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"The book's thesis is that nothing human, natural or divine guarantees respect for the ethical values and commitments that are most needed in contemporary human existence, but nothing is more important than our commitment to defend them, for they remain as fundamental as they are fragile, as precious as they are endangered."--Jacket.

Presents critical essays on "The Diary of Anne Frank" and includes a chronology, a bibliography, and an introduction by critic Harold Bloom.

In this provocative book, Goldberg launches a bold attack on what he calls the "Holocaust cult," challenging Jews to return to a deeper, richer sense of purpose. He argues that this cult - with shrines like the U.S. Holocaust Museum, high priests such as Elie Wiesel, and rites like UJA death camp pilgrimages - is deeply destructive of Jewish identity. As the current "master story" of Judaism, Goldberg writes, the Holocaust has been used to depict...

The author examines three of the Holocaust's most emblematic figures- Anne Frank, Adolf Eichmann, and Oskar Schindler and three of the Holocaust's most visited sites- Auschwitz, Yad Vashem, and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. To show how the Holocaust has become a Mass-Marketed production.

"More than half a century after World War II, Germany and France still struggle to understand the Holocaust and to confront their roles in the tragedy. Through an interpretation of a wide array of contemporary cultural texts - including memorials and memorial sites, museums and exhibits, national commemorations, books, and films - Caroline Wiedmer traces the evolution of an often conflicted postwar politics of memory in these two nations. Her provocative...