abuse of Holocaust memory: distortions and responses

A study of the myriad of
ways in which the memory of the genocide of the Jews during World War II is being manipulated and distorted in modern discourse. This volume demonstrates that words do matter, and especially language and symbolism surrounding the Holocaust. Draws our attention to one of the most pernicious aspects of the contemporary debates surrounding the Shoah: the unrelenting attempts to lessen, distort, deny, or relativize the meaning of this greatest tragedy in human history