Chanes writes: Raul Hilberg's "The Destruction of the European Jews" is presented as the "definitive" history of the Holocaust. "Definitive"? To whom? Yes, the book, a truly comprehensive early effort, was the first to have facts and figures, but it is deeply flawed.
Lies and Provocation
How We Should Approach Holocaust Memoir and Fiction
By Jerome A. Chanes
Published December 17, 2010, issue of December 31, 2010.
A Thousand Darknesses: Lies and Truth in Holocaust Fiction
By Ruth Franklin
Oxford University Press, 272 pages, $29.95
Peace.
Michael Santomauro
@ 917-974-6367
What sort of TRUTH is it that crushes the freedom to seek the truth?
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