For the memory of all those who suffered, this book is important. Those who use the holocaust to pursue their own agendas (however intentioned) do no justice to the dead. Norman Finkelstein's message is no more complicated than this. To make it something else is to deny what happened. It is unfair to use this book as a litmus test of adherence to the official Shoah party line. Remember the first time you saw the tattoo and asked what it was? Do you think that survivor would approve of Finkelstein's book? I do.