Leading Israeli Newspaper Ha'aretz Features American Author Charles Patterson and His Internationally Acclaimed Book 'Eternal Treblinka'

Ha'aretz's weekend edition recently had a long article about Charles Patterson and his controversial book Eternal Treblinka that compares what our society does to animals with what the Nazis did to their victims. Israel is the first country outside Europe to publish "Eternal Treblinka: Our Treatment of Animals and the Holocaust," a book now in seven languages.

New York, NY (PRWEB) April 25, 2006 -- The weekend edition of the Israeli newspaper Ha'aretz (Musaf) had a long article on March 31 about the recently published Hebrew edition of "Eternal Treblinka: Our Treatment of Animals and the Holocaust" by American author Charles Patterson. For the next three weeks the paper printed letters and reactions to the article, all of them supportive except one.

Israel is the first country outside Europe to translate and publish Patterson's groundbreaking book. The Hebrew translation by Oded Wolkstein is the book's sixth translation since Lantern Books published the English edition (ISBN 1-930051-99-9) four years ago. The Pardes Publishing House in Haifa, headed by David Gottesmann, is the book's Israeli publisher (ISBN 965-7171-26-1).

Two major Israeli newspapers had already written reviews of the English edition of the book soon after its publication in New York. The English edition of Ha'aretz called the book "thorough and thought-provoking," and Maariv wrote, "The moral challenge posed by Eternal Treblinka turns it into a must for anyone who seeks to delve into the universal lesson of the Holocaust."

Eternal Treblinka has already been translated and published in Germany, Italy, Poland, Croatia, and the Czech Republic, and the French publishing house of Calmann-Levy in Paris and the Spanish publishing house of Editorial Milenio in Lerida, Spain have decided to translate and publish the book as well.

The book's title comes from the Yiddish writer and Nobel Laureate, Isaac Bashevis Singer, to whom the book is dedicated. "In relation to them, all people are Nazis," he wrote, "for animals it is an eternal Treblinka." (Treblinka was the Nazi death camp north of Warsaw.)

Eternal Treblinka examines the common roots of animal and human oppression and the similarities between how the Nazis treated their victims and how modern society treats the animals it slaughters for food.

The first part of the book describes the emergence of humans as the "master species" and how we came to dominate the earth and its other inhabitants. The second part examines the industrialization of slaughter of both animals and humans in modern times, while the last part of the book profiles Jewish and German animal advocates on both sides of the Holocaust, including Isaac Bashevis Singer himself.

Praise from around the world--

"A thought-provoking masterpiece meticulously and brilliantly articulated." --Dr. Ndubuisi Eke, Head, Department of Surgery, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria

"I believe, along with many others, that your book is one of the most important books of the century."
--Tanja Tuma, publisher, Ljubljana, Slovenia

"Necessary reading matter...very thought-provoking."
--Süddeutsche Zeitung (Germany)

"A great book that catches the reader's attention right from the beginning. Charles Patterson has found the right balance to make his book perfect." --Dr. Guido P. Lombardi, anthropologist, paleopathologist, and historian, Peru.

"Eternal Treblinka disturbs us because (inevitably though tactfully) it holds up to us, its readers, a clear mirror to look at ourselves anew....Kafka would have applauded Eternal Treblinka. It grips like a thriller." --The Freethinker, UK

"Thank you, thank you for your book. Its strength will certainly bring more light to the darker places of animal oppression."
--Albie Clemmer, Keflavik, Iceland

"Very well researched and written with great sensitivity...a compelling, useful and informative book, which I strongly recommend to others in sub-Saharan Africa."
--Professor P S Igbigbi, Head, Department of Anatomy,
College of Medicine, University of Malawi

"Sure to provoke, stir the emotions, incite debate and perhaps after the soul-searching is done lead to a more humane world."
--Sukanya Datta, journalist, India

"The book does a perfect and professional job of showing the similarity between the mistreatment of people and of animals...written with great sensitivity. Will no doubt be a valuable addition to everyone's collection."
--Dr. Vugar Huseynov, Baku, Azerbaijan Republic.

"It's one of the few books which totally grabs the reader, not only while reading it, but afterwards also, and probably forever...it profoundly disturbs, shocks and destroys."
--Croatian philosopher Hrvoje Juric, Zagreb, Croatia

"Very thrilling to read...one of the most important books I have ever read." --Marianne Kristiansson, Stockholm, Sweden

"I have rarely read a book that made me cry. This one did. It truly is one of those books that you cannot put down. The message is haunting. The book is life changing. It has certainly changed my life. I have not stopped talking about this book. It is truly a superb work!" --John Williamson, UK

"You must read this carefully documented book."
--La Stampa (Italian national newspaper)

"Thanks a lot for your book, it is the greatest gift one could give to the animal rights movement."
--Jayasimha N.G, Campaigns & Legal Affairs, PETA, India

"Important may be an understatement when describing this book. It is the literary equivalent of a swift kick to the head that will jar the reader's perception of animal cruelty hopefully beyond their next few meals."
--Sara Singer, Bucharest, Romania

"One of the most poignant and powerful books I have ever read, and probably will ever read."
--Adrien Bischoff-Dyson, UK

"The book that breaks all taboos. The book that fires up controversies all over the world."
--Prijatelji Zivotinja (Animal Friends Croatia)

"It's wonderful how Eternal Treblinka is reaching so many people and it's only the beginning. Your brave book will remain and be a strong testimony when we're all long gone."
--Patty Mark, Australia

"Great and very courageous book." --Marco Lorenzi, Milan, Italy

"An eye-opening, thought-provoking book that I highly recommend as way of gaining additional insight into the psychology of the Holocaust." --Michael Fein, Gantseh Megillah, Montreal, Canada

http://www.EternalTreblinka.com

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