- A book accusing American Jews of using the Nazi Holocaust
to blackmail Europe into making huge "exploitative" compensation
payments has sold more than 50,000 copies in Germany following its publication
here two weeks ago.
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- The Holocaust Industry by Norman Finkelstein, a Jew whose
parents were Holocaust survivors, prompted a furious debate following its
publication in English last summer when critics in America and Britain
dismissed it as "disgusting". A German version of the book has
caused far greater outrage.
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- Finkelstein believes that American Jews with the backing
of Israel have set up a "Holocaust industry" to exploit Germany
financially. Germany's Jewish leaders have called for the book to be banned
while the German far-Right and neo-Nazi publications have welcomed the
work as "proof" of a world-wide Jewish conspiracy against Germany.
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- Finkelstein's promotional tour of Germany has attracted
large audiences. A launch of his book at Berlin's Urania theatre was attended
by more than 1,000 people. The weekly magazine Der Spiegel said: "Germany
is in the grip of Holocaust madness. Finkelstein is being taken seriously.
What he says corresponds with what many who do not know the facts think."
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- In an interview, Finkelstein declared that "the
Holocaust is a political weapon. Germans have legitimate reasons to defend
themselves against this abuse". Finkelstein, who describes himself
as a Jewish atheist and Left-wing anti-Zionist who supports the Palestinian
cause, has been ostracised by the American Jewish community for his views.
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- Publication of his book coincided with an opinion poll
that showed that 65 per cent of Germans totally or partially agreed with
Finkelstein's assertion that "Jewish organisations make exaggerated
compensation demands on Germany to enrich themselves".
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