The Holocaust Industry
Reflections on the Exploitation of Jewish Suffering

Wow, what a book. I had this book for a few months and, after seeing the author on a documentary about the Holocaust, bumped the book to the top of my To Read pile. This work discusses the Nazi holocaust (the historical event) and how the Holocaust (capital H) was created after Arab-Israeli War in 19......more

Norman Finkelstein is a phenomenon. He enrages people by always sticking to facts. Backing up his words with copious footnotes referencing the facts upon which he makes his statements, he marches like Sherman through Georgia, laying low everything in his path. All dissemblers must flee before him bec......more

Norman Finkelstein is the son of two Holocaust survivors. He is vocal against Israel's crimes against Palestinians, and is strongly opposed to using one of the worst tragedies in history to justify genocide. His willingness to speak the truth without mitigation has put him in many difficult situatio......more

A wildly informative and eye-opening exploration on the sinister exploitation of (and language surrounding) the Holocaust and its victims. The book took me quite a while to get through in spite of its short page length as the way information is formatted/presented tends to be very overwhelming. It do......more

Unlike the precision of research that his characteristic of Norman Finkelstein when it comes to the issue of the Israel-Palestine conflict, 'The Holocaust Industry' is a disorganized and ultimately spotty work of political science. Finkelstein's aim is to present an "anatomy and an indictment of the......more