The Holocaust Industry: Reflections on the Exploitation of Jewish Suffering
This iconoclastic study was one of the most widely debated books of 2000. Finkelstein indicts with vigor and honesty those who exploit the tragedy of the Holocaust for their own personal political and financial gain.



This new edition includes updated material discussing the initial reception to the book's publication. In a controversial new study, Norman G. Finkelstein moves from an interrogation of the place the Holocaust has come to occupy in American culture to a disturbing examination of recent Holocaust compensation agreements.



Leaders of America's Jewish community were delighted that Israel was now deemed a major strategic asset and, Finkelstein contends, exploited the Holocaust to enhance this newfound status. Their interpretations of the tragedy are often at variance with historical events and are employed to deflect any criticism of Israel and its supporters.



Finkelstein contends that the main danger posed to the memory of Nazism's victims comes not from the distortions of Holocaust deniers but from prominent, self-proclaimed guardians of Holocaust memory.



The Holocaust Industry is all the more disturbing and powerful because the issues it deals with are so rarely discussed.
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The Holocaust Industry: Reflections on the Exploitation of Jewish Suffering
This iconoclastic study was one of the most widely debated books of 2000. Finkelstein indicts with vigor and honesty those who exploit the tragedy of the Holocaust for their own personal political and financial gain.



This new edition includes updated material discussing the initial reception to the book's publication. In a controversial new study, Norman G. Finkelstein moves from an interrogation of the place the Holocaust has come to occupy in American culture to a disturbing examination of recent Holocaust compensation agreements.



Leaders of America's Jewish community were delighted that Israel was now deemed a major strategic asset and, Finkelstein contends, exploited the Holocaust to enhance this newfound status. Their interpretations of the tragedy are often at variance with historical events and are employed to deflect any criticism of Israel and its supporters.



Finkelstein contends that the main danger posed to the memory of Nazism's victims comes not from the distortions of Holocaust deniers but from prominent, self-proclaimed guardians of Holocaust memory.



The Holocaust Industry is all the more disturbing and powerful because the issues it deals with are so rarely discussed.
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The Holocaust Industry: Reflections on the Exploitation of Jewish Suffering

The Holocaust Industry: Reflections on the Exploitation of Jewish Suffering

by Norman G. Finkelstein

Narrated by Barry Abrams

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The Holocaust Industry: Reflections on the Exploitation of Jewish Suffering

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This iconoclastic study was one of the most widely debated books of 2000. Finkelstein indicts with vigor and honesty those who exploit the tragedy of the Holocaust for their own personal political and financial gain.



This new edition includes updated material discussing the initial reception to the book's publication. In a controversial new study, Norman G. Finkelstein moves from an interrogation of the place the Holocaust has come to occupy in American culture to a disturbing examination of recent Holocaust compensation agreements.



Leaders of America's Jewish community were delighted that Israel was now deemed a major strategic asset and, Finkelstein contends, exploited the Holocaust to enhance this newfound status. Their interpretations of the tragedy are often at variance with historical events and are employed to deflect any criticism of Israel and its supporters.



Finkelstein contends that the main danger posed to the memory of Nazism's victims comes not from the distortions of Holocaust deniers but from prominent, self-proclaimed guardians of Holocaust memory.



The Holocaust Industry is all the more disturbing and powerful because the issues it deals with are so rarely discussed.

Editorial Reviews

New York Press

[S]cathing in his denunciation of the institutions and individuals who have cropped up around the issue of reparations.

New Statesman

A lucid, provocative and passionate book.

LA Weekly

Finkelstein's downright pugilistic book delivers a wallop.

Guardian

The most controversial book of the year.

Jewish Quarterly

Breathtaking in [its] angry accuracy and irony.

Nation

When it comes to analyzing how 'The Holocaust' has been employed to advance political interests, Finkelstein is at his best.

Economist

His basic argument that memories of the Holocaust are being debased is serious and should be given its due.

Booknews

Finkelstein (City U. of New York) provocatively argues that US Jewish organizations and others have capitalized on the Holocaust as an ideological tool for their own agendas. The book lacks an index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

From the Publisher

"The most controversial book of the year."
Guardian

"His basic argument that memories of the Holocaust are being debased is serious and should be given its due."
Economist

"If his indictment is a true one, it should prompt prosecutions, sackings, protest. The book shouts scandal. It is a polemic, communicated at maximum volume."
Times

"He deserves to be heard ... he is making some profound points that many younger and more thoughtful Jews have quietly been attempting to debate, but whose voices have been stilled by the establishment, particularly in the US."
Evening Standard

"This is, in short, a lucid, provocative and passionate book. Anyone with an open mind and an interest in the subject should ignore the critical brickbats and read what Finkelstein has to say."
New Statesman

"Finkelstein’s downright pugilistic book delivers a wallop – mostly because few authors have had the courage or nerve to say, as he does, that the Nazi genocide has been distorted and robbed of its true moral lessons and instead has been put to use as ‘an indispensable ideological weapon’. It’s a provocative thesis that makes you want to reject it even as you are compelled to keep reading by the strength of his case and the bravura of his assertions."
LA Weekly

"He is scathing in his denunciation of the institutions and individuals who have cropped up around the issue of reparations in the last several years."
New York Press

"Finkelstein's place in the whole history of writing history is assured, and those who in the end are proven right triumph, and he will be among those who will have triumphed, albeit, it so seems, at great cost."
—Raul Hilberg

The Jewish Quarterly

Finkelstein has raised some important and uncomfortable issues.

The Economist

His basic argument that memories of the Holocaust are being debased is serious and should be given its due.

The Guardian

The most explosive book of the year.

Product Details

BN ID: 2940191211329
Publisher: Tantor Audio
Publication date: 10/29/2024
Edition description: Unabridged
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