Language:
English
Year of publication:
2011
Titel der Quelle:
Antisemitism International
Angaben zur Quelle:
5-6 (2010) 110-128
Keywords:
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Influence
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National socialism Philosophy
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Nazi propaganda History 20th century
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Anti-Jewish propaganda History 20th century
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Radio broadcasting History 1933-1945
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Antisemitism History 1933-1945
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Antisemitism History 20th century
Abstract:
The Nazis were interested in finding allies and in disseminating their ideology not only in Europe, but also beyond, in particular in the Arab world. However, before the Nazis could appeal to Arabs and Muslims, they needed to convince them that their antisemitism was directed not at Semites, nor at "non-Aryans", but at the Jews as stooges of British imperialism and conspirators against both the new Germany and the Arabs. Expert German Orientalists, as well as Arab and Muslim émigrés residing in Germany were drawn into the Nazi propaganda net. The early Nazi propaganda broadcasts in Arabic appealed to Islamic and Arab nationalist sentiments; the later ones built also on an "affinity" between the principles of Nazism and of Arab civilization, and on the common struggle against imperialism. Antisemitism was a very important component of these broadcasts. The propaganda was geared to draw Arabs and Muslims to side with the Axis and to incite them to support extension of the Final Solution beyond Europe's borders. Nazi propaganda efforts had an impact on radical Islamist antisemitism that has continued until the present day.
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