Nazi Propaganda in the Middle East and its Repercussions in the Postwar Period

Abstract

Antisemitism based on the notion of a Jewish world conspiracy is not rooted in Islamic tradition but, rather, in European ideological models. The decisive transfer of this ideology to the Muslim world took place between 1937 and 1945 under the impact of Nazi propaganda. Important to this process was the development of Islamic antisemitism — a particular form of Jew-hatred, based on the fusion of Islamic anti-Judaism from the old scriptures with modern European antisemitism. This paper shows how Islamic antisemitism became popularized within the Arab world by the booklet “ Islam and Jewry ” from 1937 and via the Arabic-language program broadcast by a German shortwave transmitter between April 1939 and April 1945. It also deals with the aftereffects of Nazi propaganda for the Arab world that paved the way for the Arab ’ s full-scale war against the Jews of Mandatory Palestine in 1948. … But with this method too, as before, they had no success. So they … tried to eradicate the Muslims.