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Revision as of 16:07, 5 December 2003 edit81.130.175.55 (talk) As you mentioned below, you can't have too much quoting so have reduced to one each← Previous edit Revision as of 16:09, 5 December 2003 edit undoLeumi (talk | contribs)654 edits My Quotes are short and concise, unlike the Hilberg one which is longer than all of them together. If there is no mention of accusation, there can't be mention of parents as "redundant" in your wordsNext 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, including his own mother, 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 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."
-Historian-Author Raul Hilberg
-Respected Historianr Raul Hilberg, author of The destruction of the European jews - a standard text

"His approach is totally destructive. I find it revolting."
Greville Janner, chairman of the Holocaust Educational Trust


== External links == == External links ==

Revision as of 16:09, 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 are getting little.

Finkelstein, believes that many American Jews are not practising Judaism, 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

"'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." -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." -Historian-Author Raul Hilberg

"His approach is totally destructive. I find it revolting." Greville Janner, chairman of the Holocaust Educational Trust

External links