A new catalog published by the Kedem Auction House contains a valuable historical item: six previously unknown photographs from a visit by the mufti of Jerusalem to Nazi Germany (The Mufti lived in Berlin from 1941 - 45 - ed).
Mufti Haj Amin al-Husseini’s connection to Nazi Germany has made headlines several times in recent years thanks to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who used him as an example of Palestinian attitudes toward Israel to bolster his claim that Israel has no Palestinian partner.
Granted, Netanyahu exaggerated when he claimed in 2015 that Husseini had persuaded Hitler to launch the Final Solution, but the storm that erupted over that statement did raise awareness of Husseini’s Nazi ties.
Two months ago, the National Library of Israel made its own contribution to raising awareness of this story when it published a telegram to Husseini from Heinrich Himmler in which the SS chief wished him success in his battle against “the Jewish invaders.”
The six photos that Kedem is now offering for sale show Husseini “during a tour apparently held at a camp” in Nazi Germany circa 1943, the auction house’s website says. The photos, three of which are on the site, show Husseini with several senior Nazi officials in uniform as well as government staffers in civilian dress.
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Other links to photos and a film/video of the Mufti are found here:
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Also see:
http://mtolivesviews.byethost7.com/muftiphotos.html
ON: 'BARID AL-SHARQ', SHEIKH 'ABU AL-SAUD HASSAN, REWRITING NAZI MUFTI, ETC.
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Muhannad Ibrahim Abu Latifa: Arab Media Work in Germany 1896-1945 Pages from the History of Arab Liberation Movements
"مهند إبراهيم أبو لطيفة: العمل الإعلامي العربي في ألمانيا 1896-1945 صفحات من تاريخ حركات التحرر العربية"
(Infamous - Abdel Bari Atwan's) Rai al-Youm, Apr 27, 2019:
' - “Bareed Al Sharq” magazine, a fortnightly magazine run by Kamal El Din Jalal since 1939...
Among those who contributed their writings in the period between 1896 AD-1945 AD, by country:
- Palestine:
Sheikh Hassan Abu Al-Saud: Religious teacher, one of the men of the Palestinian national movement, member of the Higher Arab Authority for Palestine. He participated in the Caliphate Conference in Cairo in 1926. He participated in the Islamic Conference in Jerusalem in 1931. He worked as an advisor to the Mufti Haj Amin al-Husseini in Iraq in 1939. He was a member of the “Arab Nation” organization in 1942. He worked as director of the Islamic Center in Berlin in 1943.
His contributions were through booklets, pamphlets, press articles, speeches and lessons, especially with the Arab Legion.
- Haj Amin al-Husayni:
The great Palestinian national leader, Haj Amin had a very large media activity in Berlin, and he had extensive relations with German politicians. He met Hitler in 1941. He was treated as a representative of Arabs and Muslims in Berlin. The Mufti arrived in Berlin from Rome by train, on November 9, 1941. In Berlin, he met a number of great leaders such as: “Ghulam Sadiq Khan,” the Afghan Foreign Minister, the famous Indian leader “Subhas ChandraBose,” and a number of leaders of Azerbaijan, the Caucasus, and the Muslims of Russia . He was constantly calling for support for the independence of the Arab countries, and submitting written projects to the German government through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
He held receptions for German politicians, visited them in their homes and urged them to support Arab independence, and participated in sit-ins on the anniversary of the Balfour Declaration and others. Most of his sermons and letters have been published and distributed, and some have been translated into German. His presence was distinguished, and he contributed to the establishment of the “Imam Institute” in the city of “Guben” to support the Bosnian Muslims (Bosniaks), and another institute in the city of Dusseldorf. The Egyptian Dr. Mustafa Al-Wakil and Sheikh Hassan Abu Al-Saud worked with him. Hajj Amin died in Beirut in 1974.
- Aziz Doumet (1890-1943): Palestinian teacher, poet and playwright. From 1939 until his death he worked as a translator in the Ministries of Information and Foreign Affairs. Has published a number of books, and has many contributions to the press. Most of his works have been translated ...'
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'Barid Al Sharq' - 1939-1944, was a Nazi propaganda magazine on Arabic by contributors: Younes Bahri and the Mufti.
https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Barid_al-Sharq.jpg
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{{Re 'Imam Institute'}}
* The 'Imam Institute' was at: a SS hotel in Guben.
Source: Lepre, G. Himmler's Bosnian Division: the Waffen-SS Handschar Division, 1943-1945. (Schiffer Military History, 1977), p. 185.
[https://books.google.com/books?id=rPZmAAAAMAAJ&q=imams+Institute+bosnia+mufti]
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{{Re al-Husseini}}
Though stressing on "Arab independence", the Mufti was fir a Pan Arab Pan Muslim greater Caliphate dream,. Not really for a "Palestine state."
But most of the Mufti al-Husseini' 'work' was anti-Jewish, such as instigating with others toward the 1941 Farhoud pogrom; and since meeting Hitler in Nov-1941 then being surrounded by German women and getting high Nazi salary: calling on all Arabs to 'kill the J..s wherever they are, this pleases Allah;" his 1942 plan to build Crematorium in Dotan Valley for all Jews of the M.E.; his separate visits of conectration camps Trebbin and Monowitz; his 1943 organizing SS Muslim units; his 1943 urging the Nazis to bomb Tel Aviv; the 1944 poisoning 250,000 plot on Atlas Operation; his intervention against Jewish children being saved from the Holocaust about to escape to Eretz Yisrael.
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{{Re Aziz Doumet}}
L. Badr, M. van Reisen, M. Raheb (2014),
"Palestinian Identity[sic] in Relation to Time and Space":
'Aziz Doumet (1890-1943) Living in Germany for many years, Doumet married there and worked for the German-Arab radio station.'
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E'tedal Salameh, "Arabs of Berlin: Artistic and Social Achievements, Political Failures." Aawsat, Aug 24, 2016;
'Aziz Doumit, a Palestinian poet who was born in Cairo (1890-1943), has written in the German language but the level of his writing remarkably regressed.
Berlin, the neighborhood of Arabs
The generation that lived the World War II must remember the expression of “Berlin, the neighborhood of Arabs” by the voice of Youness al-Bahri, who worked in a radio station established by the Nazi government to broadcast news in Arabic.'
[https://eng-archive.aawsat.com/etedal-salameh/lifestyle-culture/arabs-berlin-artistic-social-achievements-political-failures].
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{{Re 'Abu Al-Saud Hassan}}
The following is from the "Palestinian" Arab source, Passia:
'Abu Al-Saud Hassan (Sheikh) (1896-1957)
one of the prominent persons of the Palestinian Arab Party
Born in Jerusalem in 1896; studied at the American School in Jerusalem, and at Salahiyyah College, Jerusalem, which was founded by Jamal Pasha to turn out Arab youth who would contribute to the advancement of the Arab and Islamic Worlds after the WWI; continued his higher education at Al-Azhar University in Cairo; co-founder of the Rawdat Al-Ma’arif School in Jerusalem in 1916; the location of his house near Al-Buraq (Western Wall of Al-Aqsa Mosque) was among the reasons of his flaming the first spark of Al-Buraq revolution in 1929; he was also an orator; one of the prominent persons of the Palestinian Arab Party (established in 1935) advocating Arab unity and opposing the policies of the British Mandate; Mufti of Al-Shafi’yah Madhab (School of Islamic Jurisprudence) in Palestine; Shari’a Court Judge in Ramleh; controller of Shari’a Islamic courts; captured by Allies in 1945 in Berlin, where he had fled with Mufti Amin Al-Husseini at the end of WWII; managed to leave to Switzerland while the rest of the Palestinian leaders were taken into custody by the Americans; Vice-Chairman of the All-Palestine Government, established in 1948; died in Cairo in 1957.'
End of Passia piece.
Al-Jaheer was a monthly magazine published by the Arabic section of Radio Berlin. It was addressed to the same readers of the "Barid al-Sharq" who had to be persuaded to be hostile to the Anglo-Saxons, the Communists and the Jews. On the other hand, the magazine sought to bring the sympathy of these readers towards Germany, which is intended to be shown as a great power advocating Islam and Muslims. In this context,... that picture decorated for the back cover of double issues 5-6 of the magazine (December 1942), which shows the Mufti of Jerusalem...
ReplyDeleteالجهير مجلة شهرية يصدرها القسم العربي بإذاعة برلين كانت موجهة لنفس قراء « بريد الشرق » الواجب إقناعهم بمعاداة الانكلوساكسونيين والشيوعيين واليهود . وبالمقابل ، تسعى المجلة إلى جلب تعاطف هؤلاء القراء نحو ألمانيا المراد إظهارها كقوة عظمى مناصرة للإسلام والمسلمين في هذا الإطار يمكن فهم تلك الصورة - المزينة لظهر غلاف العدد المزدوج 5 - 6 من المجلة ( دجنبر 1942) والتي تبين مفتي القدس..
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Le Maroc et l'Allemagne: actes de la première rencontre universitaire : études sur les rapports humains, culturels et économiques.
Editions arabo-africaines, 1991 - Germany.
https://cuturl.net/BFYo2E