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Ratajczak's book has been described as having involved the first serious case of
Holocaust denial in Poland (though there have been other similar cases). Ratajczak revised his book in 2005, attributing the claims regarding Zyklon B to historical revisionists.
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Ratajczak was found dead in a car parked near the shopping centre in Opole on 11 June 2010. The body was lying in the car for nearly two weeks and was in an advanced state of decay. The autopsy discovered that fatal
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scholars "are adherents of a religion of the
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