| Description |
xviii, 312 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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regular print |
| Series |
The S. Mark Taper Foundation imprint in Jewish studies |
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S. Mark Taper Foundation imprint in Jewish studies.
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| Contents |
A note on terminology : why Holocaust "revisionists" are really deniers -- Introduction : who speaks for the past? History and pseudohistory -- pt. 1. Free speech and history. Giving the devil his due : the free speech issue -- The noble dream : how we know anything happened in history -- pt. 2. Inside the denial movement. Who says the Holocaust never happened? : an inside look at the personalities and organizations -- Why they say the Holocaust never happened : the ideological agenda -- How deniers distort history : flaws, fallacies, and failings in the deniers' arguments -- pt. 3. Arguments and refutations. The crooked timber of Auschwitz : how concentration camps became extermination camps -- "For God's sake--terrible" : the scope and scale of the holocaust -- The evil of banality : the protocols of national socialism -- pt. 4. Truth and history. The rape of history : denial, revision, and the search for a true and meaningful past -- Epilogue : libel, denial, and the Holocaust trial |
| Summary |
Apart from disproving Holocaust denials, the authors lay a framework for examining how we know that any historical event actually happened |
| Notes |
The Mazal Holocaust Collection |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Holocaust denial.
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
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| Author |
Grobman, Alex.
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| LC no. |
00028690 |
| ISBN |
0520216121 |
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