Saturday, July 03, 2021

The other Nakba: New film will tell Jewish refugees ' story

 Coming soon - a new documentary about Jews from Arab Countries. The makers are South-African based Pulp Films. This punchy trailer is not shy to use the expression 'Jewish Nakba' to describe the forced exodus of 870,000 Jews.

The title 'Quiet Triumph' was chosen to show the refugees' determination not to dwell on the past. They quietly got on with lives  after their uprooting - and did well in their new countries.  In spite of all the trials and tribulations, they triumphed.

If you would like to contribute towards the funding of this film, please write to Jason Hoff at Jason@pulpfilms. co.za.

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  1. Arab Palestine Nazism:

    * 'Falastin', April 4, 1933, expressed appreciation for Nazi leader Adolf Hitler vs Arab Palestinian leaders. 

     * El Karmel, [Karmil] May 14, 1933 : "Will an Arab Hitler appear among us to awaken, unite and lead us to lead us to fight and defend our rights?" 

     * Al-Difa had long published translated excerpts from Hitler's Mein Kampf's book, glorified Nazis, al-Shanti, called on Arab youth (in an article from June 1, 1934) to "learn from Hitler's actions and imitate them 

    * March 15, 1935, The Templars' 'Die Warte des Tempels' wrote: many Arabs saw Hitler as the most important man of the 20th century and almost every Arab knew his name. Fascism and National Socialism with its anti-Jewish attitude were accepted positively by many Arabs. 

     * May-June 1935, Arabs in Haifa found Nazi club 'Red Moon.'

    * June 25, 1935, Al Difa'a reported that "uniformed and Nazified" Arab youth troops are being formed in Palestine.' 

     * 'Falastin'', January 5, 1936: "It is very easy to explain our youth's sympathy for the fascist idea."

    * 1936-8: "Nazi flags and pictures of Hitler were prominently displayed in store windows. Booklets explaining Nazi methods of forcing Jews from the Reich were distributed freely... The shout of 'Heil Hitler' became a catchword which rang insolently over all Palestine." (Ziff, 'The Rape of Palestine', 1938). 

     * NYT May 1937, 'All' of Palestine celebrated Muhamnad's birthday with flying Nazi swastika and pictures of Hitler. 

     * 1937, Walter Doehle, German consul in Jerusalem: "Palestinian Arabs in all social strata have great sympathies for the new Germany and its Führer…" 

     * Awni Abd al-Hadi (Istiqlal & AHC) in Jan 1937 to Nazi magazine : 'Arabs Like Nazis.' 

     * Journalist J. Gunther in 1939: "The greatest contemporary Arab hero is — Adolf Hitler." 

     * Ahmad Shukeiri's testimony in his (1969) book that they (all) sympathized with the Nazis referrin to (1940-1). 

     * Feb. 1941 poll - 88% of Arab-Palestine favoring the Axis. 

     * Dr. Zaid Hamzeh was 9 yrs old in 1941): "We Arabs supported Hitler during WWII because he hated the Jews," recalled in a 2019 interview.

    * Per Edward Said, pro-Nazi Mufti represented the consensus of Palestine Arabs. 

     * CIA August 1942 report: "majority of the Arabs in Palestine Palestinian Arabs are fiercely 'anti-Jewish'… the radicals, who form a majority, see in the approach of Rommel an ideal opportunity to murder all Jews their seize their property." 

     * Dec 21, 1942 letter, representatives of the Reich and the NSDAP in Palestine described the Arabs' hope for a great Arab state: "Arabs in Palestine were waiting for Hitler to come to Palestine and expel all the Jews." 

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