Denying The Holocaust The Growing Assault On Truth And...

Deborah Lipstadt, author of Denying the Holocaust: the Growing Assault on Truth and Memory, recently gave a TED Talk entitled â€Å"Behind the Lies of Holocaust Denial† about her experience with being chosen to write the book, conducting the research for it, and enduring the libel lawsuit against her that resulted. The book addressed Holocaust deniers, those who insist the Holocaust didn’t occur, and her speech mainly addressed how truth and facts are, as she put it, â€Å"under assault† (Lipstadt 11:58). The fifteen-minute impassioned speech employed the three persuasive strategies: Logos, by using straightforward facts; Ethos, by being established a well-respected author and college professor; and Pathos, by appealing to emotion through†¦show more content†¦Toward the end of her speech when discussing whether or not everything is open to debate, Lipstadt refers to the idea that there are â€Å"indisputable facts, objective truths,† such as Gal ileo’s insistence that the earth revolved around the sun (Lipstadt 14:07). Deborah Lipstadt’s authority on the subject of Jewish history showcases the persuasive strategy of Ethos because she is presented as a trustworthy messenger. She was an assistant professor of Near Eastern Studies at UCLA from 1979 to 1985 before becoming an associate professor of religion and later Dorot Professor of Modern Jewish and Holocaust Studies at Emory University in Atlanta. In 1994, President Clinton appointed Lipstadt to the United States Holocaust Memorial Council. Already a published author and columnist for The Jewish Spectator (Moore), Lipstadt talked in her TED Talk about being approached by two respected historians of the Holocaust who asked her to work on a project that included researching Holocaust deniers (Lipstadt 2:28). This research resulted in the book Denying the Holocaust: the Growing Assault on Truth and Memory, which was published in 1993 and received the Nation al Jewish Book Honor Award in 1994 (Moore). In the book, Lipstadt exposes David Irving as being â€Å"one of the most prominent Holocaust deniers,† prompting Irving to sue herShow MoreRelatedThe Holocaust : Holocaust Revisionism And The Holocaust720 Words   |  3 PagesSkylar Traub Ms. Del Rosario Period 1 13 November 2017 Holocaust Revisionists Revisionism is a type of moral and intellectual plaque that has spread like wildfire. 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