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Revision as of 23:07, 5 December 2003 by Leumi (talk | contribs) (Readded quote and shortened long one, keeping relevant issues, also added clarifying sentence on opinion by many parts of American Jewry.)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)The Holocaust Industry, Reflections on the Exploitation of Jewish Suffering 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. Many American Jews feel that this is the repeating of old anti-semitic libels about Jews. His book has been criticised by some other scholars as being exaggerated. Others have said that the ideas are mainly sound, it is the presentation of them that is contentious.
Comments on Finkelstein's book
"'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
"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. -Raul Hilberg, historian of the Holocaust, and author of The Destruction of the European Jews
"His approach is totally destructive. I find it revolting." - Greville Janner, chairman of the Holocaust Educational Trust
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