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The answer of the IHR is essentially correct. Every Jewish "survivor" from Einstein to Elie Wiesel is living proof that there was no genocide. There are hundreds of thousands of Jewish "survivors" - many of them belonging to the Jewish elite of the day - who left Germany and Europe in good health with some of their wealth intact.
To quote Tom Segev, the Israeli historian:
"They brought their belongings with them in huge wooden crates...The crates contained heavy mahogany furniture, grand pianos, and electric refrigerators...They brought their crystal and china and bedspreads and pillows and lace napkins, the tailored suits they had worn in Germany, and innumerable other items that made life there pleasant - the gadget that sliced off the tip of one's cigar, another that pitted cherries, little scales to weigh letters before taking them to the post office, special wick-snipping scissors to keep candles from smoking, a miniature brush and dustpan to sweep crumbs from the table after a meal. Doctors and craftsmen brought sophisticated equipment and professional tools that were rare, even unheard of, in Palestine, all in the hope of maintaining the way of life that they had known in the old country, of picking it up and transplanting it to Palestine. In planning their move, they assumed they would have housemaids; many brought private cars with them. And they shipped over entire libraries, including classics and work of modern German literature. (pp 46-47 of The Seventh Million by Tom Segev)
If this is evidence of "genocide" - by definition the deliberate plan to exterminate a race or people - I really don't really know how to reply to Nizkor.