June/July
2002
Animals
and the Holocaust
Reviews of Eternal Treblinka
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Eternal Treblinka: Our Treatment of Animals and the Holocaust
by Charles Patterson (New York: Lantern Books, 2002). $20 paperback.
296 pages.
The Holocaust, short-hand for the historical and systematic eradication
of European Jews perpetrated by the German government during the fist
half of the 20th century, is a topic that most everyone has a decided
view on and justifiable emotional reaction to. Animal agriculture, the
expression used to describe the breeding and systematic slaughter of
billions of animals for food, is also a topic that most people have
a concrete and emotional understanding of.
Author Charles Patterson, in his new book Eternal Treblinka,
examines certain aspects of these horrific issues together. This book
is guaranteed to ruffle feathers. Because it addresses such complex
and highly-charged issues, this book is destined to become required
reading for most every animal advocate—whether or not you agree
with its thesis. What follows is a series of reviews of Eternal Treblinka
that we hope will spark discussion among Satya readers. We encourage
readers to share their own thoughts about this subject via our Web site
www.satyamag.com.
Catherine Clyne
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