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Denying the Holocaust: The Growing Assault on Truth and Memory
In this first full-scale history of Holocaust denial, Lipstadt shows how, despite tens of thousands of living witnesses and vast amounts of documentary evidence, this irrational idea has not only continued to gain adherents but has become an internationally organized movement.
Paperback, 304 pages
Published
July 1st 1994
by Plume Books
(first published 1993)
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From The Drowned and the Saved by Primo Levi. The Nazi addresses the Jew:
However this war may end, we have won the war against you. None of you will be left to bear witness, but even if someone were to survive, the world would not believe him. There will be perhaps suspicions, discussions, research by historians, but there will be no certainties, because we will destroy the evidence together with you. And even if some proof should remain and some of you survive, people will say that ...more
However this war may end, we have won the war against you. None of you will be left to bear witness, but even if someone were to survive, the world would not believe him. There will be perhaps suspicions, discussions, research by historians, but there will be no certainties, because we will destroy the evidence together with you. And even if some proof should remain and some of you survive, people will say that ...more
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Deborah Lipstadt is an amazing woman, who has taken on a thankless task - that of explaining to the public why historians don't need to give "equal time" to the "other side" of the discussion about the Holocaust. Put simply, it is because deniers of the Holocaust aren't engaging in history, they are distorting it, and any direct answer to their charges in turn legitimizes their lies. This book elaborates that answer in great detail, by demonstrating the fallacies of denial an...more
One of the interesting points Liptadt makes in this book is not so much the nature of Holocaust denial itself, but the inability of the media and public to distinguish between a debatable issue and one that lies beyond the parameters of reasoned discussion. This deficiency has worsened since the book first appeared in the early nineties.
The book is partly a history of the denial movement and the five or six men who got it going.. The pattern of denial Liptstadt traces shows the incr...more
The book is partly a history of the denial movement and the five or six men who got it going.. The pattern of denial Liptstadt traces shows the incr...more
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A brilliant book on the patterns, obfuscation and absurdities of the tactics used by Holocaust deniers and the real motives behind their claims. A must read by anyone who has ever heard a denier's allegation and not known immediately how to respond. Lipstadt's writing is brilliant, thoroughly researched and easy to read. It would be amusing if it weren't scary. I look forward to reading the follow up to this book -- History on Trial, where David Irving sued Lipstadt in British Courts and Lipstad...more
amazing.
this book answers the question of the 6 million and the reliability of Anne Frank.
this needs to be read and on people's shelves.
textbook to defeat holocaust deniers, dobson advocates and global warming deniers.
so i've edited this a bit, w/out meaning to i'd implied dobson advocates holocaust denial, i don't know if he does or does't. the "young earthers" and "intelligent design" fans (and global warming deniers) use the techniques that ...more
this book answers the question of the 6 million and the reliability of Anne Frank.
this needs to be read and on people's shelves.
textbook to defeat holocaust deniers, dobson advocates and global warming deniers.
so i've edited this a bit, w/out meaning to i'd implied dobson advocates holocaust denial, i don't know if he does or does't. the "young earthers" and "intelligent design" fans (and global warming deniers) use the techniques that ...more
People are stupid. Sometimes you don't realize how stupid, though in a free culture, you can quickly realize how stupid.
At times a little dry, Lipstadt's book discusses the history of Holocaust Denial as well as the tactics that such deniers use. She also illustrates the difference between the right to say anything and the fact that no one needs to publish it.
At times a little dry, Lipstadt's book discusses the history of Holocaust Denial as well as the tactics that such deniers use. She also illustrates the difference between the right to say anything and the fact that no one needs to publish it.
There was a lot of good info in here, but Lipstadt falls into the trap repeatedly throughout the book of making ad hominem attacks against all Holocaust deniers, a claim which, ironically enough, she constantly accuses the very same deniers of doing. Yes, a lot (and maybe even most) Holocaust deniers are white supremacists who hate Jews, but that doesn't mean this discussion can't be engaged with an academic tone and intellectual honesty. She compares Holocaust deniers to Flat Earthers, which ...more
Interesting book about Mrs. Lipstadt's libel suit with David Irving. I expected to book to cover more facts about the Holocaust and denialism related to it, so I was a little disappointed.
This is a fantastic review of who, why, and what the Holocaust Deniers are. Liars.
Antony
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A tour de force. A classic and seminal response to bunk "history".
Not light reading. It took me a while to get through mostly because I had to keep walking away from it. For more thoughts on this book:
http://satia.blogspot.com/2008/09/denyin...
http://satia.blogspot.com/2008/09/denyin...
Absolutely essential.
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