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Holocaust-Denial Literature: a Third Bibliography City University of New York (CUNY) CUNY Academic Works Publications and Research York College 1998 Holocaust-Denial Literature: A Third Bibliography John A. Drobnicki CUNY York College How does access to this work benefit ou?y Let us know! More information about this work at: https://academicworks.cuny.edu/yc_pubs/26 Discover additional works at: https://academicworks.cuny.edu This work is made publicly available by the City University of New York (CUNY). Contact: [email protected] Holocaust-Denial Literature: A Third Bibliography John A. Drobnicki This bibliography is a supplement to two earlier ones published in the March 1994 and Decem- ber 1996 issues of the Bulletin of Bibliography. During the intervening time, Holocaust revision- ism has continued to be discussed in both the scholarly literature and the mainstream press. The Holocaust deniers, who prefer to call themselves “revisionists” in an attempt to gain scholarly le- gitimacy, have refused to go away and remain as vocal as ever— Bradley R. Smith has contin- ued to send revisionist advertisements to college newspapers, generating publicity for his cause. Holocaust-denial, which will be used interchangeably with Holocaust revisionism in this bib- liography, is a body of literature that seeks to “prove” that the Jewish Holocaust did not hap- pen. Although individual revisionists may have different motives and beliefs, they all share at least one point: that there was no systematic attempt by Nazi Germany to exterminate Euro- pean Jewry. Hence, they claim that the Holocaust is a “hoax” perpetrated by Jews (“Zionists”) in an attempt to blackmail the rest of the world for sympathy, money, and legitimacy for the state of Israel. This bibliography includes both works abouf Holocaust revisionism and works omolocaust revisionism. Although Holocaust deniers write in many languages, the scope of this project (as with the two previous articles) has been limited to works in English, and Internet addresses (URLs) are provided for materials that are available on-line. Readers should bear in mind that, because of its unstable nature, Internet addresses often change: URLs were accurate and op- erative at the time this project was submitted for publication. While this bibliography has been divided into many subject areas, it is acknowledged that many of the entries cross several cat- egories, especially the works in the “General Overview” section. GENERAL OVERVIEW O'Connor, and Robert P. Welker. New York: New York University Press, 1996, 70-82. American Historical Association (AHA). "Statement on Buckler, Steve. “Historical Narrative, Identity and the Holocaust Denial [Dec. 1991]." Originally published Holocaust." History of the Human Sciences 9 (Nov. in the AHA's Perspectives newsletter, this statement 1996): 1-20. is available on the Internet at http://chnm.gmu.edu/ Cargas, Harry James. “Revisionism and Theology: Two aha/persp/announce/holodeny. html. Sides of the Same Coin?" In Contemporary Christ- Anti-Semitism Worldwide. Tel Aviv: Tel Aviv University ian Religious Responses to the Shoah. Ed. Steven Project for the Study of Anti-Semitism, 1993- . The L. Jacobs. New York: University Press of America, latest edition of this biennial report is currently avail- 1993,2-13. able on the Internet at http://www.tau.ac.il/Anti- Charny, Israel W. “The Psychology of Denial of Known Semitism/report. html. Genocides." In Genocide: A Critical Bibliographic Becker, Hershel. “Focus on Holocaust Revisionism: Review. Vol. 2. Ed. Israel Charny. New York: Facts Fighting Ignorance of History . and of Emuna.” on File, 1 991,3-37. Jewish Observer27 (Oct. 1994): 19-21. Chuman, Joseph. "The Sordid Campaign to Deny the Bennett, Barry. "The Holocaust: Denial and Memory." Holocaust.” Humanistic Judaism 23 (Winter 1995): The Humanists? (May/June 1997): 6-8. 34-40. Berger, Alan L. “Domesticating the Holocaust." Australian Churchill, Ward. A Little Matter of Genocide: Holocaust Journal of Jewish Studies 7, no. 1 (1993): 134-153. and Denial in the Americas, 1492 to the Present. San Breitman, Richard. “Secrecy and the Final Solution." In Francisco: City Light Books, 1997. Excerpts printed New Perspectives on the Holocaust: A Guide for as “Assaults on Truth and Memory, Part I," Z Maga- Teachers and Scholars. Ed. Rochelle L. Millen with zine 9 (Dec. 1996): 31—37, and “Assaults on Truth Timothy A. Bennett, Jack D. Mann, Joseph E. and Memory, Part II," Z Magazine 10 (Feb. 1997): Bulletin of Bibliography Vol. 55, No. 3 42—47. [The two Z Magazine articles are available on Hartman, Geoffrey H. The Longest Shadow: In the Af- the Internet at httpy/www.lol.shareworldcom/zmag/ termath of the Holocaust. Bloomington: Indiana Uni- articles/dec96churchill.htm and http-J/wmv.hi.share- versity Press, 1996. Several of these essays, world. com/zmag/articles/feb97church. him.] originally presented as the 1994 Helen and Martin Coleman. Sarah. “Holocaust Scholar Says Deniers Stir Schwartz Lectures in Jewish Studies at Indiana Uni- Him to Research.” Jewish Bulletin of Northern Cali- versity, touch upon revisionism. fornia (24 Jan. 1997); 10. Available on the Internet at Holocaust Denial: A Pocket Guide. Rev. and expanded http://www.shamash.org/jb/bk970124/ussays.htm. ed. New York; Anti-Defamation League, 1997. Collette, Lin. “Encountering Holocaust Denial.” Public “Holocaust Moral.” Jerusalem Post [International ed.], Eye 8 (Sept. 1994): 1-6, 8-9, 11-15; archived on 16 Apr. 1996, 6. the Internet at http://www.pubiiceye.org/pra/maga- Huerta, Carlos C. Holocaust Revisionism. DEOMI zine/holodeni.html. Reprinted in Eyes Right! Chal- Special Projects Series Pamphlet 96-2. Washing- lenging the Right Wing Backlash. Ed. Chip Berlet. ton, DC: Research Directorate, Defense Equal Boston; South End Press, 1995, 246-265. Opportunity Management Institute, 1996. Available Curran, Philip Sean. “History on Trial: Holocaust Gets on the Internet at http-J/www.nizkor.org/ftp.cgi/orgs/ Revisionist Treatment.” St. John's Today (14 Apr. american/united-states/department-of-defense/ 1997): 1,8. deomi/. Denial of the Holocaust. Hate Propaganda Information “Karski Tells Audience at Yad Vashem: Ignore the Holo- Series. Downsview, Ontario: League for Human caust Deniers.” Martyrdom and Resistance 23 Rights of B'nai B’rith of Canada, 1987. (Jan.-Feb. 1997): 9. “Deniers Launch Attacks on 'Diary of Anne Frank.’” Kulka, Erich. “Denial of the Holocaust.” In Genocide: A Martyrdom and Resistance 24 (Nov.—Dec. 1997): 14. Critical Bibliographic Review. Vol. 2. Ed. .Israel Dershowitz, Alan. “It’s Time for a Holocaust Video." [Al- Charny. New York: Facts on File, 1 991,38-62. bany] Times Union, 4 Sept. 1995, A6. Lipstadt, Deborah E. “Holocaust Denial and the Media: Diamant, Naomi. “Fighting the Assassins of Memory: Misunderstanding the Nature of Truth.” In Confronting Fifty Years On.” In The Holocaust: Progress and the Holocaust: A Mandate for the 21st Century. Ed. G. Prognosis 1934—1944. Proceedings of the Third Bi- Jan Colijn and Marcia Sachs Littell. Lanham, MD: ennial Conference on Christianity and the Holo- University Press of America, 1997,119-132. caust, Meeting Jointly with the 24th Annual Littell, Franklin H. "A Report on ’Historical Revision- Scholars’ Conference on the Holocaust and the Ger- ism.’ ” In Report of the 1981 International Council man Church Struggle. Lawrenceville, NJ: Julius and Meeting. Jerusalem: Yad Vashem, 1982, 39-58. Dorothy Koppelman Holocaust/Genocide Resource Lukacs, John. “Revising the Twentieth Century.” Amer- Center at Rider University, 1994,43-52; reprinted in ican Heritage 45 (Sept. 1994): 83-87, 89. The Holocaust: Lessons for the Third Generation. MacKenzie, Ian. “Pragmatism, Rhetoric, and History." Ed. Dominick A. lorio, Richard L. Libowitz, and Mar- Poetics Today 16 (Summer 1995): 283-299. cia S. Littell. Lanham, MD: University Press of Amer- Mandelbaum, Yitta Halberstam. “Denying the Holo- ica, 1997, 1-11. caust.” Na'amat Woman 10 (Apr. 1995): 16-19. Drobnicki, John A. “A Response to Mark Weber." Pub- Maxwell, Elisabeth. “Remembering for the Future: The lic and Access Services Quarterly 2, no. 3 (1997): Symbolism of Auschwitz and Vatican II for Our 4 9 -58 . 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