連載:シオニスト『ガス室』謀略の周辺事態 (その55)

ドイツのテレビ局がホロコースト産業批判のドキュメンタリーを中止

2001.2.20.mail再録。

 以下、抄訳とAP原文です。

2001年2月5日; AP
月曜日12:40PM東部標準時:
ヴァネッサ・ゲラ
ベルリン(AP)

 ドイツのテレビ局の一つが、月曜日、明らかに、番組がユダヤ人に対する反感を増幅すると看做されると恐れて、アメリカ人によるホロコーストの損害賠償運動に対する批判のドキュメンタリーの放送を、中止すると発表した。

(自らがユダヤ人であり、親がナチ収容所にいたこともある歴史家、)ノーマン・フィンケルシュタインは、著書、『ホロコースト産業』によって、ユダヤ人のエリートが彼ら自身の「影響力と利益」のために第二次世界大戦の間に苦しんだ人々を利用していると論じており、損害賠償の請求を「法外な脅迫」と批判している。

 影響力がある保守派の新聞、『フランクフルト・アルゲマイネ』は、この中止決定を、ソビエト時代の検閲に例えた。

 フィンケルシュタインは、ユダヤ人が、イスラエルの立場を強化し、パレスチナ人に対するイスラエルの処置への批判を免除するために、ホロコーストを「利用」していると主張している。

German station pulls documentary on Holocaust critic

February 5, 2001;
Monday 12:40 PM Eastern Time
Associated Press
BY: VANESSA GERA
BERLIN (AP)

A German TV station said Monday it has put off broadcasting a documentary on an American critic of Holocaust restitution, apparently out of fear the program could be seen as promoting anti-Jewish views.

Officials at Suedwestrundfunk, a regional broadcaster serving southwestern Germany, said station executives pulled the documentary on author Norman Finkelstein's theories at short notice and asked the London-based producer, Tina Mendelsohn, to make changes.

The show had been scheduled to air Monday night. Finkelstein's controversial book ''The Holocaust Industry'' argues that Jewish elites exploit those who suffered during World War II for their own ''power and profit.'' He has described the attempt to gain compensation for Holocaust victims as an ''extortion racket.''

The son of Holocaust survivors, Finkelstein has been criticized by some as a ''self-hating Jew.'' In its original version, the documentary features Finkelstein, supporters and opponents of his views as well as a brief opening clip of Nazi propaganda chief Joseph Goebbels. The station said the show might ''trigger unintended effects,'' indicating it was worried that it might be seen as encouraging extreme-right views in Germany. SWR co-producer Martina Zoellner said the station was asking for changes to the film and would show it at a later date, but that details were still being discussed.

An influential conservative newspaper, Frankfurter Allgemeine, likened the decision to Soviet-era censorship. Finkelstein is due to promote the German translation of his book in Germany this week. He claims that Holocaust memory has developed into an industry which in turn encourages anti-Semites and Holocaust deniers. He also claims that Jews ''use'' the Holocaust to enhance Israel's status and create immunity against criticism of Israeli treatment of Palestinians.

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