Denying history : Who says the Holocaust never happened and why do they say it? / Michael Shermer & Alex Grobman ; foreword by Arthur Hertzberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shermer, Michael, author.

Series:

S. Mark Taper Foundation imprint in Jewish studies.

The S. Mark Taper Foundation imprint in Jewish studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Holocaust denial.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (360 p.)

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, California : University of California Press, [2000]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Denying History takes a bold and in-depth look at those who say the Holocaust never happened and explores the motivations behind such claims. While most commentators have dismissed the Holocaust deniers as antisemitic neo-Nazi thugs who do not deserve a response, historians Michael Shermer and Alex Grobman have immersed themselves in the minds and culture of these Holocaust "revisionists." In the process, they show how we can be certain that the Holocaust happened and, for that matter, how we can confirm any historical event. This edition is expanded with a new chapter and epilogue examining current, shockingly mainstream revisionism.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Illustrations

Foreword

A Note on Terminology

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Who Speaks for the Past?

PART I • FREE SPEECH AND HISTORY

1. Giving the Devil His Due

z. The Noble Dream

PART II • INSIDE THE DENIAL MOVEMENT

3. Who Says the Holocaust Never Happened?

4. Why They Say the Holocaust Never Happened

5. How Deniers Distort History

PART III • ARGUMENTS AND REFUTATIONS

6. The Crooked Timber of Auschwitz

7. "For God's Sake—Terrible"

8. The Evil of Banality

PART IV • TRUTH AND HISTORY

9. The Rape of History

10. The New Revisionism

Epilogue: Enigma: The Faustian Bargain of David Irving

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 25. Nov 2020)

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780520944091

0520944097

OCLC:

1224279353