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Adolf Hitler met with Amin al-Husseini on 28 November 1941. The official German notes of that meeting contain numerous references to combatting Jews both inside and outside Europe. The following excerpts from that meeting are statements from Hitler to al-Husseini: Germany stood for uncompromising war against the Jews.
Amin al-Husseini was born around 1897 [a] in Jerusalem, the son of the mufti of that city and prominent early opponent of Zionism, Tahir al-Husayni. [16] The al-Husseini clan consisted of wealthy landowners in southern Palestine, centered around the district of Jerusalem. Thirteen members of the clan had been Mayors of Jerusalem between 1864 ...
It is a biography of Haj Amin al-Husseini (1895–1974), who was the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem during the British Mandate period. Some reviewers were critical of its "overtly propagandistic" style, citing numerous factual errors and criticizing its thesis that a direct line can be drawn from the Mufti to modern-day Islamic leaders as ...
They continue by describing how the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, Amin al-Husseini, an influential Arab leader and Nazi collaborator, escaped prosecution after the war and tried to thwart Jewish attempts to establish the State of Israel, and the lives of ex-Nazis who found refuge in Arab states. [1]
In Berlin, Amin al-Husayni was photographed with many important Nazi leaders including Adolf Hitler and Amin al-Husayni went to the Balkans on behalf of the Nazis to give speeches to recruits of the 13th Waffen SS division. Amin al-Husayni also broadcast pro-Axis statements into the Middle East on Nazi radio stations.
Amin al-Husseini, a Palestinian and the Mufti of the British Mandate of Palestine, was granted the status of Aryan by Hitler. [6] Hitler said about Amin Al-Husseini: with his blonde hair and blue eyes [citation needed], he gives the impression, despite his thin face, of a man whose ancestors were more likely to have been Aryans, and who perhaps ...
The 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine was influenced by the Qassamite rebellion which broke out following the killing of Izz ad-Din al-Qassam in 1935, as well as a declaration issued by the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, Amin al-Husseini on 16 May 1930 calling for the date to be commemorated as 'Palestine Day', in addition to calling for a ...
In March–April 1943, both Himmler and a group of Muslim leaders within the NDH requested that the Mufti of Jerusalem, Haj Amin al-Husseini, then resident in Berlin, assist in organising and recruiting Muslims into the Waffen-SS and other units. He was escorted by Krempler, who spoke Turkish.