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By Richard A. Widmann ∙ January 1, 1997
Death Dealer: The Memoirs of the SS Kommandant at Auschwitz, by Rudolf Höss. Steven Paskuly, ed., Andrew Pollinger, trans., with a foreword by Primo Levi. Da Capo Press, New York. 1996. Softcover. 390 pages. Notes. $15.95. This volume of the memoirs of Rudolf Höss is flawed by the editor's refusal to objectively present the material….
By Richard A. Widmann ∙ January 3, 1997
A recent issue of TV Guide (Feb 22, 1997) featured a review of the film, Schindler's List by well-known movie reviewer, Gene Siskel. Siskel's article, entitled, Schindler's List: Cut, but no Commercials is a fine example on a small scale, of how the mystification surrounding the Holocaust story breeds confusion and self-delusion among adepts and…
By Edmund Rucinski ∙ September 10, 1996
In Greenpoint, N.Y., on June 7, 1996, Zbigniew Romaniuk was the main speaker in a forum addressing issues raised by the PBS production of Shtetl. Very interesting facts were brought to light about the production. Within the discussion there was also presented an historical overview of Jewish anti-Polonism, but that topic is beyond the scope…
By Henri Roques ∙ January 8, 1996
Florent Brayard, Comment l'idée vint à M. Rassinier. Naissance du révisionnisme. Préface by Pierre Vidal-Naquet, Paris, Fayard, 1996, 464 p., ISBN : 2-213-59507-0, 160 F ttc. Mr. Brayard is a lucky student. After his Master's degree dissertation at the University of Nancy II, he was awarded a prize at the School of Advanced Studies in…
By Dana I. Alvi ∙ August 12, 1996
Webster's Dictionary defines the word “anthology” as: “collection of poems, stories, etc.” The book Anthology on Armed Jewish Resistance 1939-1945 (1986 Second Revised Edition) by Isaac Kowalski, (ISBN 0-9613219-0-3) is made up of stories of valor, various claims and charges, some anonymous, most fantastic. Nothing in this 650 page book is authenticated. Not a single…
By Dana I. Alvi ∙ August 12, 1996
Below is our response to the US News & World Report (USN&WR) article of July 8, 1996 and The New York Times (NYT) autobiographical article by Yaffa Eliach of August 6, 1996. Only the USN&WR article is copied below, the NYT is very long, current and easily available to anyone interested. USN&WR in its July…
By The TransCyberian Express ∙ January 4, 1996
The controversial syndicated columnist Joseph Sobran once suggested The New York Times ought to be renamed or subtitled “The Holocaust Update” because of its Holocaustocentric tendencies. I wonder if that label mightn't be more fittingly applied to The Globe and Mail, which bills itself as “Canada's National Newspaper.” Take the Friday, March 15 [1996] issue…
By Michael A. Hoffman, Alan R. Critchley ∙ January 1, 1994
Hollywood illusionist Steven Spielberg's mendacious anti-German libel, Schindler's List, is based upon a novel, that is to say, a work of fiction, titled in its first edition, Schindler's Ark, by the Australian writer Thomas Keneally (the book's name was later altered to coincide with the title of the movie). Keneally's work is riddled with errors….
By Charles E. Weber ∙ January 1, 1987
The Nazi Doctors: Medical Killing and the Psychology of Genocide, Robert Jay Lifton, New York: Basic Books Inc., 1986. xiii+561 pages. $19.95 The Nazi Doctors is divided into three main parts entitled “Life Unworthy of Life” (pp. 22-144; Chapters 1-6), “Auschwitz: The Racial Cure” (pp. 148-414; Chapter 7-18) and “The Psychology of Genocide” (pp. 417-500;…
By Mark Weber ∙ January 1, 1989
The front cover also bears the inscriptions: “This book was produced with the assistance and cooperation of the International Center for Holocaust Studies of the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith./OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE.” U.S. Government Printing Office, 1988 (207-121-814/80028). 96 pages, 27.6 x 21 centimeters. 27 illustrations plus two maps. Although reviewers customarily…
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