FORUM, July 17, 2000

Quiz Holocaust historian Norman Finkelstein

Put your questions to author Norman Finkelstein who argues in his explosive new book that Holocaust remembrance has been exploited by the Jewish establishment.

JEWISH American historian Norman Finkelstein argues in his explosive new book, "The Holocaust Industry: Reflections on the Exploitation of Jewish Suffering" that Holocaust remembrance has been exploited by the Jewish establishment.

In his book he contends that a greater threat to the memory of the Holocaust than Holocaust deniers is what he calls 'The Holocaust Industry'.

He accuses those who exploit the Holocaust of telling lies and of naked greed. He argues that the ruthless industrialisation of the Holocaust has encouraged the rebirth of anti-semitism in Europe and the United States.

The son of survivors of the Warsaw ghetto and concentration camps, he says, "I do care about the memory of my family's persecution. The current campaign of the Holocaust industry to extort money from Europe in the name of "needy Holocaust victims" has shrunk the moral stature of their martyrdom to that of a Monte Carlo casino."

You can put your questions to Norman Finkelstein in our LIVE broadcast on July 18th at 1500 GMT (1600 BST). You can e-mail your question now using the form below.

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