Nazism, the Holocaust, and the Middle East

Focus on the diversity of responses from different elements in the Arab states and Turkey
Chapters written by noted scholars in the field of Middle East Studies
Offers responses to Nazism and the Holocaust that readers can compare to European responses
Substantial bibliography on the topic

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).

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Preface
Abbreviations Introduction: Responses to Nazism and the Holocaust in the Middle East and North Africa
Francis R. Nicosia and Bogaç A. Ergene Chapter 1. Arab Reactions to Nazism and the Holocaust: Scholarship and the "War of Narratives"
Gilbert Achcar Chapter 2. Turkish Responses to the Holocaust: Turkish Policy toward the Jews, 1933-1945
Corry Guttstadt Chapter 3. Demon and Infidel: Egyptian Intellectuals Confronting Hitler and Nazism during World War
Israel Gershoni Chapter 4. The Persecution of the Jews in Germany in Egyptian and Palestinian Public Discourses, 1933-1939
Esther Webman Chapter 5. Defining the Nation: Discussing Nazi Ideology in Syria and Lebanon during the 1930s
Götz Nordbruch Chapter 6. Mosul as Paradise: Nazis, Angels, Jewish Soldiers, and the Jewish Community in Northern Iraq, 1941-1943
Orit Bashkin Chapter 7. Philo-Sephardism, Anti-Semitism and Arab Nationalism: Muslims and Jews in the Spanish Protectorate of Morocco during the Third Reich
Daniel J. Schroeter Appendixes Appendix A: "The Jewish Question." Article by Hüseyin Cahid Yalçin, in the Turkish newspaper
Yeni Sabah, 24 January 1939 Appendix B: German-Turkish Non-Aggression Pact Signed at Ankara, 18 June 1941 Appendix C: "Immigration to the United States is best!! The supporters of immigration to Palestine are Few!!" Article in the Palestinian newspaper Filastin, 15 July 1938 Appendix D: "The Policy of Force and Violence in the World," Article in the Egyptian newspaper Al-Ahram, 15 November 1938 Appendix E: Memorandum on the Arab Question by the Director of the Political Department of the German Foreign Office, 7 March 1941 Appendix F: Telegram from German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop on Axis Policy and Arab Independence, 20 July 1941 Appendix G:  The High Commissioner of Spain in Morocco [Luis Orgaz] to His Excellency, the Minister of Foreign Affairs [Ramón Serrano Súñer], Madrid, 25 October 1941 Appendix H: Ambassador of France in Spain [François Piétri] to Mr. Admiral of the Fleet, Minister Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs [François Darlan], 15 December 1941
Appendix I: Memorandum from Amin al-Husayni, Berlin, to an Unknown Recipient, 20 October 1943
Appendix J: Letter from Amin al-Husayni to the German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop, Regarding the Movement of Jews to Palestine, 25 July 1944 Index