JUST when things could have stalled right there - Harker being made to look like a bit of a dick, signing up as fake users all over the bloody shop to punt out his book and bludge a few dollars from fools...
He made a mistake. A BIG one.
He repeated his tactic.
All of a sudden, out of the blue - on Feldgrau appears a user called "RJHart" - Richard J. hart - who claims to have been a researcher working for HarKer on the books, with a financial interest in the books.
"First of all it befuddles me that you would launch such vicious attacks against these books while it’s obvious you have never read them. Your phrases such as “ghost soldiers” and your foundation of discrediting these works based upon not being able to readily find these men in archived sources is clearly explained in the opening pages with the statement that names were changed in accord with the personal privacy requests of the authors. Had you read the books you’re so negatively criticizing, you would know this.
The author of Directive 19 was verified and his identity attested to by local German politicians. 621 pages of records concerning this man’s career were located in the archives of the Russian Federalist States and an additional 212 pages were located in the archives of the Krakow Police Museum. Anyone willing to perform more than cursory research on names, dates and events can readily identify this former SS officer. There was also the acquisition and study of the trial transcript.
114 various documents were located to support the material related in Honor Denied. Again, I agree this memoir is subjective and in some places astounding claims are made by the author. However, I defend this work as well. "
and THEN he went on...
"The opinions offered here on this web site are of course, more than welcome. However, use of the words such as “charlatan”, “debunked” and “fraud” are slanderous and libelous claims that directly interfere with the proprietor/author right to market these books. These statements are inflammatory, unfounded, and differ from opinion in that they serve as accusations. For this reason, an attorney is currently reviewing these posted remarks to determine whether or not action will be taken. There’s a difference between stating opinion and making damning accusations.There remain more than 80,000 SS officers who have not been positively identified. These negative attacks and criticisms can be interpreted as the sour grapes of an envious lot. As Valhalla articulately pointed out, membership in an online forum does not qualify you as experts. However, there seems to be a dedication on behalf of the members of this web site to adhere to Hollywood versions of the Third Reich.
Other books have been published by members of this and the AHF web site wherein the authors have changed their names or used pseudonyms, yet those books have not been called into question. Perhaps if Mr. Harker subscribed as a member of your clique, his books would have been better received.I realize that many of the same members float between this web site and the AHF but it is my opinion that more objectivity can be found here at Feldgrau. For that I commend you. For at the AHF there are threads upon threads of openly conflicting information and the moderators, who claim to be “apolitical”, often practice heavy censorship tactics in closing down any thread that conflicts with what they personally assert is “genuine” information."
Strewth! Talk about attitude! And guess what?
That was on May the 14th of this year. The blokes at http://www.feldgrau.net/ are still waiting...
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