuals who were disposed of (who are equally as manipulative as the Jews.) Numbers and tattoos on the bodies were for sick count to research and study typhoid.

Bill also believes that testimonies aren’t usually factual and were paid off. What historical evidence do we have that is irrefutable and can help me properly keep my sanity? Sources and documents (preferably from German record during the time period) would be greatly appreciated.

voyeur324

Bill is an antisemitic troll and you cannot win with someone operating in bad faith (as all deniers are). There are some threads on the subreddit that might be helpful to you nonetheless.

Start with this 'Monday Methods' post about fighting Holocaust Denial by /u/commiespaceinvader that includes links to other relevant replies by /u/Elm11 and /u/Georgy_K_Zhukov, among others.