Denial of the Denial, or the Battle of Auschwitz: Debates about the Demography and Geopolitics of the Holocaust

Published by Academic Studies Press 2011

Denial of the Denial, or the Battle of Auschwitz

Debates about the Demography and Geopolitics of the Holocaust

Edited by: Alfred Kokh and Pavel Polian

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781618111197

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Over the decades, the Holocaust has remained a critical issue both historically and politically. This is due to the modernization of anti-Semitism in the West, where accusations of ritual murder have long been passé and claims that the Holocaust was a hoax are de riguer, and to the government sanctions of anti-Semitism in the East in countries such as Iran. The purely scholarly problem of determining the number of victims, like other aspects of demography related to the Holocaust, have suddenly become closely embroiled in geopolitics and the phenomenon of Holocaust denial, which is now a context that has been forced upon it. This book is imbued with these connections and interrelationships. Avraham, Wolfgang Benz, Sergio Della Pergola, Mark Kupovetsky, Dieter Pohl, Aron Shneer, and the editors contribute their voices to the topic.

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Alfred Kokh (PhD St. Petersburg School of Economics) is an economist, politician, businessman and journalist. From 1987 to 1990 he worked as a professor of economics, and then in 1990-1997 joined government service as a member of the cabinet from 1993-1997. He led the election company for the liberal block in 2003. After leaving the state service, he was the head of a few major companies, including the NTV television company and Gazprom-Media. Kokh is the author of The Selling of the Soviet Empire: Politics & Economics of Russia’s Privatization-Revelations of the Principal Insider (1998), Privatization in a Russian Way (in Russian, with A. Chubais, M. Boiko, D. Vasiliev and others, 1999), Case of Vodka (with Igor Svinarenko, 2003-2005), and many articles in Russian periodicals.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	v
FROM THE EDITORS Alfred Kokh and Pavel Polian Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
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A DENIAL OF DENIAL Alfred Kokh Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
THE DENIAL OF THE HOLOCAUST AND ITS GEOPOLITICS Pavel Polian Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	6
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THE DEMOGRAPHY OF POST-SOVIET JEWRY. GLOBAL AND LOCAL CONTEXTS Sergio Della Pergola Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	85
THE DIMESIONS OF THE HOLOCAUST Wolfgang Benz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	102
JUST HOW MANY? ON THE DEATH TOLL OF JEWISH VICTIMS OF NAZI CRIMES Dieter Pohl Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	129
JEWISH POPULATION LOSSES DURING WORLD WAR II WITHIN THE PREWAR (SEPTEMBER 1939) AND POSTWAR BORDERS OF THE USSR Mark Kupovetsky Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	149
THE HALL OF NAMES AND THE CENTRAL DATA BASE OF SHOAH VICTIMS’ NAMES Alexander Avraham Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	171
THE HOLOCAUST IN LATVIA ACCORDING TO THE MATERIALS OF THE “HALL OF NAMES” YAD VASHEM. “PAGES OF TESTIMONY” AS A SOURCE FOR THE RESEARCH OF THE HOLOCAUST IN LATVIA Aron Shneer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	183
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THE DEMOGRAPHY AND STATISTICS OF THE HOLOCAUST Pavel Polyan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	201
Afterword. THE TRIAL OVER THE SIX MILLION Alfred Kokh Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	278
AFTERWORD TO THE ENGLISH EDITION Pavel Polyan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	296
APPENDICIES
Appendix 1. Selected Bibliography on Holocaust Denial Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	305
Appendix 2. The First Soviet Estimates of the Victims of the Auschwitz Death Camp Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	319
Appendix 3. Europe’s Dead and Killed Jews by Countries and Categories: Different Estimates Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	340

Language: English
Publisher: Academic Studies Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;General/trade;
Pages
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Published: September 1, 2011
ISBN: 9781618111197