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miércoles, 31 de diciembre de 2008

¿ Para qué sirve y a quienes conviene estar evocando y lloriqueando a cada rato el cuento del Holocausto ?

(Ojo, no niego discriminacion y castigos inhumanos, tampoco puedo afirmar que haya sido tal como muchos describen hasta las ultimas consecuencias. Más aun este no ha sido el unico pueblo abusado y perjudicado por crimenes masivos, indios, negros y asiaticos lo han padecido tambien pero no tienen la industria del lloriqueo que estos talmudistas si.)

Holocaust Remembrance:
What's Behind the Campaign?

By Mark Weber

Since the late 1970s “Holocaust Remembrance” has become ever more important in the United States and many other countries. The campaign to remember the Holocaust -- often defined as the genocidal killing of six million Jews in Europe during the Second World War – includes numerous commemorative events, education courses in many schools, and a stream of motion pictures, television specials, books and magazine articles.

Across the United States, prominent political and civic leaders participate in annual Holocaust commemoration ceremonies. A number of countries, including Britain, Germany and Italy, officially observe a yearly Holocaust Remembrance Day. In November 2005 the United Nations General Assembly approved a resolution introduced by Israel to designate January 27 as an international Holocaust remembrance day.

Every major American city has at least one Holocaust museum or memorial. Worldwide there are more than 250 Holocaust museums and memorials, most of them in the US and Europe. [1] The largest is the US Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC, which is run by a taxpayer-funded federal government agency, and draws some two million visitors yearly.

The public is continually reminded of Jewish suffering during World War II. Between 1989 and 2003 alone, more than 170 films with Holocaust themes were made. [2] In many American and European schools, and in all Israeli classrooms, a focus on the wartime suffering of Europe's Jews is obligatory. [3]

Yehuda Bauer, a prominent Holocaust specialist who is a professor at Hebrew University in Israel, observed in 1992: “Whether presented authentically or inauthentically, in accordance with the historical facts or in contradiction to them, with em­pathy and understanding or as monumental kitsch, the Holocaust has become a ruling symbol of our culture… Hardly a month passes without a new TV production, a new film, a number of new books of prose or poetry dealing with the subject, and the flood is increasing rather than abating.” [4]

Tim Cole, a history professor and prominent specialist of Holocaust studies, writes in his book Selling the Holocaust: “From a relatively slow start, we have now come to the point where Jewish culture in particular, and Western culture more generally, are saturated with the 'Holocaust’. Indeed, the ‘Holocaust’ has saturated Western culture to such an extent that it appears not only centre stage, but also lurks in the background. This can be seen in the remarkable number of contemporary movies which include the 'Holocaust’ as plot or sub-plot.” [5]

How did the Holocaust come to play such a large role in America? “A good part of the answer,” writes Jewish scholar Peter Novick, “is the fact… that Jews play an important and influential role in Hollywood , the television industry, and the newspaper, magazine and book publishing worlds.” Anyone who denies that this is a major factor behind the “massive attention” given to the Holocaust in the US media, he adds, “is being naïve or disingenuous.” [6]

Exploiting the Holocaust

What’s behind the Holocaust remembrance campaign? Whose interests does it serve?

It is, of course, fitting and proper to remember victims of genocide, war and oppression. But Holocaust remembrance is not, as its supporters claim, a noble effort motivated by sincere concern for humanity. Instead, this relentless campaign is an expression of Jewish-Zionist power, and is designed to further Jewish-Zionist interests.

On the occasion of the opening of the US Holocaust Memorial Museum on the Mall in Washington, noted Jewish author Melvin Jules Bukiet called the Museum a “statement of raw power,” and added: “It’s not Jewish tragedy that’s remembered on the Mall this week; it’s Jewish power to which homage is paid.” [7]

The Holocaust Remembrance campaign encourages sympathy and support for Jews and Israel. It helps to justify America's massive and on-going support for Israel, and to excuse otherwise inexcusable policies of the Zionist state. Among Jews it strengthens a feeling of group solidarity and promotes a sense of community purpose.

Norman Finkelstein, a Jewish scholar who teaches at DePaul University in Chicago, writes in his bestselling book, The Holocaust Industry, that “invoking The Holocaust” is “a ploy to delegitimize all criticism of Jews.” He adds: “By conferring total blamelessness on Jews, the Holocaust dogma immunizes Israel and American Jewry from legitimate censure... Organized American Jewry has ex­ploited the Nazi holocaust to deflect criticism of Israel's and its own morally indefensible policies.” [8]

Paula Hyman, a professor of modern Jewish history at Yale University, has observed: “With regard to Israel, the Holocaust may be used to forestall political criticism and suppress debate; it reinforces the sense of Jews as an eternally beleaguered people who can rely for their defense only upon themselves. The invocation of the suffering endured by the Jews under the Nazis often takes the place of rational argument, and is expected to convince doubters of the legitimacy of current Israeli government policy.” [9]

This view is echoed by another Jewish scholar, Tony Judt, who is director of the Remarque Institute at New York University: [10]

“The Shoah [Hebrew term for Holocaust] is frequently exploited in America and Israel to deflect and forbid any criticism of Israel . Indeed, the Holocaust of Europe's Jews is nowadays exploited thrice over: It gives American Jews in particular a unique, retrospective ‘victim identity’; it allows Israel to trump any other nation's sufferings (and justify its own excesses) with the claim that the Jewish catastrophe was unique and incompa­rable; and (in contradiction to the first two) it is adduced as an all-purpose metaphor for evil -- anywhere, everywhere and always -- and taught to schoolchildren all over America and Europe without any reference to context or cause. This modern instrumentalization of the Holocaust for political advantage is ethically disreputable and politically imprudent.”

In Israel, says Tom Segev, a prominent Israeli journalist and author, the Holocaust has become “an object of worship.” Moreover, he writes, “the 'heritage of the Holocaust,’ as it is taught in [Israel’s] schools and fostered in national memorial ceremonies, often encourages insular chauvinism and a sense that the Nazi extermination of the Jews justifies any act that seems to contribute to Israel’s security, including the oppression of the population in the territories occupied by Israel in the Six-Day War.” [11]

Amira Hass, an award-winning Israeli journalist and author, is even more blunt. Writing in a leading Israeli daily paper, she says: [12]

"… Israel has turned the liquidation of Europe's Jews into an asset. Our murdered relatives are being enlisted to enable Israel to continue not giving a damn about international decisions against the occupation. The suffering our parents endured in the ghettoes and concentration camps that filled Europe, the physical and mental anguish and torment that our parents were subjected to every single day since the `liberation,’ are used as weapons to thwart any international criticism of the society we are creating here. This is a society with built-in discrimination on the basis of nationality, and the discrimination is spreading on either side of the Green Line. This is a society that is systematically continuing to banish the Palestinian nation from its land and usurp its rights as a nation and its chances for a humane future."

The great lesson of the Holocaust, says Israel prime minister Ariel Sharon, is that Jews must “always remain vigilant and trust no one but ourselves. Jews can only rely on themselves.” Young Jews, he adds, “have the duty to bequeath the lesson, memories and stories, to underscore the importance of the existence of the Jewish state.” [13]

No Similar Remembrance of Non-Jews

Non-Jewish victims of genocide, oppression and war do not merit the same consideration as do Jewish victims of the Holocaust. There are no comparable museums, memorials or solemn ceremonies to commemorate, for example, the vastly greater number of victims of Soviet and Chinese Communism.

As historians acknowledge, the non-Jewish victims of Soviet Russian dictator Joseph Stalin greatly outnumber the Jews who perished as a result of Hitler’s policies. Robert Conquest, a prominent scholar of twentieth century Russian history, estimates the number of those who lost their lives as a consequence of Stalin’s policies as “no fewer than 20 million.” [14] Authoritative estimates of the number of Chinese who perished as victims of killings, repression, starvation and forced labor under the Communist regime of Mao Zedong range from about 30 million to more than 60 million. [15]

Americans are trained and encouraged to “know” that six million Jews were murdered by the Nazis in World War II. But few Americans, even well-educated ones, have any idea of how many Russians, Poles, Chinese or even Americans lost their lives in that global conflict. Estimates of the number of Chinese who lost their lives as direct and indirect victims of Japanese aggression and occupation during the 1930s and 1940s range from about ten million to more than twice that number. The Chinese government has put the figure at 35 million. [16]

During the years 1885 through 1908, an estimated five to eight million Africans perished in the Congo as direct and indirect victims of the brutal policies of the Belgian colonial authorities. These deaths were the result of widespread killings, starvation, exhaustion and exposure. [17]

'Holocaust Denial' Laws

In some countries special “Holocaust denial” laws stifle free and objective discussion of the Holocaust issue. In Israel, Germany, France, Austria and a few other nations, it is a crime publicly to “play down,” dispute, “whitewash,” or “deny” the Holocaust. No other chapter of history is protected by law in this way. Even factually accurate statements that violate “Holocaust denial” laws are punished. Over the years, many individuals in those countries have been fined, imprisoned or forced into exile for disputing Holocaust claims.

'God's Chosen'

The Holocaust is often treated with reverence, and as a central event of world history. For many Jews, says Rabbi Michael Goldberg, a Jewish author and religious leader, the “veneration” of the Holocaust has become a new religion. “And as with any organized church,” he adds, “this Holocaust cult has its own tenets of faith, rites, and shrines.” [18]

The Holocaust remembrance campaign reflects an arrogant view of Jews as a special and superior people. Abraham Foxman, head of the Anti-Defamation League -- one of the most influential Zionist groups — has declared: “...The Holocaust is something different. It is a singular event. It is not simply one example of genocide but a near successful attempt on the life of God's chosen children and, thus, on God himself. It is an event that is the antithesis of Creation as recorded in the Bible; and like its direct op­posite, which is relived weekly with the Sabbath and yearly with the Torah, it must be remembered from generation to gen­eration.” [19]

Jewish death and suffering do not deserve to be venerated more than the death and suffering of non-Jews. The Holocaust remembrance campaign deserves scorn, not support, because it is a one-sided effort that serves narrow Jewish and Israeli interests and bolsters Jewish-Zionist power.



Notes

1. A. Barkat, “Yad Vashem Was the First, And Now It’s The Latest,” Haaretz (Israel), March 15, 2005
( http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/552062.html ).

2. D. Sterritt, “The one serious subject Hollywood doesn’t avoid,” The Christian Science Monitor, Nov. 22, 2002 ( http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/1122/p13s01-almo.html ).

3. Peter Novick, The Holocaust in American Life (Boston: 1999), p. 207.

4. Quoted in: David Cesarani, ed., The Final Solution: Origins and Implementation (Routledge, 1994), pp. 305, 306.

5. Tim Cole, Selling the Holocaust (Routledge, 2000), p. 2.

6. P. Novick, The Holocaust in American Life (1999), p. 207. See also pp. 11-12, 208.

7. Melvin Jules Bukiet, “The Museum vs. Memory: The Taming of the Holocaust,” The Washington Post, Sunday, April 18, 1993, p. C3. Quoted in: P. Novick, The Holocaust in American Life (1999), p. 330, n. 104.

8. Norman G. Finkelstein, The Holocaust Industry (Verso, 2003), pp. 37, 52, 149.

9. Paula E. Hyman, “New Debate on the Holocaust,” The New York Times Magazine, Sept. 14, 1980, p. 79.

10. Tony Judt, “Goodbye To All That?,” The Nation (New York), Jan. 3, 2005, p. 17.

11. Tom Segev, The Seventh Million: The Israelis and the Holocaust (New York: 1993), pp. 513, 517.

12. Amira Hass, ”Using the Holocaust to ward off criticism,” Haaretz (Israel), March 16 (or 21?), 2005.

13. Leonard Fein, “Too Young to March?,” Forward (New York), May 13, 2005, p. 8; "Israel marks Auschwitz liberation,” BBC News, Jan. 27, 2005 ( http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4212079.stm );
"Sharon: Never Forget Nazi Killers,” CNN News, May 6, 2005
(http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/05/05/holocaust.day/ ).

14. R. Conquest, The Great Terror: A Reassessment (Oxford Univ. Press, 1990), p. 48.

15. S. Courtois, and others, The Black Book of Communism (Harvard Univ. Press, 1999), pp. 4, 463-464; D. Southerland, “Repression’s Higher Toll,” The Washington Post, July 17, 1994, pp. A1, A22, A 23; Richard L. Walker, The Human Cost of Communism in China. A study of the Committee on the Judiciary, US Senate (1971).

16. “Dispute over mission stalls Japanese war museum,” The Palm Beach Post, May 21, 1995, p. 22A (from The New York Times); Sam Jameson, “WWII Apology Fails to Find a Voice in Japan ,” Los Angeles Times, June 10, 1995, p. A12.

17. Adam Hochschild, “In the Heart of Darkness,” The New York Review of Books, October 6, 2005, pp.
39-42; Adam Hochschild, King Leopold’s Ghost (Houghton Mifflin, 1999); A. Roxburgh, “Belgians Confront Colonial Past,” BBC News, March 9, 2005 ( http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4332605.stm ).

18. Michael Goldberg , Why Should Jews Survive? : Looking Past the Holocaust Toward a Jewish Future (Oxford Univ. Press, 1996), p. 41.

19. A. Foxman, “Schindler’s List – The Meaning of Spielberg’s Film,” ADL On the Frontline, January 1994, p. 2.

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About the Author

Mark Weber is director of the Institute for Historical Review. He studied history at the University of Illinois
(Chicago), the University of Munich, Portland State University and Indiana University (M.A., 1977). In March 1988 he testified for five days in Toronto District Court as a recognized expert witness on Germany's wartime Jewish policy and the Holocaust issue.

5 comentarios:

  1. Hola!
    Vengo hasta acá desterrada por que terminaron con mi página favorita: chemtrails en buenos aires.
    Tenés razón, en la conquista murieron 30 millones de personas y en el experimento comunista en Rusia
    de 50 a 70 millones. Hay genocidios todo el tiempo en todo el mundo pero no hay plata para ponerlos en películas de Hollywood.

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  2. Así es y concientizar que evocar el sufrimiento de solo un pueblo es tan criminal como volver a masacrar a lso otros tantos que han padecido a lo largo de la historia.

    Esperamos verte por aquí frecuentemnte.

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  3. “Who controls the past, controls the future; who controls the presents, controls the past”.
    (George Orwell, “1984”)

    Por supuesto, por supuesto. ¿Cómo, el lector no lo sabía? Entonces es hora de que se entere: hay un hipopótamo instalado en su dormitorio.
    Ciertos lectores se inclinarán a la suspicacia. Su incredulidad quedará disipada mediante el siguiente diálogo.

    DIALOGO 1. El Hipopótamo Metafísico.

    -Usted habla nada menos que de un hipopótamo en mi dormitorio, es un completo disparate.
    -¿Por qué un disparate?
    -En mi dormitorio no veo ningún hipopótamo.
    -Ah, pero ése no es motivo de duda: le aclaro que se trata de un hipopótamo invisible, pero no por eso menos real.
    -¿Un hipopótamo invisible pero real? ¿Y como entra semejante paquidermo en el dormitorio, cómo no tropiezo con él?
    -Le aclaro que no estamos hablando de un hipopótamo vulgar, éste es invisible e intangible, atraviesa las paredes y, por supuesto, usted no puede palparlo.
    -Aún así. Mi perro lo escucharía y lo olería.
    -Tampoco, no despide olor ni hace ruido. Es invisible, intangible e inaudible -y por si pretendiera usted ponerse en materialista, le indico desde ya, que este hipopótamo no presenta masa, ni energía, ni reacciona a los instrumentos de laboratorio.
    -¿Pero qué hipopótamo es ése?
    -Es un hipopótamo metafísico.

    ¿Ha quedado usted convencido? El incrédulo lector se dirá que no hay ninguna diferencia entre afirmar un hipopótamo metafísico en el dormitorio o simplemente negar que exista allí un hipopótamo. Ajá. Claro, es fácil hacerse el inteligente cuando no hay riesgo. Pero la cuestión se complicaría si hubiese una Religión del Santo Hipopótamo, con un imponente número de creyentes, predicadores, teólogos e inquisidores... y si las autoridades nacionales e internacionales reconocieran al Hipopótamo Metafísico y dictaran leyes castigando severamente a quienes pusieran en duda su existencia. En ese caso el lector omitirá tantas preguntas y conviviría lo mejor posible con el paquidermo.
    ¿Pasan esas cosas en el mundo real? Bueno, según se mire. En vez de Hipopótamo ponga usted “Holocausto” y observe las reacciones. Como declararon públicamente P. Vidal-Naquet, L. Poliakov y treinta intelectuales franceses:
    “No se puede preguntar cómo fue posible el genocidio. Fue técnicamente posible, porque tuvo lugar. Ése es el punto de partida obligatorio para toda investigación histórica sobre el tema. Nosotros queremos simplemente recordar: no hay discusión sobre la existencia de las cámaras de gas, ni puede llegar a haberla”
    (Le Monde, 21.2.79).
    Aquí entonces, no se admiten discusiones, se cree o se marcha preso. ¿Por qué? En parte por decoro, por no hacer el ridículo. Las discusiones, cuando estaban permitidas, se iban pareciendo a las de Arriba.


    DIALOGO 2. El Holocausto Metafísico

    -Si se hubiera gaseado a tanta gente deberían verse algunas huellas.
    -El gas del Holocausto se disipa y no deja huellas.
    -Quedarían cadáveres.
    -Nada de eso, eran incinerados por completo y las cenizas también desaparecían sin dejar rastros.
    -Pero los crematorios no pueden trabajar de esa manera, se necesitarían millones de toneladas de carbón, que en la guerra era sumamente escaso.
    -En el caso del Holocausto se disponía de ese carbón en depósitos secretos.
    -Un disparate. Además, las chimeneas estarían arrojando humo sin interrupción y se vería en las miles de fotos áreas que los aliados tomaron sobre Auschwitz.
    -Nada de eso, probablemente esos aviones de reconocimiento disponían de un filtro especial que eliminaba el humo.
    -Aún así, se verían en las fotos las sombras que arroja el humo.
    -El humo del Holocausto no arrojaba sombras.
    -¿Pero qué clase de holocausto es ése?

    Etcétera. Por toda Europa las democracias liberales emiten gradualmente leyes de represión que impiden estas discusiones. Castigando las divergencias, salvan el consenso de los demócratas.

    ¿Tiene el valor de seguir leyendo?
    http://revisionismohistorico.ning.com/profiles/blogs/el-hipopotamo-el-esceptico-y

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  4. Y no olvidemos que el numero 6 y millones es un numero especial para la religío judía.

    Tampoco olvidemos qu ene la historia judía y ahí están los libros refieren otros holocaustos en los que murieron, tratando de entender bien las cifras al paso de los tiempos, algo así como mil millones, esto tengo que revisarlo para tampoco emitir datos pero el idea es que hay antecedentes de agrandar eventos.

    Ya ves que ahora algunso científicos creen tener las respuestas a los milagros de Moisés y eso sin olvidar qu epor qué a Moisés fueron dictadas las tablas: sencillo era privilegiado y tenía buena formación cercana al faraón, sabía escribir.

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