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However, preeminent Holocaust scholar<ref>{{Citation|last=Joffe|first=Lawrence|title=Obituary: Raul Hilberg|newspaper=The Guardian|date=2007-09-25|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2007/sep/25/guardianobituaries.obituaries|accessdate=2012-05-19}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|last=Wyman|first=David|author-link=David Wyman|title=Managing the Death Machine|newspaper=The New York Times|date=1985-08-11|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/08/11/books/managing-the-death-machine.html|accessdate=2012-05-19}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|last=Woo|first=Elaine|title=Raul Hilberg, 81; scholar was an authority on the Holocaust|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=2007-08-07|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2007/aug/07/local/me-hilberg7|accessdate=2012-05-19}}</ref> [[Raul Hilberg]] said the book expressed views Hilberg himself subscribed to in substance, in that he too found the exploitation of the Holocaust, as Finkelstein describes, "detestable". Asked on another occasion if Finkelstein's analysis might play into the hands of neo-Nazis for antisemitic purposes, Hilberg replied: "Well, even if they do use it in that fashion, I'm afraid that when it comes to the truth, it has to be said openly, without regard to any consequences that would be undesirable, embarrassing".<ref>{{cite web|author=Felix Kellerhoff|title=Raul Hilberg und die Quellen des Holocaust|publisher=''[[Die Welt]]''|date=January 25, 2003|url=https://www.welt.de/print-welt/article351516/Raul_Hilberg_und_die_Quellen_des_Holocaust.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Roberto Antonini |title=Interview with Raul Hilberg |publisher=Swiss National Radio (SBC-SSR) |date=August 31, 2000 |url=http://www.normanfinkelstein.com/article.php?pg=3&ar=202 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060327144638/http://www.normanfinkelstein.com/article.php?pg=3&ar=202 |archivedate=March 27, 2006 }}</ref>
[[Enzo Traverso]], in a review in the journal [[Historical Materialism (journal)|Historical Materialism]], called the book "polemical and violent", but also "in many ways appropriate and convincing". Traverso entered many reservations against Finkelstein's arguments about the Swiss banks and the reaction in Europe. Traverso agrees (with Hilberg) that the allegations made by Finkelstein against a number of Jewish-American institutions are probably correct. Traverso also notes the favorable reception given to Finkelstein's book in the German press, with the [[Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung]], calling it a "welcome hyberbole". Traverso, however, criticizes Finkelstein for ignoring the European aspect of the matter, and says that Finkelstein's analysis is too simplistic and crudely materialistic. Traverso concluded that "Finkelstein’s book contains a core of truth that must be recognised, but it lends itself, due to its style and several of its main arguments, to the worst uses and instrumentalisations".<ref name="TraversoReview">{{Cite journal |last=Traverso |first=Enzo |date=2003-07-01 |title=The Holocaust Industry. Reflections on the Exploitation of Jewish Suffering NORMAN FINKELSTEIN |url=http://booksandjournals.brillonline.com/content/journals/10.1163/156920603768311291 |journal=Historical Materialism |language=en |volume=11 |issue=2 |pages=215–225 |doi=10.1163/156920603768311291 |issn=1569-206X}}</ref>
Other critics claim Finkelstein's evidence is highly selective and/or dubious<ref>{{cite web|last1=Landau|first1=Ronnie|title=A grubby story?|url=http://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/22nd-july-2000/31/books|work=The Spectator|pages=30|date=July 21, 2000|quote=evidence cited seems highly selective and dubious}}</ref> and that his arguments would be based on a misinterpretation of history and a questionable use of sources.
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