IN the aftermath of war, as the events of the Holocaust became widely known, the world was horrified by the atrocities committed against the Jewish people by the Nazis.
Due to the enormous scale of the war and the indescribable carnage in Europe it would not have seemed unreasonable that six million Jews were exterminated and there would be no need to question the numbers claimed.
However 50 years on, with controversy still raging about the evidence (or lack of), it would seem that the simplest way to answer the question is to take a long, hard, logical and practical look at the industry, construction, transport, manpower etc, necessary to kill and dispose of six million people in 31/2 years.
The logistics are staggering.
In simple terms 5,000 people would have to be killed and their bodies disposed of every single day for 1,250 consecutive days.
The necessity for such a conveyor-belt-type operation becomes obvious as one examines the available facilities. Details are gruesome but necessary.