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There is no way a non-Jew could say what I did in 'The Holocaust Industry' without being labelled a Holocaust denier. I am labelled a Holocaust denier, too.
Norman Finkelstein
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Norman Finkelstein
Age: 70
Born: 1953
Born: December 8
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I focus on my work. If I let myself get distracted by the insults and slanders I wouldn't get anything substantive done.
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