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The Arab collaborators with Nazi Germany, Hajj Amin Al-Husseini and Rashid Ali al-Gailani, were aware of the Arab inmates, yet did nothing to free them. Al-Husseini refused to intervene when a Palestinian called Boutros S. was arrested for "political expressions" and sent to a work camp near Berlin.
On one photo taken in 1942, the grand mufti al-Husaini, Iraq’s former prime minister Rashid Ali al-Kailani, and the Indian nationalist Subhas Chandra Bose inspect Trebbin’s satellite camp of the concentration camp Sachsenhausen near Berlin along with two Nazi officials who were involved in the Holocaust. The photos of the visit to a Nazi ...
Nazi Germany also supported the uprising of the Palestinians against the British colonial power with funds and weapons. [5] After the defeat of Germany, al-Husseini fled to Egypt and lost his status as leader of the Palestinian independence movement, but his antisemitic and antizionistic ideas strongly influenced later movements. [4]
Despite the support of al-Husseini, recruitment of Muslims for the division fell well short of the numbers needed. Himmler then allowed a 10 per cent Christian component, but the recruitment of sufficient Muslims continued to prove difficult, resulting in the induction of 2,800 Catholic Croats into the division.
For those who are reading this and don't have access to this particular document: This booklet included copies of communications between Grand Mufti of Jerusalem Haj Amin al-Husseini and high ranking Nazis (e.g. Heinrich Himmler, Franz von Papen, Goebbels), the Mufti's diary on his meeting with Adolf Hitler, several letters from the Mufti ...
Operation Atlas [1] was the code name for an operation carried out by a special commando unit of the Waffen SS which took place in October 1944. It involved five soldiers: three who were previously members of the Templer religious sect in Mandatory Palestine, and two Palestinian Arabs who were close collaborators of the mufti of Jerusalem, Amin al-Husseini.
Mohammed Amin al-Husseini (Arabic: محمد أمين الحسيني; c. 1897 [a] – 4 July 1974) was a Palestinian Arab nationalist and Muslim leader in Mandatory Palestine. [5] Al-Husseini was the scion of the al-Husayni family of Jerusalemite Arab nobles, [6] who trace their origins to the Islamic Prophet Muhammad. [7]
In the meantime I'll attempt to improve this article by adding information on the pre-VE-Day history of the Relations between Nazi Germany and the Arab World. Ronreisman 22:58, 20 January 2013 (UTC) The scope of the article is Nazi Germany's relations with the Arab world. After the fall of Nazi Germany no such thing existed.