Israeli intellectuals such as Amos Elon and Tom Segev and the Holocaust historian Omer Bartov have made similar points about ideological subtext of Holocaust writing.
The men are fascinated by the holocaust even though they hate it. 
mnli hypothesis: The men are fascinated by the holocaust even though they hate it.  premise: Israeli intellectuals such as Amos Elon and Tom Segev and the Holocaust historian Omer Bartov have made similar points about ideological subtext of Holocaust writing.