Is Raul Hilberg considered a real authority on the Holocaust?

Question

I am trying to check out what are presented as facts by the Video One third of the Holocaust. http://www.onethirdoftheholocaust.com This question was raised by chapter 1.

Answer 1

Raul Hilberg (born June 2, 1926) is one of the best-known and most distinguished of genocide historians. His three-volume, 1,273-page The Destruction of the European Jews is regarded as the seminal study of the Nazi Final Solution. He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences on April 26, 2005.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raul_Hilberg