Justice Robert Jackson was approached in Washington by an FBI liaison and representatives of the Zionist International and the American Jewish Committee to decide on the figure of 6 million Holocaust victims.
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The Pete Quiñones ShowOct 10, 2026
The sources partly support the claim: Jackson did receive the six million figure from a World Jewish Congress adviser (Dr. Jacob Robinson) in June 1945, and the figure was supplied to the IMT by the World Jewish Congress.
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… And the case of the 6 million, we got into, I think we were discussing the aftermath of the Second World War, uh, Justice Jackson was essentially approached in Washington by an FBI liaison and representatives of the Zionist International, the American Jewish Committee, and they essentially decided on this number. And that was true in the Eichmann trial. What was relied upon was the ultimate source of that initial figure, and, uh, that was, uh, an SS Overgruppenführer, uhm, Vandenbeck-Zalewski. …
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Contradicts. The Jacob Robinson account says Jackson met Jewish advisers at the federal courthouse in Foley Square, Manhattan, on June 12, 1945, not in Washington.[4][5]
Contradicts. Jackson's account describes him asking Robinson for his sources and their reliability, which runs against the claim that Jackson was approached to decide the number.[4][5]
Supports. Robinson of the World Jewish Congress supplied the six million figure to Jackson in June 1945, and the figure was later used in the IMT indictment supplied by the World Jewish Congress.[4][5][6]
Context. No source mentions an FBI liaison or American Jewish Committee representatives in the meeting, so those elements are not addressed. The AJC's own publication says the Nuremberg figure was 5.7 million and that 6 million became the generally accepted round number.[7]
Context. The fact-checks and Holocaust-history sources confirm the six million figure is the widely accepted estimate but do not address how it was agreed on in 1945.[1][2][3]
Sources
7 sources: 3 fact-checkers, 4 not rated
- 1How Holocaust Denial Workssnopes.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 2Red Cross documents do not undermine official Holocaust death ...fullfact.org · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 3Ye’s false claims about the Holocaustpolitifact.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 4Holocaust Comprehension, Proof, & Remembrancethejacksonlist.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts, supports
- 5236 References to 6MPriortoNurembergTrialscribd.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts, supports
- 6Full text of "The Hoax Of The Twentieth Century [The Case Against ...archive.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 7[PDF] holocaust - denial - American Jewish Committeeajc.org · not rated · cited for: context
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