From Empathy to Denial: Arab Responses by the Holocaust by Ester Webman and Meir Litvak (from Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies Reading Discussion Group)

The second meeting of the CHGS Reading Discussion Group was held on February 15th, 2011. The book discussed was From Empathy to Denial: Arab Responses to the Holocaust by Ester Webman and Meir Litvak. Below are some talking points and questions that were generated through the discussion. Please feel free to comment on any or all of the points.

A paradigm shift in Holocaust denial
? Denial in the Arab world - ideologies imported from European/North American deniers
Ex. Western deniers ... Pencil Pen Car Cars Bicycle