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More copies of this ISBNThis title in other editionsThe Holocaust Industry: Reflections on the Exploitation of Jewish Sufferingby Norman Finkelstein
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:It was not until the Arab-Israeli War of 1967, when Israel's evident strength brought it into line with US foreign policy, that memory of the Holocaust began to acquire the exceptional prominence it enjoys today. Leaders of America's Jewish community were delighted that Israel was now deemed a major strategic asset and, Finkelstein contends, exploited the Holocaust to enhance this new-found status. Their subsequent interpretations of the tragedy are often at variance with actual historical events and are employed to deflect any criticism of Israel and its supporters. Recalling Holocaust fraudsters such as Jerzy Kosinski 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 Nazism's victims comes not from the distortions of Holocaust deniers but from prominent, self-proclaimed guardians of Holocaust memory. Drawing on a wealth of untapped sources, he exposes the double shakedown of European countries as well as legitimate Jewish claimants, and concludes that the Holocaust industry has become an outright extortion racket. Thoroughly researched and closely argued, The Holocaust Industryis all the more disturbing and powerful because the issues it deals with are so rarely discussed. Book News Annotation:In this revision Finkelstein adds his reply to Imperfect Justice:
Looted Assets, Slave Labor, and the Unfinished Business of World War
II (2003) by Stuart Eizenstat, the Clinton administration's point man
in the Swiss banks case. Unusually for a leftist political scientist,
he argues that those exploiting the Holocaust for various aims
blackmailed Swiss banks. The controversial bestseller was first
published by Verso in 2000.
Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Synopsis:Finkelstein's downright pugilistic book delivers a wallop.The most explosive book of the year.A lucid, provocative and passionate book.His basic argument that memories of the Holocaust are being debased is serious and should be given its due.[S]cathing in his denunciation of the institutions and individuals who have cropped up around the issue of reparations.Finkelstein has raised some important and uncomfortable issues.
About the AuthorNorman G. Finkelsteinis the author of A Nation on Trial(with Ruth Bettina Birn), named a notable book for 1998 by the New York Times Book Review, and Image and Reality of the Israel-Palestine Conflict. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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