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Novick takes on a formidable list of received truths. The claim that America could have saved hundreds of thousands of Jews from death, but chose not to, he says, is "simply bad history." The estimate that the Nazis slaughtered 5 million Gentiles in addition to the (well-documented) 6 million Jews, for a total of 11 million, is arbitrary, probably "invented" to combine "maximum inclusiveness with the preservation of a Jewish majority" in the death camps. Contradicting reports that the Nazis killed 500,000 homosexuals, Novick puts the number murdered because they were gay at a startlingly...
Attending Schindler's List, Novick writes that he wept along with everyone else, but wondered "why the eliciting of these responses from Americans is seen as so urgently important a task." The remark betrays a certain tone-deafness. The Holocaust's memory, in this country far from the death camps, may be inflated and abused. But it seems perverse to argue on that basis that it is unworthy of American tears. This book should be read as a corrective to dutiful hype and dubious comparisons, not as an injunction against feeling...
...Locker maintains that the LGC members are not making a list of wealthy seniors...
...administration clashes with PBHA leaders over control of the public service organization. Lewis appoints Judith H. Kidd the new assistant dean for public service. His decision angers student leaders who had ranked Kidd last on their list of candidates for the post. In December, more than 700 students protest her appointment...
...Harvard women's hockey team would make a strong case for Team of the Year at any school in any year. The list of accomplishments goes on and on--a 33-1 record, four First Team All-Americans, the ECAC Coach of the Year and the national championship...