Archive for the ‘Holocaust Abuse’ Category

The Abuse of Holocaust Memory: The Far Right, the Far Left and the Middle East

Wednesday, March 4th, 2009

Michael Ezra (2007). Engage.

The article discusses some of the various forms of abuse of the Holocaust. From outright denial of its occurrence to the specific perversion that lays the blame for the Holocaust on Zionists of the time, the author considers the phenomenon of Holocaust abuse within the far left and right in the West, and its appearance in the Middle East.



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Between Denial and “Comparative Trivialization”: Holocaust Negationism in Post-Communist East Central Europe

Wednesday, March 4th, 2009

Michael Shafir (2002). Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism (SISCA).

The article considers various forms of Holocaust ‘negationism’ in Eastern Europe including denial, attempts to deflect responsibility for local Holocaust era events, the blaming of the victims and the comparative trivialisation of the Holocaust. The legacy of communist manipulation of the historical record for post-communist era treatment of the Holocaust and some of the motives and purposes of contemporary ‘negationism’ are discussed.



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Wednesday, March 4th, 2009

Anat Peri (2001). Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism (SISCA).

Using the example of Haider’s antisemitism, the author considers the emotional motives and practical content of Holocaust revisionism. Issues of guilt, attempts to relativise the Holocaust, attempts to suggest Jewish complicity with the Nazis, and Holocaust inversion are all addressed.



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The Nizkor project

Wednesday, March 4th, 2009

The site offers an exposé and rebuttal of common arguments, and techniques of argumentation, employed by Holocaust deniers.



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Demagogues in Denial: The Holocaust

Wednesday, March 4th, 2009

Nick Ryan (2004). New Internationalist.

The report, based on interviews with the individuals themselves, examines the antisemitic motivations of key Holocaust deniers and considers the receptiveness of the wider audience to which they are trying to appeal.



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