The Holocaust Industry: Reflections on the Exploitation of

The Holocaust Industry: Reflections on the Exploitation of Jewish Suffering

In his iconoclastic and controversial study, Norman G. Finkelstein moves from an interrogation of the place the Holocaust has come to occupy in global culture to a disturbing examination of recent Holocaust compensation settlements. It was not until the Arabâ€“Israeli War of 1967, when Israelâ€™s evident strength brought it into line with US foreign policy, that memory of the Holocaust began to acquire the exceptional prominence it has today.

Recalling Holocaust fraudsters such as Jerzy KosiÅ„ski and Binjamin Wilkomirski, as well as the demagogic constructions of writers like Daniel Goldhagen, Finkelstein contends that the main danger posed to the memory of Nazismâ€™s victims comes from some of the very people who profess most passionately to defend it. Drawing on a wealth of untapped sources, he exposes the double shakedown of European countries and legitimate Jewish claimants, and concludes that the Holocaust industry has become an outright extortion racket.
Country USA
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Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9781781685617
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ReleaseDate 2015-01-06
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UPCs 884822898959
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The Holocaust Industry: Reflections on the Exploitation of Jewish Suffering