Description
| Product ID: | 9781781685617 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The Holocaust Industry |
| Subtitle: | Reflections on the Exploitation of Jewish Suffering |
| Authors: | Author: Norman G Finkelstein |
| Page Count: | 288 |
| Subjects: | General and world history, General & world history, History, The Holocaust, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, The Holocaust, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2) |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Controversial indictment of those who exploit the tragedy of the Holocaust for their own gain. 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. |
| Imprint Name: | Verso Books |
| Publisher Name: | Verso Books |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2015-01-06 |
