Bill and Bob’s comments about relying on “the classics” of Holocaust literature resonated for me in interesting ways. On the one hand, I agree with them that Wiesel’s Night is not only one of the most powerful survivor memoirs that I have read and probably one of the most accessible to multiple reading levels. On the other hand, Holocaust literature has evolved over time as more survivors are willing to record their experiences and more diaries and documents from the time of the Holocaust are published. Additionally, there is much more interest in non-Jewish victims of the Holocaust now than in the past, and this corresponds to an increase in publications of their stories.
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Definition of ‘Holocaust survivors’
Shalom,
We have seen several inquiries in the past regarding the number of living Holocaust survivors.
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Daniel Jonah Goldhagen’s Crazy Thesis
Goldhagen is to Holocaust scholarship what Elie Wiesel is to Holocaust memory. In a highly-praised memoir, All Rivers Run to the Sea, Wiesel reports, ‘I read The Critique of Pure Reason — don’t laugh — in Yiddish.’
Continue readingA bar of human soap, and an extermination list
Victims’ Voices: Holocaust Memorabilia Tells an Unforgettable Story
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Nothing to fear from the truth
Human Rights Tribunal hearings
In May of 1997, the Holocaust Lobby called a Dr. Frederick Schweitzer as one of its expert witnesses.
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Ilona Sugar was released as a very sick woman from a German concentration camp exactly 32 years ago. Sadistic Nazi doctors had performed medical experiments on her. They transplanted her heart to the right and her liver to the left without any anesthesia. This is known as vivisection. To this day Mrs. Sugar has not received a penny of restitution from Germany.
Continue readingStudies suggest false memories can be ingrained
SEATTLE — Given a few bogus details and a little prodding, about a quarter of adults can be convinced they remember childhood adventures that never happened.
Continue readingPsychologists say adults can adopt fake memories as real
SEATTLE — Given a few bogus details and a little prodding, about a quarter of adults can be convinced they remember childhood adventures that never happened.
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how’s about a bullet to your brain? you know it’s just a matter of time til some pissed-off JDL commando comes and blows whatever pitiful tissue that you have in your head all over your bed. you are one dumb fucker for making this your cause and thinking the 1st amendment is gonna save your ass cause the 4th amendent gives them the right to come gunnin’ for you.
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