| Revision as of 15:58, 5 December 2003 editLeumi (talk | contribs)654 edits Also, if you want to add son of holocaust survivors you need to add that accusations have been made against him. Both or none.← Previous edit | Revision as of 16:07, 5 December 2003 edit undo81.130.175.55 (talk) As you mentioned below, you can't have too much quoting so have reduced to one eachNext edit → | ||
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| '''''The Holocaust Industry''''' is a book by ], an ] ]. He contends that leaders of the ] community inappropriately use the ] to seek reparations from European governments, and that actual Holocaust survivors are getting little. | '''''The Holocaust Industry''''' is a book by ], an ] ]. He contends that leaders of the ] community inappropriately use the ] to seek reparations from European governments, and that actual Holocaust survivors, including his own mother, are getting little. | ||
| Finkelstein, believes that many American Jews are not practising ], and have replaced it with mere fear of anti-Semitism and fund-raising for Jewish causes. His book has been criticised by some other scholars as being exaggerated. | |||
| ==Quotes== | ==Quotes== | ||
| "'The language he is using is anti-Semitic. His facts are wrong. His language is intemperate. He quotes me but he never spoke to me."'' | |||
| -Elan Steinberg, Executive Director of the World Jewish Congress | |||
| "I believe he is pathetic. I simply don't accept him as a researcher." | "I believe he is pathetic. I simply don't accept him as a researcher." | ||
| -Elan Steinberg, Executive Director of the World Jewish Congress | -Elan Steinberg, Executive Director of the World Jewish Congress | ||
| "When I read Finkelstein's book, The Holocaust Industry, at the time of its appearance, I was in the middle of my own investigations of these matters, and I came to the conclusion that he was on the right track. I refer now to the part of the book that deals with the claims against the Swiss banks, and the other claims pertaining to forced labor." | "When I read Finkelstein's book, The Holocaust Industry, at the time of its appearance, I was in the middle of my own investigations of these matters, and I came to the conclusion that he was on the right track. I refer now to the part of the book that deals with the claims against the Swiss banks, and the other claims pertaining to forced labor." | ||
| -Respected Historianr Raul Hilberg, author of The destruction of the European jews - a standard text | |||
| -Historian-Author Raul Hilberg | |||
| "His approach is totally destructive. I find it revolting." | |||
| Greville Janner, chairman of the Holocaust Educational Trust | |||
| == External links == | == External links == | ||
Revision as of 16:07, 5 December 2003
The Holocaust Industry is a book by Norman G. Finkelstein, an American political scientist. He contends that leaders of the Jewish community inappropriately use the Holocaust to seek reparations from European governments, and that actual Holocaust survivors, including his own mother, are getting little.
Quotes
"I believe he is pathetic. I simply don't accept him as a researcher." -Elan Steinberg, Executive Director of the World Jewish Congress
"When I read Finkelstein's book, The Holocaust Industry, at the time of its appearance, I was in the middle of my own investigations of these matters, and I came to the conclusion that he was on the right track. I refer now to the part of the book that deals with the claims against the Swiss banks, and the other claims pertaining to forced labor." -Respected Historianr Raul Hilberg, author of The destruction of the European jews - a standard text
External links
- Finkelstein's homepage
- Shoah business by Viktor Frölke
- The Holocaust Industry by Andrew Ross
- British Newspaper Article on "The Holocaust Industry" and Finkelstein