Template:Did you know nominations/Maurice Rossel


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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:44, 31 October 2018 (UTC)

Maurice Rossel

 * ... that Maurice Rossel's report on Theresienstadt concentration camp has been described as emblematic of the failure of the Red Cross during the Holocaust? Source: "The 36 photographs [attached to his report] taken by International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) delegate Maurice Rossel during his visit to the Theresienstadt ghetto, 23 June 1944, offer a valuable testimony for understanding the attitude of the ICRC in relation to the genocide of the Jewish European population during the Second World War. These iconographic documents are emblematic of the failure of the ICRC and raise issues and questions concerning the delegates’ visits to the ghettos and concentration camps."
 * ALT1:... that Red Cross representative Maurice Rossel wrote a favorable report on Theresienstadt concentration camp, where 33,000 people died? Source: "[Rossel's] acceptance of everything he had seen... and everything he had been told... was total and complacent. The report which he prepared for his superiors in the Red Cross was exactly what the Germans had hoped for... a totally uncritical, even approving affirmation of their propaganda." Dawidowicz, Lucy S. (1975). "Bleaching the Black Lie: The Case of Theresienstadt". Salmagundi (29): 138
 * ALT2:... that Red Cross representative Maurice Rossel's report on Theresienstadt concentration camp parroted Nazi propaganda, including Judeo-Bolshevism?
 * ALT3:... that Red Cross representative Maurice Rossel wrote a favorable report on a concentration camp where 33,000 people died?
 * ALT4:... that Nazi Germany used photographs taken by Red Cross representative Maurice Rossel  to discredit reports of the Holocaust?
 * ALT5:... that photographs taken by Red Cross representative Maurice Rossel at Theresienstadt concentration camp were used to discredit reports of the Holocaust?
 * Reviewed: Munafri Arifuddin

Created by Catrìona (talk). Self-nominated at 20:10, 15 September 2018 (UTC).


 * Symbol confirmed.svg New, thorough article that's thoroughly referenced. ALT1 and ALT3 are the clearest to me in describing Rossel's actions and the reality of the camp, but the article uses "more than 30,000" instead of 33,000. I think ALT0 works though. hinnk (talk) 01:24, 3 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the review. Personally, I prefer ALT3 or ALT0. The source says 33,000, which is more than 30,000. For the article, I think it's better to give an estimate rather than the exact figure, but "33,000" is shorter, which is better for DYK. Catrìona (talk) 01:29, 3 October 2018 (UTC)
 * If I'm interpreting the criteria correctly, ALT1&3 are only usable if the article reflects the 33,000 figure. It sounds like we'd be all set with ALT0. hinnk (talk) 01:49, 3 October 2018 (UTC)
 * I have now edited the article to include the figure "33,000" Catrìona (talk) 02:40, 3 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Looks good to me! hinnk (talk) 05:24, 3 October 2018 (UTC)