revision
05-31-2009, 08:56 AM
E. Michael JONES
L'affaire Williamson : The Church and Holocaust Denial
http://www.vho.org/aaargh/fran/livres9/CulWarsWilliam.pdf
Culture Wars, 22 May 2009, <pdf>, 14 p. 150K
As the volume of the outcry increased, Vatican resolve began to crumble, and comment began to proliferate, making a bad situation worse. As if to show that Rome could shoot itself in the foot without the help of the Washington Post, L'Osservatore Romano published an article by Anna Foa, a Jewish professor of history at the University of Rome "La Sapienza," on the topic of "Negazionismo," the Italian term for Holocaust denial. Foa's article, "Antisemitism is the only motive of the Deniers," was so apodictic it made papal bulls look like models of empirical induction by comparison.
In contrast to the measured approach of Raul Hilberg, the Jewish dean of Holocaust studies, Foa, offering no evidence other than her ability as a mind reader, dismissed David Irving's credentials as an historian. She went on to claim that "Anti-Jewish hatred is at the origin of this denial... There is only one motive, one intention, behind denial of the Holocaust: antisemtism. All the rest is lies."
L'affaire Williamson : The Church and Holocaust Denial
http://www.vho.org/aaargh/fran/livres9/CulWarsWilliam.pdf
Culture Wars, 22 May 2009, <pdf>, 14 p. 150K
As the volume of the outcry increased, Vatican resolve began to crumble, and comment began to proliferate, making a bad situation worse. As if to show that Rome could shoot itself in the foot without the help of the Washington Post, L'Osservatore Romano published an article by Anna Foa, a Jewish professor of history at the University of Rome "La Sapienza," on the topic of "Negazionismo," the Italian term for Holocaust denial. Foa's article, "Antisemitism is the only motive of the Deniers," was so apodictic it made papal bulls look like models of empirical induction by comparison.
In contrast to the measured approach of Raul Hilberg, the Jewish dean of Holocaust studies, Foa, offering no evidence other than her ability as a mind reader, dismissed David Irving's credentials as an historian. She went on to claim that "Anti-Jewish hatred is at the origin of this denial... There is only one motive, one intention, behind denial of the Holocaust: antisemtism. All the rest is lies."