How Zionists Collaborated With & Helped The Nazis In Germany: In Conversation With Jewish Scholar & Author Tony Greenstein
You’d think the media would be falling all over themselves to interview Tony Greenstein. Of course, you’d be mistaken. In a free society that would be true, but not ours.
(Editor’s Note: In the midst of the US/Israeli genocide in Gaza and the very deliberate, cynical campaign to label any criticism of Zionism as antisemitism, you’d think the media would be falling all over themselves to interview Tony Greenstein, who was raised in an Orthodox Jewish family. Of course, you’d be mistaken. In a free society that would be true, but not ours. Understanding this history will be critical to defending our freedom of speech. — Mark Taylor)
“The Holocaust is exploited mercilessly by the Zionists.” — Tony Greenstein
Electronic Intifada Podcast (11/2/22)
On episode 68, we speak with activist and blogger Tony Greenstein, a veteran of the Palestine solidarity movement in the UK, about his new book "Zionism During the Holocaust: The Weaponization of Memory in the Service of State and Nation."
Reviews Of "Zionism During the Holocaust”
"Tony Greenstein offers a comprehensive and incisive analysis of the indissoluble nexus between anti-Semitism and Zionism. This connection is exposed in its ugliest form during the Holocaust. You can trust a courageous and committed fighter against anti-Semitism, such as Tony, to guide us through this particular dark moment when Zionism and antiSemitism interacted in Europe's darkest hour to educate us about its historical manifestations and implications for our time." — Ilan Pappe, Professor of Middle East History, Exeter University
"This book is essential reading. Understanding the politics of the thirties and forties is essential if we are to ensure the horrors of World War Two never happen again. Tony Greenstein's detailed reference to original sources leads to conclusions that cannot be ignored." — Ken Loach, socialist film maker
"In this timely scholarly polemic Tony Greenstein authoritatively demystifies Zionism, convincingly depicting its long obscured and misunderstood connections with anti-Semitism, especially during its horrifying climax in the Holocaust. Essential reading for anyone that wants to understand Israel as a state built upon the premise of Jewish supremacy and sustained by a cruel apartheid regime to deny basic rights to the Palestinian people in their own country." — Richard Falk, Professor of International Law Emeritus, Princeton University and Chair of Global Law, Queen Mary University London
"The present book is about the entire history of this relationship between Zionism and anti-Semitism. Tony's encyclopaedic familiarity with the dispersed relevant publications and his achievement in arranging the vast material in a coherent account are second to none." — Emeritus Professor Moshé Machover, King's College, London University
"This is a work of remarkable historical scholarship and analysis, its subject matter is as telling and relevant today as it ever was.'“ — Dr Derek Summerfield, Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer King's College, University of London
"Greenstein's book, meticulously researched and liberally peppered with quotations from original sources, will make uncomfortable reading for anyone who feels a sneaking sympathy for Zionism.” — Dr. Susan Blackwell, Dept of Languages, Literature and Communication, University of Utrecht
"The historical relationship of Zionism with antisemitic and racist regimes and movements has been an area long neglected by normative research, influenced as it is by Zionist assumptions; this is why Tony Greenstein's book is so crucial, further developing the pioneering work by Lenni Brenner. Greenstein work is epic in scope, shedding light on dark corners, covering an immense historical, geographic, political and discursive arena; It provides an updated, comprehensive account and evaluation of Zionism's complex interrelation with, as well as its uses and abuses of the Holocaust." — Professor Haim Bresheeth, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
"In this substantial, detailed and scrupulously referenced account, the history of Zionist policies and practices before, during and after the Nazi Holocaust is examined in all its awfulness. Greenstein will no doubt be vilified by predictable opponents, but he offers a powerful alternative to the way most people would think about Zionism, given its current status as beyond criticism, on pain of accusations of anti-Semitism.” — Patrick Williams, Emeritus Professor, Nottingham Trent University
What I intend to suggest will smack of pandering to the illiterate masses. I am pandering because I know, not believe, I know so few people read anymore and are quite proud of that fact. Here is the pander, ‘For one week remove one or two vital sentences from the book and place them in a balloon above your article of the day. People will read one sentence balloons. In a time when people don’t know who fought in world war ll, don’t know which war came first 1 or ll, don’t believe the holocaust happened when you have Senator Marjorie Taylor Greene really telling people that during the ice age people were not complaining about paying taxes or global warming’ We need balloons. This is an important book.