A bestseller throughout europe, the middle east and the americas, and already translated into sixteen languages, the holocaust industry was hailed by the guardian newspaper in london as the most controversial book of the year when it was originally published in 2000. Reflections on the exploitation of jewish suffering 2000. Holocaust memorial day is observed in every country in the western world, there is a holocaust museum in every major city in america, and the holocaust industry is worth billions. Finkelstein moves from an interrogation of the place the holocaust has come to occupy in american culture. Birth of the holocaust industry finkelstein unexpurgated 10. So the person who actually did stick his head above the parapet is norman finkelstein who wrote this deeply shocking but hardly surprising book.
Reflections on the exploitation of jewish suffering in 2000, he argues that holocaust hoaxers and huckstersnamely jewish organizationshave exploited what happened in nazi germany. Norman finkelsteins slim volume, the holocaust industry. The holocaust industry, however, deals with a different subject. Finkelstein moves from an interrogation of the place the holocaust has come to occupy in global. Norman finkelstein is the son of two holocaust survivors. Finkelstein s book on before the book was even available to the american public july 19. A holocaust industry exploits it by making a market in the suffering of needy. Z magazine the reality of the nazi holocaust remains. Norman finkelsteins the holocaust industry counter. The reparations issue is the most detailed and troubling section of finkelstein s short book. Just as inaccurate as the holocaust industry is finkelsteins book image and reality of the israelpalestine conflict. The goldhagen thesis and historical truth with ruth bettina birn.
Norman finkelstein slams chuck schumer for pushing trump to. The drive for reparations, headed up by organizations such as the world jewish congress and the jewish material claims. Norman finkelsteins the holocaust industry and the. Finkelstein moves from an interrogation of the place the holocaust has come to occupy in global culture to. May 17, 2016 norman finkelsteins the holocaust industry and the fight to make all suffering count. For them to become a protected class, the holocaust, a historical event, had to be turned into the holocaust, a religious one. Oct 17, 2003 in a devastating new postscript to this bestselling book, norman g. Dedicated to the proposition that israel and zionism are illegitimate, the book relies largely on antiisraeli secondary. His latest book, the holocaust industry, will be published in july by verso. He is the author of eight books, which have been translated into more. All it is, is an ideological weapon of israel and its supporters to immunize israel and its supporters from criticism. Norman finkelstein teaches political theory at the city university of new york. The books appendix exhaustively documents the mendacity of these socalled investigations.
His primary fields of research are the israelipalestinian conflict and the politics of the holocaust. Holocaust and israel until about 1970 and then took them up with a vengeance, is largely cribbed from peter novicks book the holocaust in american life. Reflections on the exploitation of jewish suffering by norman finkelstein, 9781781685617, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. The first edition of the novel was published in january 1st 2000, and was written by norman g. Liberal professor norman finkelstein wrote the holocaust industry to bring to the worlds attention the exploitation of jewish suffering in world war ii. Viktor frankl, mans search for meaning new york 19sg. It is published by verso press, an independent press in new york. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the holocaust industry.
The exposure of the holocaust industry is not to be underestimated, nor shall it be, thanks to the body of this work. Finkelsteins book will probably disappoint readers hoping for an economic. Finkelstein examines israels major assaults on gaza since 2008 and reveals the attacks have been designed to sabotage the possibility of a compromise peace with the palestinians, even on terms that are favorable to it. Chris matthews was rushed to bellevue hospital after being found prone in central park. Norman finkelstein, his book is called the holocaust industry. Jan 16, 2015 oliver kamm criticizes norman finklesteins holocaust industry. The case for norman finkelstein opinion the guardian. The rise and fall of the holocaust industry veterans.
Because the holocaust memorial day has nothing to do with the nazi holocaust. Oliver kamm criticizes norman finklesteins holocaust industry. But where novick is slanted but scholarly, mentioning and dismissing counterexamples in footnotes. He has had a tense rivalry with his proisrael counterpart, alan dershowitz. In it, finkelstein discusses how the nazi holocaust was used to service norman finkelstein is the son of two holocaust survivors. Reflections on the exploitation of jewish suffering pdf epub book. Finkelstein received his doctorate in 1988 from the department of politics at princeton university. Jun 14, 2007 and, although the holocaust industry is finkelstein s most frequently cited book in defamatory attempts to cast him as a holocaust denier and a denier of justice to holocaust survivors, image.
Jewish american historian norman finkelstein argues in his explosive new book, the holocaust industry. 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. And, although the holocaust industry is finkelsteins most frequently cited book in defamatory attempts to cast him as a holocaust denier and a. An unpopular man norman finkelstein was a rock star of the propalestinian movement. The holocaust industry, norman finkelstein holocaust awareness, the israeli writer boas evron observes, is actually an official, propagandistic indoctrination, a churning out of slogans and a false view of the world, the real aim of which is not at all an understanding of the past, but a manipulation of the present. Finkelstein correctly documents his thesis that the holocaust industry has plundered the suffering of european jews for materialistic and propagandist benefit. Free download or read online the holocaust industry. Apart from his parents, every member of finkelsteins family, on both sides, was exterminated in the nazi holocaust. Norman finkelstein 1953 is an american political scientist and historian whose work focuses on the history of the palestinians and zionism. Reflections on the exploitation of jewish suffering by norman g finkelstein. According to finkelstein, this holocaust industry has corrupted jewish culture and the authentic memory of the holocaust.
May 17, 2016 web only features may 17, 2016 norman finkelsteins the holocaust industry and the fight to make all suffering count. For many years he taught political theory and the israelpalestine conflict. The holocaust industry has nothing to do with the nazi holocaust. Sep 01, 2016 norman finkelstein slams chuck schumer for pushing trump to.
In an iconoclastic and controversial study, norman g. The reparations issue is the most detailed and troubling section of finkelsteins short book. Reflections on the exploitation of jewish suffering by norman g. But finkelsteins most recent political intervention came about by accident. Reflections on the exploitation of jewish suffering 2nd by finkelstein, norman g. Reflections on the exploitation of jewish suffering is a 2000 book by norman finkelstein, in which the author argues that the american jewish establishment exploits the memory of the nazi holocaust for political and financial gain, as well as to further the interests of israel. He is a graduate of binghamton university and received his ph.
One of the undeniable strengths of the holocaust industry, norman finkelsteins often furious denunciation of rapacious holocaust profiteering, is its demystification, for a mainstream audience, of all this holocaust lore as nothing more than an instrument of jewish aggrandizement wielded for both political power and profit. Reflections on the exploitation of jewish suffering is a 2000 book by norman finkelstein, in which the author argues that the american. It refers to the argued systematic collection or extortion of funds from european countries by jewish organizations, purportedly on behalf of jewish survivors of the holocaust. Reflections on the exploitation of jewish suffering. In his iconoclastic and controversial study, norman g. Reflections on the exploitation of jewish suffering, 2nd edition paperback by norman g. Perhaps norman finkelstein imagined his explosive new polemic, the holocaust industry, serialised in the guardian, would drive the jewish world crazy. Finkelsteins book is a call for jewish suffering to be seen as.
Reflections on the exploitation of jewish suffering kindle edition by finkelstein, norman g download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Finkelstein documents the holocaust industrys scandalous coverup of the blackmail of swiss banks, and in a new appendix demolishes an influential apologia for the holocaust industry. Reflections on the exploitation of jewish suffering that holocaust remembrance has been exploited by the jewish establishment. The holocaust industrys latest frontier, says finkelstein, is cold cash. Finkelstein taught political theory and the israelpalestine conflict for many years. So the person who actually did stick his head above the parapet is norman finkelstein. Ten years ago this past month my book the holocaust industry was published. In a devastating new postscript to this bestselling book, norman g. This book is a personal intervention because the holocaust industry has disfigured, deformed and corrupted the memory of jewish peoples suffering during world war ii, finkelstein says. His 2000 book the holocaust industry, which was serialised in the guardian, became an international bestseller and touched off a firestorm of debate. Jan 01, 2000 the holocaust industry, however, deals with a different subject.
It has received more publicity than any book on the holocaust in recent years, and has been furiously attacked by many mainstream interpreters of nazi genocide. Sep 06, 2000 the holocaust industry s latest frontier, says finkelstein, is cold cash. It evoked outrage from the jewishholocaustisrael establishment and marked the beginning of the end of my academic career. Finkelstein moves from an interrogation of the place the holocaust has come to occupy in american culture to a. Holocaust industry is a term coined by jewish author norman finkelstein in the book the holocaust industry. Finkelstein verso the suffering of european jews during the 1930s and 1940s gave rise to a stock of moral capital that was a measure not of exceptional moral actions by jews as a group, but of acts committed by their nazi oppressors. Finkelstein should be credited for writing a wellresearched book that can help shut down the holocaust industry when the public becomes aware of its dishonesty and its vulgar exploitation of jewish suffering. The drive for reparations, headed up by organizations such as the world. The book you claim to have written finkelstein unexpurgated 14.
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