No, I don't think it was an "elaborate ruse", as in it is a big lie and the Holocaust never happened.
But I do think they are gaining sympathy by exaggerating certain elements of it. And these exaggerations continue to go unchallenged because it is impossible to look at them with an objective eye for historical accuracy.
So to answer your question - somewhere between those two.
Is it normal that I don't believe details of the Holocaust?
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No, I don't think it was an "elaborate ruse", as in it is a big lie and the Holocaust never happened.
But I do think they are gaining sympathy by exaggerating certain elements of it. And these exaggerations continue to go unchallenged because it is impossible to look at them with an objective eye for historical accuracy.
So to answer your question - somewhere between those two.