The Holocaust Dogma of Judaism: Keystone
of the New World Order, by Ben Weintraub and Robert L. Brock, 1995.
Softcover. 198 pages. Notes. $15.00.
Reviewed by Richard Widmann
Ben Weintraub and editor Robert Brock pose an interesting hypothesis:
that the holocaust has no historical foundation but rather is established
as religious dogma with its origins in the ancient documents of Judaism.
It is this "holocaust religion" which is replacing the tenets of Christianity
as a sort of new age religion. Wientraub argues that the holocaust religion
is the an anti-Christian religion of the New World Order propped up
and supported by the United Nations and others.
From this beginning, the book offers a broad conspiracy plot that would
make Oliver Stone blush. Rather than drawing clear lines from various
events or people cited, Weintraub / Brock serve up an endless stream
of unrelated quotations. At times these quotes seem to have been chosen
almost at random. They range from those which directly pertain to the
topic, like Prof. Faurisson's comments to the 11th International Revisionist
Conference, to the inane, quotes from a biography of Jackie Gleason,
The Great One: The Life and Legend of Jackie Gleason.
Certainly having bitten off more than he could chew, Weintraub / Brock
weave a strange tapestry of numerology, creationism, revisionism, and
various conspiracy theories. Few readers will follow the loose connections
of Weintraub's thought. At times the material is refreshing and new
but at other times, the material is unrelated and off topic. The confusion
caused by the strange quotations throughout the volume is compounded
by blatant errors of fact and misleading statements.
One terribly misleading statement regards the late David McCalden.
Weintraub claims,
"McCalden was definitely on to something in questioning the [Simon
Wiesenthal] Center's mob ties. Maybe that's why he died young, shortly
after these allegations, as did the Phoenix reporter, Don Bolles,
who was blown up in 1976 while working on [Walter] Mondale's ties
to the mob." (p. 116)
In reality, the Simon Wiesenthal Center had nothing to do with McCalden's
death. McCalden died from AIDS in 1990.
Weibtraub also errs when commenting about David Irving. He writes,
"Possibly the greatest living British historian is the former naval
officer David Irving." (p.154) In truth, it was Irving's father who
served in the Royal Navy as a lieutenant-commander, not David Irving.
These annoying errors are compounded by outrageous statements uttered
as if they were factual. Weintraub / Brock claim, for example, that
Hinduism has infiltrated American schools and that during "rest time
or story time ... innocent children are taken on 'trips' to find gurus
and hidden masters." (p.157)
When all else fails for Weintraub / Brock, he falls back on the infamous,
Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion. The Protocols
are quoted throughout the volume. At one point it is claimed that the
"United Nations is ...super government mentioned in The Protocols
of the Learned Elders of Zion, promulgated at Zionist congresses
between 1897 and 1905." (p.150) Weintraub / Brock go on to make crazy
claims which make the Protocols pale in comparison. One
such outrageous claim is that a "communist-alien Jewish doctor... working
through the World Health Organization of the United Nations... manufactured
[AIDS] from a sheep virus ... and deliberately injected [the AIDS virus]
into a prison homosexual population." (p.112)
This volume does serve a few valuable functions. It lists many sources
and includes full mailing addresses. This huge list can provide readers
with many otherwise hard to find organizations, publishers, and books.
There are also a number of interesting appendixes, including one of
Revisionist books available in English. This large list includes many
rare and unusual titles. The final appendix is an English translation
of Reinhold Elstner's Last Testament. Elstner was the German citizen
who immolated himself in April of 1995. This is a valuable document
and well-worth reading.
Despite these few high points, the books falls far short of its target.
Suffering from Christian fundamentalism and delusional paranoia, this
book takes an interesting idea and relegates it to the world of the
bizarre and the unbelievable.
Note: This volume can be purchased from: "Cosmo Publishing", PO Box
15248, Washington, D.C. 20003, USA for $15.00.
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