{"product_id":"the-holocaust-industry-reflections-on-the-exploitation-of-jewish-suffering-new-edition-2nd-edition","title":"The Holocaust Industry: Reflections on the Exploitation of Jewish Suffering  New Edition 2nd Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn an iconoclastic and controversial 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. It was not until the Arab-Israeli War of 1967  when Israels evident strength brought it into line with US foreign policy  that memory of the Holocaust began to acquire the exceptional prominence it enjoys today. Leaders of Americas 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 subsequent interpretations of the tragedy are often at variance with actual historical events and are employed to deflect any criticism of Israel and its supporters. Recalling Holocaust fraudsters such as Jerzy Kosinski and Binjamin Wilkomirski  as well as the demagogic constructions of writers like Daniel Goldhagen  Finkelstein contends that the main danger posed to the memory of Nazisms victims comes not from the distortions of Holocaust deniers but from prominent  self-proclaimed guardians of Holocaust memory. Drawing on a wealth of untapped sources  he exposes the double shakedown of European countries as well as legitimate Jewish claimants  and concludes that the Holocaust industry has become an outright extortion racket. Thoroughly researched and closely argued  The Holocaust Industry is all the more disturbing and powerful because the issues it deals with are so rarely discussed.  In a devastating new postscript to this best-selling book  Norman G. Finkelstein documents the Holocaust industrys scandalous cover-up of the blackmail of Swiss banks  and in a new appendix demolishes an influential apologia for the Holocaust industry.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44946967855157,"sku":"ByrdShop_185984488X","price":38.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781859844885.jpg?v=1769975123","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-holocaust-industry-reflections-on-the-exploitation-of-jewish-suffering-new-edition-2nd-edition","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}