Unavailable
Unavailable
Unavailable
Ebook315 pages4 hours
The Holocaust Industry: Reflections on the Exploitation of Jewish Suffering
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
4/5
()
Currently unavailable
Currently unavailable
About this ebook
A scathing argument against those who exploit the Holocaust to shield Israel from criticism—by a major figure at the center of the Israel-Palestine debate
“The most controversial book of the year.” —Guardian
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 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. Leaders of America’s Jewish community were delighted Israel was deemed a major strategic asset and, Finkelstein contends, exploited the Holocaust to enhance this new-found status.
Recalling Holocaust fraudsters, Finkelstein contends the main danger posed to the memory of Nazism’s victims comes not from the distortions of deniers—but from prominent ‘guardians’ of Holocaust memory, who deploy it as a shield against any criticism. He exposes the double shakedown of European countries as well as legitimate Jewish claimants, concluding the Holocaust industry has become an outright extortion racket.
Thoroughly researched and closely argued, The Holocaust Industry is all the more disturbing and powerful because the issues it addresses are so rarely discussed.
“The most controversial book of the year.” —Guardian
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 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. Leaders of America’s Jewish community were delighted Israel was deemed a major strategic asset and, Finkelstein contends, exploited the Holocaust to enhance this new-found status.
Recalling Holocaust fraudsters, Finkelstein contends the main danger posed to the memory of Nazism’s victims comes not from the distortions of deniers—but from prominent ‘guardians’ of Holocaust memory, who deploy it as a shield against any criticism. He exposes the double shakedown of European countries as well as legitimate Jewish claimants, concluding the Holocaust industry has become an outright extortion racket.
Thoroughly researched and closely argued, The Holocaust Industry is all the more disturbing and powerful because the issues it addresses are so rarely discussed.
Unavailable
Author
Norman G. Finkelstein
Norman G. Finkelstein taught political theory and the Israel-Palestine conflict for many years. He is the author of eight books, which have been translated into more than forty foreign editions, including What Gandhi Says; This Time We Went Too Far; Beyond Chutzpah; and Image and Reality of the Israel-Palestine Conflict.
Read more from Norman G. Finkelstein
Method and Madness: The Hidden Story of Israel's Assaults on Gaza Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Holocaust Industry: Reflections on the Exploitation of Jewish Suffering Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Knowing Too Much: Why the American Jewish Romance with Israel is Coming to an End Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Time We Went Too Far: Truth & Consequences of the Gaza Invasion Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Holocaust Industry: Reflections on the Exploitation of Jewish Suffering Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Nation on Trial: The Goldhagen Thesis and Historical Truth Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5What Gandhi Says: About Nonviolence, Resistance, and Courage Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGoldstone Recants: Richard Goldstone Renews Israel's License to Kill Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Related to The Holocaust Industry
Related ebooks
The Responsibility of Intellectuals Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Nazis All The Way Down: The Myth of the Moral Modern Germany Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Liberal Defence of Murder Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Bed for the Night: Humanitarianism in Crisis Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsNietzsche, the Thinker Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Anti-Christ Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Occult in National Socialism: The Symbolic, Scientific, and Magical Influences on the Third Reich Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWere We Our Brothers' Keepers?: The Public Response of American Jews to the Holocaust, 1938–1944 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHitler's Cross: How the Cross Was Used to Promote the Nazi Agenda Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Scourge of the Swastika: A History of Nazi War Crimes During World War II Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Oskar Schindler and His List: The Man, The Book, The Film, The Holocaust and Its Survivors Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Splendid Blond Beast: Money, Law, and Genocide in the Twentieth Century Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Paganism - Christianity - Judaism: A Confession of Faith Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsForbidden Bookshelf Presents Christopher Simpson: The Splendid Blond Beast, Blowback, and Science of Coercion Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsNietzsche the Thinker Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsOn the Origins of Jewish Self-Hatred Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsChrist, Faith, and the Holocaust Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5"Not by Might, Nor by Power": The Zionist Betrayal of Judaism Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Stalin's Genocides Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5To the Finland Station: A Study in the Acting and Writing of History Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Dawn of Day Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTraitors or Patriots?: A Story of the German Anti-Nazi Resistance Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsEugenics and Other Evils (Annotated) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSophie Scholl and the White Rose Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Lure of the Arcane: The Literature of Cult and Conspiracy Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Why the Germans? Why the Jews?: Envy, Race Hatred, and the Prehistory of the Holocaust Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Their Brothers’ Keepers Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSieg Heil The Story of Adolf Hitler Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAmerican Fascists: The Christian Right and the War On America Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Dawn of Day by Friedrich Nietzsche - Delphi Classics (Illustrated) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Holocaust For You
THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Happiest Man on Earth: The Beautiful Life of an Auschwitz Survivor Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Resistance: The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Choice: Embrace the Possible Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Boy Who Followed His Father into Auschwitz: A True Story of Family and Survival Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Killing the SS: The Hunt for the Worst War Criminals in History Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5They Thought They Were Free: The Germans, 1933–45 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Doctors From Hell: The Horrific Account of Nazi Experiments on Humans Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Violinist of Auschwitz Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Irena's Children: The Extraordinary Story of the Woman Who Saved 2,500 Children from the Warsaw Ghetto Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Fall and Rise: The Story of 9/11 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Swingtime for Hitler: Goebbels’s Jazzmen, Tokyo Rose, and Propaganda That Carries a Tune Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5How Do You Kill 11 Million People?: Why the Truth Matters More Than You Think Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Nazis Next Door: How America Became a Safe Haven for Hitler's Men Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Auschwitz: A Doctor's Eyewitness Account Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Dressmakers of Auschwitz: The True Story of the Women Who Sewed to Survive Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5All But My Life: A Memoir Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Intellectuals: From Marx and Tolstoy to Sartre and Chomsky Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Summary and Analysis of Man's Search for Meaning: Based on the Book by Victor E. Frankl Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5999: The Extraordinary Young Women of the First Official Jewish Transport to Auschwitz Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Lily's Promise: Holding On to Hope Through Auschwitz and Beyond—A Story for All Generations Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Nazi Hunters Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Pianist: The Extraordinary True Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939-1945 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A Delayed Life: The True Story of the Librarian of Auschwitz Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for The Holocaust Industry
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
4/5
1 rating0 reviews