Language:
English
Year of publication:
2011
Titel der Quelle:
Geschichte und Gesellschaft; Zeitschrift für historische Sozialwissenschaft
Angaben zur Quelle:
37,3 (2011) 311-331
Keywords:
Ikhwān al-Muslimūn
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Public opinion
;
Arabs Attitudes
;
Arab-Israeli conflict
Abstract:
Criticizes recent historiography which over-emphasizes the impact of fascist and Nazi propaganda on the Arabs in the 1930s and seeks to establish an uninterrupted continuity between present anti-Western tendencies in the Arab world (e.g. anti-Zionism, antisemitism, and global terrorist jihadism) and the Nazism and fascism of the 1930s. Such a trend is nothing but politicization of historical research, brought about by the establishment of the State of Israel and the continuing Arab-Israeli conflict. Argues that the response of most Arab leaders to the Nazi propaganda was at least cautious, that they were far from blind to Nazi racism and imperialism, and that a few pro-Nazi extremists and antisemites like al-Husaini had only limited influence during the war and even less after it. The impact of Nazi propaganda on postwar anti-Zionist and antisemitic sentiments in the Arab world, in particular on the forming of Sayyid Qutb's views and on the growing Holocaust denial, cannot be established. Suggests directions for further research of this critically important subject.
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