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adding reference

I was going to add this ref, but I am not familiar with this referencing style. Could someone add it, if deemed relevant?HappyValleyEditor (talk) 18:07, 28 May 2016 (UTC)

It may be relevant, but don't we have a better source than a tabloid? Coretheapple (talk) 19:13, 28 May 2016 (UTC)

That source is from 1995? That's interesting as it contradicts this 2005 article , which says: "In Germany a growing number of people do not understand that IG Farben´s successors Bayer, BASF and Hoechst still refuse to apologize for their mideeds." 86.171.17.120 (talk) 19:40, 28 May 2016 (UTC)

Yes and I found another article from the late 1990s in which a Bayer spokesman said that the company is not the successor to Farben. That was in the context of a lawsuit. We need a better source than a brief tabloid article for a subject of such consequence. Coretheapple (talk) 19:53, 28 May 2016 (UTC)

OK, researching this further, I see that the Daily News accurately reported that the head of Bayer apologized to Eli Wiesel in a lecture but overstated it as an apology by Bayer. It was not a formal apology by the company. Coretheapple (talk) 20:35, 28 May 2016 (UTC)

German Nazi concentration camp?

It was build in Poland, by polish people, most staff were polish people - shouldn't it be "Polish concentration camp"? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.8.181.229 (talk) 07:20, 14 August 2016 (UTC)

Your assertions are incorrect, and responsibility will stay exactly as it should.

Gravuritas (talk) 09:42, 14 August 2016 (UTC)

Terrible English.

The article, being of paramount importance, is written in poor English. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.68.208.252 (talk) 08:59, 17 August 2016 (UTC)

Can you point to specific sentences or sections which you feel are poorly written? I've just skimmed some of it & can't see what you are referring to.

Gravuritas (talk) 21:22, 11 September 2016 (UTC)

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On the page, under "Escapes, resistance, and the Allies' knowledge of the camps" under the "Birkenau revolt" it says that "250 Sonderkommando were killed" when it was actually 451.

KingColeman23 (talk) 20:29, 11 September 2016 (UTC)

Yes, the figure of 451 is already given over at Sonderkommando, supported by three other online sources. Martinevans123 (talk) 21:13, 11 September 2016 (UTC)

Done -- Dane2007 22:12, 11 September 2016 (UTC)

References

Langbein, Hermann. 1994. Against All Hope: Resistance in the Concentration Camps. Translated by H. Zohn. New York: Paragon House.
Maher, Thomas V. "Threat, Resistance, and Collective Action: The Cases of Sobibór, Treblinka, and Auschwitz." American Sociological Review 75, no. 2 (2010): 266.

Gypsy Camp

This reference gives the figure killed when the Gypsy camp was demolished. The surviving population of 2,897 was then killed en masse in the gas chambers. Another source gives 5,600. Nazi Germany: Confronting the Myths By Catherine A. Epstein, pg 165. Should I include both, or just the higher figure, and state that there is a range?Guns of brixham (talk) 18:10, 17 September 2016 (UTC)

References

Rees 2005, p. 251. sfn error: no target: CITEREFRees2005 (help)

I will do it, since you don't know how to format citations. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 18:14, 17 September 2016 (UTC)

Death toll

Regarding my removal of content added to the lead by User: Logicalgenius3. I don't think we shouldn present any one estimate in the lead as being definitive; please see the section "Death toll" for estimates of various historians. Also, saying in the info box that the facility had 1.125+ million inmates is misleading, as the number of prisoners varied widely at any given time. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 21:58, 13 November 2016 (UTC)

"don't" + "shouldn" = "should", but your whim ("I don't think") is not consistent with the Wipikedia's WP:SOURCES and prohibited (WP:OWN). You seem not reading the cited sources, but you should, and also must before baseless reverting, which is a blanking vandalism. Please, do read them. Those are not estimates, but credible calculations made several times by the Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss himself before he was tortured, had nothing to gain from lying, and also confirmed by accurately calculated capacity of the crematoria - thus an estimate, but the actual figure.

The "Inmates" line refers to the total number and not at any given time (i.e. the capacity; who cares), as the "Killed" line does, and we know that almost all (1.125 M) killed were Jews, and only a handful survived, so the 1.125+ M number is accurate and much better that the word "mainly", which denotes not accurately. --Logicalgenius3 (talk) 23:16, 13 November 2016 (UTC)

There's a difference of opinion among scholars as to the death toll at Auschwitz. Please read the "Death toll" section for more information. Höss's numbers are only one of many estimates and cannot be considered definitive in my opinion. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 00:36, 14 November 2016 (UTC)

I agree with Dianna. Dr. K. 00:52, 14 November 2016 (UTC)

Whether agree or disagree, you seem not to understand the difference in significance between the written account on 3 different occasions of a key witness/perpetrator confirmed by a scientific calculation from guesstimates of historians. Well, too bad - (Personal attack removed), but hold some power at Misplaced Pages to its detriment.--Logicalgenius3 (talk) 05:57, 14 November 2016 (UTC)

Experts include Höss's claims in their considerations. It is not our job to judge who is correct, but only to report what good sources report. I agree with Diana too. Zero 13:03, 14 November 2016 (UTC)

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