From empathy to denial : Arab responses to the Holocaust / Meir Litvak and Esther Webman.

Author/creator Litvak, Meir
Other author Webman, Esther.
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Columbia University Press, ©2009.
Descriptionviii, 435 pages ; 22 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Electronic LocationInhaltsverzeichnis
Subjects
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Public opinion.
Jews--Public opinion.
Zionism--Public opinion.
Public opinion--Arab countries.
Arabs--Attitudes.
Antisemitism--Arab countries.
Arab countries--Ethnic relations.

Portion of title Arab responses to the Holocaust
Contents Reluctantly involved "bystanders," 1945-48 -- The reparations agreement between Germany and Israel, 1951-53 -- The Eichmann Affair, May 1960 to May 1962 -- Arab views on the Catholic Church and the Holocaust -- Denial of the Holocaust -- The unfinished job--justification of the Holocaust -- The equation of Zionism with Nazism -- The alleged Nazi-Zionist cooperation -- Arab retrospective perceptions of Nazi Germany -- The Palestinian catastrophe (Nakba) versus the Holocaust -- Breaking taboos: the new Arab discourse on the Holocaust.
Abstract "Based on years of research conducted mostly in Arabic sources, Meir Litvak and Ester Webman track the evolution of post-World War II perceptions of the Holocaust and their parallel emergence in the wake of the Arab-Israeli conflict of 1948. Following the establishment of the State of Israel, Arab attitudes toward the Holocaust became entangled with broader anti-Zionist and anti-Semitic sentiments. Litvak and Webman track this discourse through the work of leading intellectuals and turn to representations of the Holocaust in the media and culture of Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan, and among the Palestinian people. Their chronological history, which spans sixty years, provides a remarkable perspective on the origins, development, and tenaciousness of anti-Holocaust belief"--Publisher's description.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 393-[416]) and index.
LCCN 2008028881
ISBN9780231700740 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0231700741 (cloth : alk. paper)