文档介绍：The Holocaust Industry: Index Page
ONLINE EDITION
Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments and Introduction
Chapter 1: Capitalizing The Holocaust
Chapter 2: Hoaxers, Hucksters, and History
Chapter 3: The Double Shakedown
Conclusion
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The Holocaust Industry: ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Colin Robinson of Verso conceived the idea of this book. Roane Carey molded
my reflections into a coherent narrative. At every stage in the book's production
Noam Chomsky and Shifra Stern provided assistance. Jennifer Loewenstein
and Eva Schweitzer criticized various drafts. Rudolph Baldeo provided
personal support and encouragement. I am indebted to all of them. In these
pages I attempt to represent my parents' legacy. Accordingly, the book is
dedicated to my two siblings, Richard and Henry, and my nephew, David.
INTRODUCTION
This book is both an anatomy and an indictment of the Holocaust industry. In
the pages that follow, I will argue that "The Holocaust" is an ideological
representation of the Nazi Like most ideologies, it bears a
connection, if tenuous, with reality. The Holocaust is not an arbitrary but rather
an internally coherent construct. Its central dogmas sustain significant political
and class interests. Indeed, The Holocaust has proven to be an indispensable
ideological weapon. Through its deployment, one of the world's most
formidable military powers, with a horrendous human rights record, has cast
itself as a "victim" state, and the most essful ethnic group in the United
States has likewise acquired victim status. Considerable dividends accrue from
this specious victimhood — in particular, immunity to criticism, however
justified. Those enjoying this immunity, I might add, have not escaped the
moral corruptions that typically attend it. From this perspective, Elie Wiesel's
performance as official interpreter of The Hol