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According to recent press reports, the International Commission on Holocaust Era Insurance Claims has managed to distribute only a paltry $3 million to Holocaust survivors since 1998. Meanwhile it spent ten times that much on administrative costs, including hotel bills and the $350,000 salary of chairman Lawrence Eagleburger.
The folks at the ICHEIC have plenty of company. America drowns in a pious flood of Holocaust-themed museums, documentaries, books, plays, articles, TV movies, educational programs, and university departments. Each represents a livelihood for Holocaust professionals usually individuals with no personal connection to the disaster who nonetheless benefit personally from stoking the flames of memory or retribution.
The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in D.C. alone annually consumes $34 million in government appropriations and $24 million in private funds. And don't forget the lawsuits, like the one demanding $40 billion from ...
Source: HighBeam Research, MILKING THE HOLOCAUST.(Brief Article)