Documents relating to ‘the Holocaust’
That was the man who tried to rape her; she was sure of it.
She had seen him before, around the apartment complex where they both lived. But she said her most vivid memory was of William Gregory breaking into her apartment and attacking her.
Continue readingDepending on your favorite poet, memory is sweet (Cowper), pleasing (Pope), green (Shakespeare) or fond (Moore). If you prefer science to poetry, though, memory is, above all else, faulty. Memory’s essential imperfection is no secret. Everybody sometimes suffers from forgetfulness. And psychologists have long known that not only do people forget, they also misremember. Still, scientists are only beginning to learn just how strangely flawed human memory can be. One new study, for example, suggests that the worst thing you can do for a memory is recall it. In other words, practice makes imperfect. If you use a memory, you can lose it.
Continue readingMONTREAL — One of the most difficult things about teaching the Holocaust is trying to convince students of the morality of arresting enfeebled 80-year-old men for alleged wartime crimes, say teachers in the English Montreal School Board (EMSB). Some admitted they themselves also question whether it’s the right thing to do.
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That majority of California voters, who balloted against gay marriage on Tuesday, did so out of “hate,” we are told. Dr. Laura Schlessinger, an Orthodox Jew who has the audacity to actually believe her religion, is excoriated as “the Queen of Hate Radio” for voicing disapproval of homosexuality. And on and on.
Continue reading‘Holocaustology’ May Create a New Form of Anti-Semitism
THE HOLOCAUST DOMINATED the moral imagination of the 20th century. Before the rise of Hitler, anti-Semitism was a parochial concern of the Jews; after the war it was everyone’s concern, and everyone regarded it with horror. The cause of anti-Semitism is a mystery to most Jews and most Gentiles. One school of thought, wrongly, I believe, blames anti-Semitism on Christianity itself.
Continue readingThe headlines are familiar: Another inmate is freed after being cleared by DNA testing. Ever wonder why so many innocent people were behind bars in the first place?
Experts say it’s often mistaken eyewitness testimony that puts innocent people in prison … and lets the real criminal roam free.
Continue readingLITERATURE OF THE HOLOCAUST Search for a (single) word: FILREIS HOME | NEWS
HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS — UNITED STATES
Continue readingPhilip Gourevitch’s article on Binjamin Wilkomirski and his memoir Fragments (“The Memory Thief,” June 14th) reveals much about the Holocaust industry. In 1996, Suhrkamp, also Wilkomirski’s publisher, published a German translation of my account of a wartime childhood in Poland. It is entitled “Dobryd” — an anagram of the name of the real town where the action takes place. I chose to write it as fiction, because, like Aharon Appelfeld, I did not trust the factual accuracy of my recollections. At the time of publication, it was suggested to me that the book would sell much better if it was reclassified as nonfiction, but I did not accept the suggestion. Though the book has received excellent critical notices, it has never enjoyed the attention given to Fragments.
Continue readingHitchens-Blumenthal feud escalates
Beltway dispute takes ugly turn with charge of Holocaust denial