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Denying History: Who Says the Holocaust Never Happened and Why Do They Say It? (S. Mark Taper Foundation Imprint in Jewish Studies)
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 296
EAN: 9780520234697
Edition: 1
ISBN: 0520234693
Label: University of California Press
Manufacturer: University of California Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 330
Publication Date: May 03, 2002
Publisher: University of California Press
Studio: University of California Press
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Amazon.com Review:
Denying History is a courageous and accessible study of "a looking-glass world where black is white, up is down, and the normal rules of reason no longer apply." Authors Michael Shermer and Alex Grobman have immersed themselves in the conferences, literature, and Web culture of Holocaust deniers; they have engaged the pseudo-historians in debate; and they have visited the concentration camps in Europe to investigate the truth of what happened there. Denying History presents Shermer and Grobman's findings. The book refutes, in detail, the Holocaust deniers' claims, and it demonstrates conclusively that the Holocaust did happen.It also explores the fundamental historical issue in all debates over the truth of the Holocaust: the question of "how we know that any past event happened." Thus, Denying History is a doubly useful book; it sets the record straight on one of history's most terrible events, and it instructs readers in the scientific, logical, and historiographical principles that can help us make wise judgments about history on our own. --Michael Joseph Gross
Product Description:
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." They have conducted personal interviews with the deniers, read their literature, monitored their Web sites, attended their conferences, engaged them in debate, and even traveled around Europe to conduct research at the Nazi extermination camps. Uncovering a complex social movement, the authors go much deeper than ever before in not only trying to understand the motives of the Holocaust deniers, but also refuting their points one by one. 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.
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An excellent resource for those interested in gaining a better understanding of the events of the Holocaust. Very helpful in explaining how to deal with the deniers and refute their false claims. I am a public tour guide for a Holocaust Museum, and need to be prepared to handle some of the misinformation and disbeliefs held by so many folks. This is not a "how to" guide, but rather a detailed look at the arguments presented by the deniers, and how a convergence of facts can provide a true and ... Read More
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I bought this book with the hopes to find a well documented book refuting Holocaust deniers. I was disappointed. The part where they actually attack the denier's arguments, are very short and exclude several of the misunderstandings about the Holocaust, like the crematories, and just include the most popular ones.
Their explanation of historiography, however, was a great add. As well as the difference between revisionism and denial. Most deniers should really read that part. Buy this ... Read More
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"Denying History" is best seen as a case study of historiography; the authors' take on the issue of defining the difference between history, revision, and denial. Shermer and Grobman argue that there is a very real difference between revisionism and denial, and that, despite arguments to the contrary, Holocaust deniers' are engaged in exactly that - denial.
The book gets into many of the relevant issues of historiography; bias, what are facts, the interpretation of facts, etc. and applies ... Read More
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While this book started out a bit slowly, by the end I was hooked and couldn't put it down.
Sadly, I don't think this book will convince Holocaust deniers, although not through any fault of its own. Most will write it off as an attack, not bother to read it, or claim that it didn't "prove" the Holocaust while they refuse to accept any evidence that does not perfectly dovetail with their theory.
Still, as someone who has no doubt that the Holocaust happened, it was a good look ... Read More
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This book delves into a creepy subject but as usual with the subject of Holocaust Denial it does NOT seek to refute the Holocaust Deniers- rather it tries (again as usual) to make the Deniers the subject. There is little head on argument or discussion of the supposedly outlandish claims of Deniers. This book should have been all about the historiography of the Holocaust- this would have gone a long way to actually rebutting the points that Deniers always make (points about actual numbers and mechanics and ... Read More
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