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Wilkomirski/Doesseker traffics in the most appalling subset of the most gruesome atrocities known to humankind--the brutal degradation and casual annihilation of uncomprehending children.
On several occasions he explicitly described the killing of large numbers of Jews, and his speeches put the basic jargon of "removal," annihilation," and "destruction" in place.
But then, Finkelstein finds reassurance in Goldhagen's observation that 19 of 51 anti-Semitic ideologues advocated the annihilation of the Jews.
"[T]he annihilation of everything Cannes has stood for" (Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly ). "A spectacular triumph of style over substance," says the Washington Post 's Rita Kempley.
All these last several decades I have been overwhelmed with feelings of horror & despair; annihilation; nothingness; barrenness & void.