the holocaust was instructed. that move in the last several years, they have performed, made progress. there is now a page on their website. they are putting in information. i believe -- what was your involvement in pressuring the museum to come clean? >> at the time of was executive director of the international council, and i have asked peter black who was, i don't know if he still is, the chief historian. no relation. >> i went to the museum and ask him some questions. he denied any responsibility of the multi and the nazis and north africa which is just not true. >> what happened there after? this movement. >> we sent a press release calling for his firing. refuse to speak with us about the topic. he basically shut the door. you know, the holocaust museum mission statement is about the shell law in europe. did not mention anything in north africa. >> okay. and by the way, if anyone in congress to accept your cost? >> came with the international synagogue and basically said on stage along with rabbi weiss that

holocaust -- whether the u.s. holocaust museum has consciously obstructed information about this topic. well, the answer is, of course, yes. and many people in this organization of survivors know how difficult it has been to get the management of the museum to be truthful and cooperative on many issues. in the -- i believe it was five years ago that there was an attempt to get recognition of the farhud. this man was involved, many other scholars were involved, and the holocaust museum put a stop to it by sending out e-mails to all the other holocaust museums because their narrative was that the, that the holocaust experience, hitler's war against the jews, was a european experience. i'm sure you all know the book, "destruction of the european jewelry." but that does not mean that just miles south of there that jews were not destroyed in belgrade, which was, of course, the first jewish free city. horrible concentration camps in the north of africa. i always have to say that many jews who survivorred the holocaust i

and the final chapter on the holocaust, i.t. with the death facilities in occupied poland, starting with belgian because the germans were initially going to be carried out government who executed in poland and was also in charge of concrete planning in the soviet union. one can see how the germans fell back from their more ambitious plans of killing tens of millions and became much more resized against a more specific group, namely the jews by focusing on the lint in 1940, 41, 42, which is what i do. i described what happened, where some 2.8 million jews were cast. if we take together numbers of jews who were shot and gas, the total number by the germans or something like 5.4 million, another 300,000 were killed by romanians. the final chapter of the book deals with uprising. during the warsaw uprising and actions unrelated to combat, germans killed at least 120,000 civilians in the early days of august 1944, they were shooting several thousand civilians a day and actions which were totally unrelated to combat. to conclude the b

and that is the imbalance of holocaust photography. we must remember that most of the photographs that we see of the holocaust, a clear majority of them are from the perception of the nazis. and this is also a photo taken from an advantage point of nazis. this is a racist, and it's initial interpretation a racist photo. that should be very clear. >> when did this start to become discovered? >> the question of how became iconic is something that i plan to address in an article that i'm writing, so this is work in progress as we say in academia. but i do have a few words to say about that. the photo was actually, to be more accurate the report was presented in the nuremberg trials by chief justice jackson your jackson, the american prosecutor. he aired a few of the photos. i'm not sure whether this one, i think was not aired there. and that turned the album, got the album spotlights. and from there on, the jews -- the jewish survivors who saw the revolt at the time as the one important achievement, so to speak, against the nazis, took ph

a particular test that i apply to holocaust literature is this. what does it say about the other german crimes in eastern europe? they killed more than 3 million soviet prisoners of war. the second largest german war crime. in general this is mentioned very briefly or sometimes not at all but in my view it is important to understand the holocaust and even if i am wrong about that, it strikes me if one were concerned about german war crimes we would want to bring in all of them to check to see if there is some kind of a relationship. the final difficulty has to do with comparison. what i have been edging toward is the argument one has to understand eastern europe and the soviet union to understand the crime germany committed which i like to think is an obvious place but i am afraid it is sent. one of the things that has held us back is comparison to different ways. on the one hand there is a strong tradition of comparison that begins that these regimes are both totalitarian. i have a lot to say about that if it interest you but the problem to note

we are talking about "the farhud: roots of the arab-nazi alliance during the holocaust". in the -- what is the farhud? it is a nazi/arab alliance against the jews of baghdad on june 1st and june 2nd, 1941. this was an attempt to exterminate the jews of baghdad of iraq, did not go the way they planned, and we will explain exactly what happened. the word farhud is actually an iconic symbol for the arab/and not the alliance in the holocaust. how is it a group of people dwelling in a land for 2600 years, the jews of mesopotamia and iraq, 1,000 years before muhammed, came to be considered to be vernon, sub human and were expelled from their own home and subject to efforts to perpetrated genocide. how is that the nazis who were anti-semitic made an alliance with the arabs who are semites? a semite is children of the descendants of noaa. noaa had three sons. those descendants including abraham were semites, the arabs and the jews are difference stems of the abraham treat. how is it that the nazis who hated arabs and semites were able to make an alliance against the british and t

the issue of the lottery and administration is not responsible for the night you're doing and the holocaust began our country was under occupation by definition lightly and i thought at least cannot be responsible for actions of occupants local jewish leaders say that they only want what was stolen to be returned however they realize that this may be difficult with current attitude in latvia while they wish we need the property to solve our social problems and the like developed education culture if it meant say no synagogues and cemeteries of course it's hard to find ours when you need to take back certain property but i hope people will understand and justice will be done a short distance from the capital is the forest where thousands of jews were executed it serves as a poignant memorial to those who lost their lives but in central riga there are equally chilling monuments to the holocaust like this synagogue which was burned to the ground with worshippers still inside over sixty five years after the end of the second world war the burnt out shell of this synagogue serves as a reminder t

in this call for the return of property seized during the 1940's holocaust they accuse the countries of new labeling the war as liberation for the bolsheviks and glorifying to collaborate to justify robbery and murder. all macs and cross talk peter lavelle and his guests discuss huge military spending in the middle east and whether the region actually benefits from it well that's coming your way next. if you still. play. hello and welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle u.s. president barack obama has requested five hundred forty nine billion dollars in military spending for this year a small decrease over last year none the less the global arms business is booming do more arms not less in jane ger the world security obviously events in the middle east are top of mind play and you can.

i'm a child of holocaust survivors myself.i spent the last 20-plus years doing business mostly in the arab world, so i've been crossing through bridges where i've been on my own. i would like to talk about a theme in the book that appears several times that i call missed opportunities, and i, in particular, would like to ask if you can put your reporter's hat back on and talk about a missed opportunity that was not talked about in the book which was the clinton camp david effort, and ask if you could reflect upon that in particular because in my impression, much of what you shift as and blame on missed opportunities goes to the israeli side, and many of my arab friends think the seem is true for that particular event. >> well, i don't write about camp david and kabba and the clinton 2000 effort to get a peace. the book is a memoir, so it's about my childhood, and you know, it's from 1956-1978, but to answer your question, yes, the palestinians, you know, have missed opportunities too repeatedly. the roger's peace plan in 1970

i'm a child of holocaust survivors myself. i spent the last 20 plus years doing my business in the arab world. i have been crossing through bridges quite a bit on my own. i would like to focus on a theme in the book which appears several times which i call missed opportunities. i particularly would like to ask you to put your reporters hat back on and speak about a missed opportunity that i don't think was covered in the book, which was the clinton camp david effort with barak and arafat and ask if you could reflect upon that. in particularly because my impression much of what you shift as the blame for failed -- misses opportunities go to israeli side. and many of my arab friends think that the same is true for that similar event. >> oh. well, i don't write about camp david and tava and the clinton 2000 evident to get a peace. it is -- the book is a memoir, so it's about my childhood. you know, it's from 1956 to 1978 but to answer your question, yes, the palestinians have missed opportunities too. repeatedly. the rogers peace

grew out of the holocaust is in many ways with us today. once again, it's important to keep this discussion completely historic. if anyone trying to draw me into a contemporary discussion, i'm not going to be drawn into it. i'm here only talking about the academic history. i should say that there were more than a dozen volunteers in five countries who helped to research this book. there's a web site for the book called farhudbook.com. farhud is f-a-r-h-u-d, i have my own web site at edwinblack.com and probably more than 1,000 footnotes as we reviewed thousands of archive, the yetish press, arab press, nazi press, nazi diplomatic papers, arab diplomatic papers, and tried to do as thorough of a job. in fact, some of the people who helped me provide the book to you are in the audience today. with that, i'll start reading. and i'd like to get a copy of the book. can we have a copy brought up? so when did the hatred for the jews begin in the muslim world? and why did it last as long as it lasted? well, the history shows us, remember, we're talki

and of course i'm a historian i know very well the holocaust took place but i think such laws are. penalizing criminalizing idiots. are very very detrimental to any kind of free debate because what is it and what is the next thing that has to be determined in court for example who was responsible for the outbreak of the first world war where you could say it was russian or it was england of france or austria austria hungary or the system as such i mean are we then in a few years going to have to have it having to go to courts to determine how to settle historical questions who was responsible for starting. was it the the bolsheviks system was that lennon was it himself or somebody else i mean these things have to be discussed openly in a fair public debates it's not a question for courts to decide thank you very much for your time. the more people we killed the happier our officers were it got to be like a game like to see who could chill the most people and the different ways you could prove maybe peace killed would be i tell you no here's now if you brought back some serious you

denial of course i'm a historian i know very well the holocaust took place. but i think such laws are. penalizing criminalizing idiots. are very very detrimental to any kind of free debate because where is it and what is the next thing that has to be determined in court for example who was responsible for the outbreak of the first world war where you could say was russia it was england of france all austria austria hungary or the system as such i mean are we then in a few years going to have to have it having to go to court to determine how to settle historical questions who was responsible for starting. it was at the post of excess them was said lennon was it himself or somebody else i mean these things have to be discussed openly in a fair public debates it's not a question for courts to decide thank you very much for your time. this is not a theatrical sit. this is a real correctional facility. is there any cultural life behind all this. could transform a criminal into a citizen. and. really revolutionized the penitentiary system. prison. the more people w

collectors, and he steps into his friends ss uniform which ultimately leads to him surviving the holocaust"my best in amigos " has been well-received by critics.l+ i asked -- my best in the me" has been well-received by critics. i asked our film correspondent if it has struck a chord. " when i first heard about this movie, i knew itould be in the film festival, and i thought it was another ponders politically correct look at the holocaust, and we've seen thousands of times before. stories of jewish and arab and friends and so forth. i was worried that it was going to be one of these movies. but what happened halfway through this movie is it takes a turn and becomes a mistaken identity comedy. it is quite clever, quite funny. and i was incredibly impressed with the actor who shows his, the chops in the film. it is a shame it is not in competition because i would like it to win a prize. but at least it is a fresh new look of what has become a tired daughter, the world war ii time a movie. -- retired genre. >> we're halfway through the prizes. what did you seek as coming out as the likely win

many of them had previously denied the holocaust. none of them had ever denounced holocaust denial. by visiting the concentration camps, they displayed a willingness to consider a different view. the trip had a real impact. they prayed together. they sign the messages of peace. many of those messages in the visitors' books were written in arabic. at the end of the trip, they read a statement that their growth and signs together condemning without reservations holocaust denial and all other forms of anti-semitism. the marketplace of ideas worked. these leaders had not been arrested for their previous stance or ordered to remain silent their mosques were not shut down for the state did not compel them with force. others appealed to them with facts. their speech was dealt with through the speech of others. the united states does restrict certain kinds of speech in accordance with the rule of law and our international obligations. we have rules of libel and slander, defamation and speech that incite imminent violence. we enforce these rules transparently and citizens have the right to a

second part of our report on the vietnam holocaust now you may find some of the images in this reportjust. the sciri was that they were bombing only steel and concrete to do it with a surgical war that they were. you know maintaining planetary instead when i got over there i found out that churches hospitals houses entire villages were being wiped out people just discovered that the united states was fighting an entirely different kind of war than it claimed it was violating all of the international laws of war. for new ten years the u.s. scream or the nineteen.

a lot in jews call for the return of the properties not all fourteen is holocaust. they accuse the country's authorities of relabeling the war as liberation from the bolsheviks and glorified nazi collaborators to justify robbery and murder. while back with more news in about fifteen minutes time but first ron is joining us from the sports desk good morning to you but what do you have in store for us this hour good morning it's as exciting time for all the ice hockey fans out there as the regular season the all the kontinental hockey league comes to an end we'll take a look at the playoffs plus some top skills from the n.b.a. stay right there. hello and welcome to the sport on r t coming to you live from moscow with the lead room on call story and let's move straight to the headlines. the chase is on the kontinental hockey league season is over as sixteen teams prepare to embark on their hands for the guarin call in the postseason playoffs. while at hurdle to force that lot of girls that silva loses in her purse final since august as new world number one carolyn was

to the jews in iraq to the second world war it's the same sort of oppression in a run up to the holocaust and now we're having the same thing be labelled against muslims it's an acceptable these these sort of lies and these sort of propaganda that somehow muslims are here to take over europe is not true and i think people who engage in such battles and such arguments are doing so from a point of prejudice and clearly a point of a color fascism ok and if there was a lot said there would you like to know i had. a really like to reply to it you say that it's the same as the juice on the second world war i don't know about the worse running around and burning the streets raping women and so on like they're doing copenhagen and also to have specific treatments. in germany they didn't so you can't come with this. conclusion. well i think what you've got to do is you've got to accept my friend then your whole argument of demonizing the muslims is it's just not true you know you can demonstrate. the jewel case is there are individual cases in copenhagen or anywhere else of criminals operating but

for the return of properties seized during the holocaust accusing the contrary relabeling for war asliberal. to justify murder. and american students discover their earning from learning as millions of jobless graduates settle for low skilled work or face looking for an appointment to applaud. and russia's leading search engine planning an initial public offering this summer up to one billion dollars that's in business in twenty minutes. pm in moscow this is coming to you live thanks for being with us first up this hour government buildings are reported to be on fire in the libyan capital tripoli as demonstrators demand an end to the forty one year rule of colonel gadhafi the son of the libyan leader blamed opposition groups and outsiders for instigating the protest the army is reported to be using live ammunition against demonstrators with international organizations putting the current death toll at over two hundred in a televised national.

but they had lines in our special report that now american holocaust is coming right up. to syria was that they were bombing only steel and concrete that it was was a surgical war that they were. you know maintaining planetary instead when i got over there i found out to church passed both houses entire villages were being wiped out people just discovered the united states was fighting an entirely different kind of war than they claimed it was violating all of the international laws of war.

call for the return of property sons during the holocaust using that country of labeling the war as a liberation from the bolsheviks to justify murder. american students discover there's no earnings from learning. graduates settle for low skilled work or face looking for employment abroad. and in business russia's leading search engine planning an initial public offering worth up to one billion dollars it's the summit that's in twenty minutes. eleven am here in moscow this is r.t. thanks for joining us now we begin in libya where the country could be on the verge of civil war well that's the warning from the son of libyan leader colonel walmart gadhafi as he blamed opposition groups and outsiders for instigating violent protests continues as the army is reported to be using live ammunition against demonstrators demanding an end to the forty one year rule of colonel gadhafi international organizations have put the death toll over to her.

wired to an administration is not responsible for democracy of doing the holocaust of our country was under our education by definition lightly and i thought he just cannot be responsible for the actions of occupants local jewish leaders say that they only want what was stolen to be returned however they realize that this may be difficult with current attitude in law where. we need to be brought to solve social problems like develop education culture was meant. synagogues and cemeteries of course it's hard to find when you need to take back. what i hope people will understand and justice will be done a short distance from the capital is the forest with the jews were executed it says is a poignant memorial to those who lost their lives but in central reader there are equally chilling monuments to the holocaust like this synagogue which was burned to the ground with. over sixty five years after the end of the second world war the burnt out shell of this synagogue serves as a reminder to the tensions that still bubble between the local jewish community and those latvians that consider th

that was the best way but it was too late for millions of people, putting a stop to the holocaust. the question always asked the other day by a russian friend of mine who was very unhappy because there was no reference to stalin in case book. the detailed reference to the terrible thing that happened in the soviet union when millions of people died as a result of what the regime did. the answer is the service wasn't working on that. is it just didn't have the resources to do everything. one of the problems my service always had and i have often had personally is people expected us for me to know everything about everything. that is the result of the myth. it can't always be true. [applause] >> this event was hosted by politics and prose bookstore in washington d.c.. for more information visit politics-pros.com. visit booktv.org to watch any of the programs you see your online. type the offer or book title in the search bar on the upper left side of the page and click search. you can share anything you see on booktv.org easily by clicking share of the upper left side of the page and

collectors, and he steps into his friends ss uniform which ultimately leads to him surviving the holocaust"my best in amigos " has been i asked -- my best in the me" has been well-received by critics. i asked our film correspondent if it has struck a chord. " when i first heard about this movie, i knew it would be in the film festival, and i thought it was another ponders politically correct look at the holocaust, and we've seen thousands of times before. stories of jewish and arab and friends and so forth. i was worried that it was going to be one of these movies. but what happened halfway through this movie is it takes a turn and becomes a mistaken identity comedy. it is quite clever, quite funny. and i was incredibly impressed with the actor who shows his, the chops in the film. it is a shame it is not in competition because i would like it to win a prize. but at least it is a fresh new look of what has become a tired daughter, the world war ii time a movie. -- retired genre. >> we're halfway through the prizes. what did you seek as coming out as the likely winners? >> there is one clea

it's not a holocaust to be sure or 6 million people who were exterminated, but it's a people like them who are vulnerable, who remind them of their own as a vulnerability and who hurt and therefore hurt for themselves and -- i've had ministers call me and say, you know, guys who hate hamas, but say i saw what's going on in gaza. those kids are like mine. i feel so powerless. that sense looms large, you're right, in the arab consciousness, and we ignore it at great risk. >> host: it's the policy as you said. all these efforts to sell america to the arabs and it's basically do not work when the united states is seen as somehow powerless to resolve this terrible conflict to do more than put a band-aid on. >> guest: if you understand the arab narrative, which americans don't, it's like the native american narrative. they lived in that region, foreigners came, carveed it up, regimes put in place, the land was promised to another people who came in and said we're going to modernize it and make it ours, and it was like what about us? where do we fit in the story? that sense of losing control

latvian jews call for the return of properties seized during the holocaust accusing the contrary i'veread labeling the war as liberation from the balsamic justify robbery and murder. and american students discover there's no earnings running out millions on top of the scratch with settle for both skilled workers or face looking for point. from our headquarters in central moscow here watching r t with me and us now way it's two pm here in the russian capital one pm in tripoli libya where government buildings are reported to be on fire in the capital as demonstrators demand. an end to the forty one year rule of colonel gadhafi the son of the libyan leader blamed opposition groups and outsiders for in instigating the protest the army is reported to be using live ammunition against demonstrators with international organizations pretty hard at over two hundred in a televised national address say. said this number was exaggerated although dismissing reports that.

driving them from outside of the middle east lothian call for the return of property seized during the holocaustaccusing the country of being labeled the war as liberation from the ball from its justified valby and further. and american students discover there's no earning from learning as millions of jobless graduates settle for low skilled work or face looking for employment abroad. ten am here in moscow this is r.t. thanks for joining us now we begin libya where the country could be on the verge of civil war well that's the warning from the son of libyan leader colonel moammar gadhafi as he blamed opposition groups and outsiders for instigating violent protests bloodshed continues as the army is reported to be use of a live ammunition against demonstrators demanding an end to the forty one year rule of colonel gadhafi. international organizations have put the death toll at over two hundred in a tell of ours national address say fall islam gadhafi has said only fourteen people died also dismissive reports that his father fled the country meanwhile the unjust continues to spread further through