Nazism, The Holocaust, and the Middle East

Francis R. Nicosia is Professor of History and Raul Hilberg Distinguished Professor of Holocaust Studies at the University of Vermont. His authored books include The Third Reich and the Palestine Question (1985), Zionism and Anti-Semitism in Nazi Germany (2008), and Nazi Germany and the Arab World (2015).Bogac A. Ergene is Professor of History at the University of Vermont. He has published extensively on the histories of the Ottoman Empire and the history of Islamic law and legal practice. His most recent work is the co-authored volume The Economics of Ottoman Justice: Trial and Settlement in a Sharia Court (2016).

"This outstanding collection of brilliant essays offers explorations of Arab, Turkish, and Jewish responses to Nazism and the Holocaust in the Middle East. Each concise essay presents complex historiographical debates in a way that is highly accessible to scholars, students, and the learned public." * Marc David Baer, London School of Economics

• PrefaceList of IllustrationsList of AbbreviationsIntroduction: National Socialism, the Holocaust and the Middle EastFrancis R. Nicosia and Bogac A. ErgeneChapter 1. Arab Reactions to Nazism and the Holocaust: Scholarship and the 'War of Narratives'Gilbert AchcarChapter 2. Turkish Responses to the Holocaust: Turkish Policy toward the Jews, 1933-1945Corry GuttstadtChapter 3. Demon and Infidel: Egyptian Intellectuals Confronting Hitler and Nazism during the Second World WarIsrael GershoniChapter 4. The Persecution of the Jews in Germany in Egyptian and Palestinian Public Discourses, 1933-1939Esther WebmanChapter 5. Defining the Nation: Discussing Nazi Ideology in Syria and Lebanon during the 1930sGotz NordbruchChapter 6. Mosul as Paradise: Nazis, Angels, Jewish Soldiers, and the Jewish Community in Northern Iraq, 1941-1943Orit BashkinChapter 7. Philo-Sephardism, Anti-Semitism and Arab Nationalism: Muslims and Jews in the Spanish Protectorate of Morocco during the Third ReichDaniel J. SchroeterAppendixesAppendix A: "The Noble (!) Children of Moses Should Know That..." Anti-Jewish article byNihal Atsiz in the Turkish journal Orhun Dergisi (Orhun Journal), 1934Appendix B:"The Jewish Question." Article by Hueseyin Cahid Yalcin, in the Turkish newspaperYeni Sabah, 24 January 1939Appendix C: "The Most Insidious Threat." Excerpts from a brochure by Nihal Atsiz, 1943Appendix D: Treaty between Germany and Turkey, 18 June 1941Appendix E: "Immigration to the United States is best!! The supporters of immigration to Palestine are few!!" Palestinian newspaper Filastin, 15 July 1938Appendix F: "The Policy of Force and Violence in the World," Egyptian newspaper Al-Ahram, 15 November 1938Appendix G: Memorandum on the Arab Question, Political Department of the German Foreign Office, 7 March 1941Appendix H: Telegram from German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop on Axis Policy and Arab Independence, 20 July 1941Appendix I: The High Commissioner of Spain in Morocco [Luis Orgaz] to His Excellency, the Minister of Foreign Affairs [Ramon Serrano Suner], Madrid, 25 October 1941Appendix J: Ambassador of France in Spain [Francois Pietri] to Mr. Admiral of the Fleet, Minister Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs [Francois Darlan], 15 December 1941Appendix K: Letter from Amin al-Husayni and Raschid Ali al-Gailani, Berlin, to the German Foreign Minister, Joachim von Ribbentrop, 28 April 1942Appendix L: Memorandum from Amin al-Husayni, Berlin, to an unknown recipient, 20 October 1943Appendix M: Letter from Amin al-Husayni, Berlin, to the German Foreign Minister, Joachim von Ribbentrop, complaining about the Movement of Jews to Palestine, 25 July 1944Index