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Nazi Propaganda for the Arab World
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Nazi
Propaganda
for the
Arab World
JEFFREY HERF
YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS
NEW HAVEN & LONDON
Copyright © 2009 by Jeffrey Herf.
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Printed in the United States of America by Sheridan Books, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Herf, Jeffrey, 1947–
Nazi propaganda for the Arab world / Jeffrey Herf.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-300-14579-3 (hardcover: alk. paper) 1. World War, 1939–1945—Propaganda—
Arab countries. 2. Nazi propaganda—Arab countries—History—20th century.
3. Antisemitism—Arab countries—History—20th century. 4. Holocaust, Jewish (1939–1945).
5. Germany—Politics and government—1933–1945. I. Title.
2009
—dc22
2009019345
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.
This paper meets the requirements of ANSI/NISO -1992 (Permanence of Paper).
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For
Sonya
and
In memory of
Jeannie Rutenburg,
1950–2009
Contents
Preface ix
Acknowledgments xi
A Note on Terminology and Spelling xv
1. Introduction 1
2. Defining Anti-Semitism: 1933–1939 15
3. Growing Contacts, First Broadcasts: 1939–1941 36
4. Propaganda and Warfighting in North Africa and
the Middle East in 1941 57
5. “Kill the Jews before They Kill You”: Propaganda
during the Battles in North Africa in 1942 88
6. “The Jews Kindled This War in the Interest of Zionism”:
Propaganda in 1943 as the Tide Turned against the Axis 158