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 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 has today. Recalling Holocaust fraudsters such as Jerzy Kosiński 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 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.
#1759977 in Books 2015-11-17Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 8.50 x 1.20 x 5.30l; .0 #File Name: 1780742991256 pages
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