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But let's rejoice: L'Chaim! Truly it is comforting to know that, 90 years after the end of World War II and probably long after many subscribers to this website (including yours truly) will be dead, tens of thousands of Holocaust victims will still be alive. . .quoteend -- Norman Finkelstein

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Extraordinary Longevity of Holocaust survivors

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June 12, 1999

From: Norman Finkelstein

List Editor: Jim Mott

Wednesday, September 27, 3000

AMID the distressing news in today's Washington Post of yet another Holocaust hoaxer unmasked, I wanted to pass on some good tidings. I've spent the past few days reading the distribution plan Judah Gribetz proposed for the Swiss monies. In appendix C, "Demographics of 'Victim or Target' Groups," Gribetz cites a publication commissioned by the Jewish Claims Conference: Ukeles Associates, Inc., Paper #2: An Estimate of the Current Distribution of Victims of Nazi Persecution (June 28, 2000). The remarkable passage reads:

According to Ukeles, the population of Nazi victims is declining more slowly than previously believed. Ukeles posits that a fairly substantial number of Jewish Nazi victims may live for at least another 20 years and that, 30-35 years from now, tens of thousands of Jewish Nazi victims are likely to be alive. (p. C-13)

It now seems that "needy Holocaust victims" weren't "dying everyday," as the Holocaust industry solemnly intoned during the shakedown of the Swiss. Indeed, the World Jewish Congress must -- reluctantly, no doubt -- withhold a large chunk of the compensation monies because Holocaust victims will yet be around for many decades to come. But let's rejoice: L'Chaim! Truly it is comforting to know that, 90 years after the end of World War II and probably long after many subscribers to this website (including yours truly) will be dead, tens of thousands of Holocaust victims will still be alive . . .

Best, Norman G. Finkelstein

 

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