Nazis in the Holy Land 1933-1948 / / Heidemarie Wawrzyn.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
• VerfasserIn: Wawrzyn, Heidemarie,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2013]; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (219 p.)

Young Germans marched through Haifa shouting „Heil Hitler!“ and Swastika flags were hoisted at the German consulates in Mandatory Palestine. It was in November 1931 when a non-Jewish German made the initial contact with Nazi officials in Germany that led to the establishment of a miniature Third Reich with local NS groups, Hitler Youth program, and associations for women, teachers, and others in Palestine. Approximately 33% of all Palestine-Germans (Palästina-Deutsche) participated in the NS movement. Until today no extensive research written in English has been done on this bizarre „footnote“ in history. While previous publications in German mainly concentrated on the members of the Temple Society, this work includes Protestant and Catholic Germans as well. It focuses on the relationship of Palästina-Deutsche with local Arabs and Jews. It covers the period of 1933 to 1948 as well as the years between the establishing of the State of Israel and the departure of the last group of Germans in 1950. At the end of the book, the reader will find a list with more than seven hundred names of those who joined the NS groups.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction -- 1 Establishing and Developing the NSDAP in Palestine -- 2 Propaganda Activities -- 3 NS Groups and Events -- 4 Hitler Youth -- 5 NS Women in Palestine -- 6 Outsiders and Opponents -- 7 Nazi Members -- 8 German Relations with the Jewish and Arab Population -- 9 Reaction of the Local Population -- 10 The Official End of the NSDAP Branch -- 11 Exchange Operations between Palestine- Germans and Jews from Europe -- 12 Planned Hostilities against Palestinian Jews 1941–1944 -- 13 Increasing Tensions and the Final Departure of Palestine-Germans in 1950 -- 14 Was the NS Country Group Palestine Different? -- Conclusion -- Appendix I -- Appendix II -- Abbreviations -- Bibliography -- Index