Talk:Relations between Nazi Germany and the Arab world

half-apes or half maniacs?

Hitler called the people of the Far East and Arabia "Halbaffen". The great majority of English translations use the literal "half-apes", but at least one uses "half maniacs", namely this (p259). The English phrase "half maniac" seems to be pretty obsolete; once it referred to a person with wild unpredictable behavior or something like that (I can't find a formal dictionary definition, can anyone?). It would be reasonable to mention both possibilities, but not to replace the common translation with a phrase few people now understand. Zero^talk 01:42, 10 March 2015 (UTC

Hi im not really into this, but im just gonna say that naziislamism is a stupid word invented by the danish conservative party to use as an islamofobic thing. Hope you gonna look into this. Best regards Frederik.

Zionists vs Jews

I changed the text, but it was reverted. Why?the Huge~nlwiki (talk) 15:11, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

It is quite clear that Nazi Germany hated Jews, not Zionists.

So, if stated that NG and the Arabs had a common enemy, it certainly weren't the zionists. Huge~nlwiki (talk) 15:13, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

How about just removing that part all together? And just have the sentence say:

The cooperative political and military relationships were based on shared hostilities towards common enemies, such as the United Kingdom and France, who held colonies in the Arab world. Drsmartypants(Smarty M.D) (talk) 21:14, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

It seems quite important to keep in - maybe make it first. It is so absurd to have Zionist in this article - why is this even on the talk page? The source quoted says:

> Germany and the Arab world also shared the same enemies: the Jews, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union Lansey (talk) 05:40, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

That's not what the source says:

From https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/hajj-amin-al-husayni-wartime-propagandist

Al-Husayni stressed in his speeches and writings the common interests of Germany and Italy with those of Arabs and Muslims. Nazi Germany was the natural ally of the Arab and Muslim world. Not only had Germany never imposed colonial rule on an Arab state, Germany and the Arab world also shared the same enemies: the Jews, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union. Al-Husayni pointed out that Germany alone recognized the global threat of the "Jewish problem" and took steps to "solve" it globally.

The article is quoting Al-Husayni, it's not making that statement directly. Obviously, the USHMM would never argue that Jews are the enemy of Arab people. Drsmartypants(Smarty M.D) (talk) 14:57, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

”l-Husayni pointed out that Germany alone recognized the global threat of the "Jewish problem" and took steps to "solve" it globally.”

Your own comment.

Is there no limits you will not cross in order to seek to justify your Jew-hatred? KronosAlight (talk) 22:02, 24 September 2024 (UTC)

Removing means omitting the fact, thus we should avoid it. I've been trying to fact check that Nazi were fighting against Zionist movement, but the only information I could find was thesis that Zionists actually partnered with Hitler to effectively exile Jews from Europe to Palestine. While I personally don't think that this thesis has something to deal with the reality. I remember that Russian antisemitists are very often referring to themselves as Zionists and state that they want all Jews to live in Israel (but themselves they are not Jewish, so this effectively translates into motto "Jews Go Home") and are doing they're best to "motivate" anyone who looks Jewish in Russia to leave the country. But yeah, bottom line, "Jews" instead of "Zionists" seem to be more precise definition. Baitcode (talk) 15:06, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

please see my edit request below, i believe it solves the issue. Ofer.molad (talk) 15:10, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

Oh. You are actually correct. Thank you. Baitcode (talk) 15:24, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

"Zionists actually partnered with Hitler to effectively exile Jews from Europe to Palestine."

No, that's not an accurate description at all. It sounds like you picked up that this is counter-factual propaganda. Think of the Haavara Agreement like a hostage negotiation. Every Jew in Europe had a 75% chance of dying by the end of the war. The Zionists view that for every 100 Jews who left Europe for Mandate Palestine, 75 Jewish lives were saved. Thus, in the Zionist view, the Haavara Agreement saved 45,000 Jewish lives. The Haavara Agreement was supported by the German treasury department under the relative moderate, Hjallmar Schacht, and was ended by the state department for contradicting the Reich's Jewish policies.

This line of criticism of the Haavara Agreement originated in Soviet propaganda, which was plagiarized by Mahmoud Abbas at the University of Moscow, becoming a mainstream Antizionist talking point ever since.

As for Zionist activities against the Nazis, most of the Jewish resistance were Zionists. The Jewish Combat Organization headed by Mordechai Anielewicz was Zionist. Rosa Robota was a Zionist, as was Hannah Szenes. One of my goals in editing Wikipedia is that information like this should be more readily researchable, where now it is too difficult to find.

--Scharb (talk) Scharb (talk) 18:06, 19 September 2024 (UTC)

Judging the Haavara Agreement with hindsight is an error. Nobody at the time (not even most Nazis) knew that the Holocaust was coming. Zero^talk 00:37, 20 September 2024 (UTC)

Herzl himself knew that something very much like the Holocaust was coming. From 1881 onwards there was a relentless, unremitting and increasingly total brutal violence unleashed upon the Jewish population of Russia and Europe. This isn’t debatable, it’s not subjective or disputed. This is the entire reason, which he explains explicitly and in detail across many books and speeches, why he calls for the establishment of a self-governing Jewish state, not in order to oppress but in order to escape the coming disaster. KronosAlight (talk) 22:05, 24 September 2024 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 8 August 2024

== motivation

There is a duplication between 2 paragraphs about the "hostility towards uk france and the jews. I simply rearranged the sentences a bit, so one paragraph discusses antisemism and the other discusses uk/france. I find the new format much clearer. As a bonus: - there is no 'hinted' association with the entire Arab World, as the sentence clearly states "some arab leaders". (Dan) - the colonial subject is not "interrupted" by antisemitsm subject, but immediately flows to the anglo-iraqi war; this makes it easier to read. - the complete nonsense about zionism and Nazi Germany is removed

= edit =

Replace the text staring with: "The cooperative political and miltary" Up to: "antisemitism in Islam" With the text below.

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One foundation of such collaborations was the antisemitism of the Nazis, which was shared by some Arab and Muslim leaders, most notably the exiled Palestinian leader, Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, Amin al-Husseini (see subsection in "antisemitism in Islam"). Another foundation was the Nazi hostility towards the United Kingdom and France which held colonies in the Arab World. This hostility translated to an anti colonial interest that Nazi Germany shared with some Arab leaders. However this interest conflicted with interests of Nazi Germany's allies who held colonies in the Arab world, namely Spain, Vichy France and Italy. Ofer.molad (talk) 13:46, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

I think your proposed change is good. I'd prefer something like

This hostility was used in Nazi propaganda to allege an anti colonial common interest that Nazi Germany held. However this interest conflicted with interests of Nazi Germany's allies who held colonies in the Arab world, namely Spain, Vichy France and Italy, and this had to manage competing interests in the region.

I just want to make it clear Nazi Germany did not actually intend to free the Arab world. Drsmartypants(Smarty M.D) (talk) 15:17, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

Thank you. You make a good point. Perhaps modify "Nazi propganda" to "Nazi propaganda to the Arab world", this is slightly more accurate.. Ofer.molad (talk) 15:34, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

I want to make it clear that large parts of the Arab world agreed with Hitler’s goal of exterminating the Jewish people. KronosAlight (talk) 22:06, 24 September 2024 (UTC)

 Already done this thread can finally be closed. no edits needed here. Awhellnawr123214 (talk) 04:20, 12 August 2024 (UTC)

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