In The Holocaust Industry, Norman G. Finkelstein, whose parents survived the Warsaw Ghetto and Nazi camps, argues that the memory of the Nazi genocide has been exploited by American Jewish organisations and political elites.

Finkelstein contends that after 1967, the Holocaust was turned into an ideological weapon used to shield Israel from criticism and to justify its policies towards Palestinians, and he criticises the handling of compensation claims. Controversial and widely translated, the book argues that true respect for victims requires rejecting such exploitation.