![]() ![]() New Statesmanįinkelstein’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’. Anyone with an open mind and an interest in the subject should ignore the critical brickbats and read what Finkelstein has to say. This is, in short, a lucid, provocative and passionate book. 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. It is a polemic, communicated at maximum volume. ![]() ![]() If his indictment is a true one, it should prompt prosecutions, sackings, protest. His basic argument that memories of the Holocaust are being debased is serious and should be given its due. ![]()
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