Wilhelm Höttl was a source for the 6 million figure regarding Jewish deaths during the Holocaust.
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The Pete Quiñones ShowOct 10, 2026
Multiple sources directly report that Wilhelm Höttl's sworn affidavit to the Nuremberg prosecutors (1945) was the source of the approximately six million Jewish death figure, which he attributed to Adolf Eichmann.
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… Security role, under auspices of counterintelligence. To sort of suss out where the leaks were, but of course, ironically, Huddle in all probability himself, was a double agent He was, a. He was the other main source of this 6 million figure and numerous other. Claims and I've been personally associated with Eichmann because for a time. He was connected with section 4 of the Reich Main Security Office, which obviously brought him in touch with, um Eichmann. And. …
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Supports. Haaretz reports that Höttl was apparently the first to mention the figure, in a November 1945 Nuremberg affidavit and again in his 1961 testimony at Eichmann's trial, describing Eichmann's August 1944 estimate of 6,000,000 Jewish dead.[1]
Supports. A December 1945 Asbury Park Press report of the USHMM archive quotes Höttl's affidavit giving about 4 million killed in extermination camps and 2 million by other means, and attributes the estimate to Eichmann.[2]
Supports. Holocaust.today and the Palestine Studies article both state that Höttl's Nuremberg affidavit (PS-2738) gave the 6 million figure and that his testimony is the key source for it.[3][4]
Supports. Nukebook describes Höttl, together with Dieter Wisliceny, as instrumental in establishing the six million figure at Nuremberg through his affidavit, which he said came from Eichmann.[5]
Context. Some sources dispute the reliability of Höttl's account, noting that Eichmann denied knowing the total in his 1961 trial and that no Eichmann report has been found, but none say Höttl was not the source of the figure.[5][6]
Sources
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- 1Holocaust facts: Where does the figure of 6 million victims come from?haaretz.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 2History Unfolded: US Newspapers and the Holocaustnewspapers.ushmm.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 3holocaust.today · the-deniers · denial-claims-andThe Numbers Were Exaggerated to Justify Israel - holocaust.todayholocaust.today · not rated · cited for: supports
- 4Assessing Holocaust Denial in Western and Arab Contextspalestine-studies.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5Höttl, Wilhelmnukebook.org · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 6Wilhelm Höttl and the Elusive ‘Six Million’ | John C. Carletonjohnccarleton.org · not rated · cited for: context
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