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The Most Enduring Legacy Of Nazi Hate

Hitlerism and Radical Islam

OnFebruary1,1944,twounlikelyalliesintheUnitedStatesSenate—RobertWagner(D-NewYork)andRobertTaft(R-Ohio)—introducedaresolutionthatcausedshockwavesaroundtheglobe.TheirinitiativeadvocatedAmericansupportfor“freeandunlimitedentryofJewsintoPalestineforthecreationofaJewishcommonwealth.”Thiswasabold moveandonethatputtheRooseveltadministrationonthespot.Nearlyfiveyearsearlier,theBritishgovernmenthadreleasedaWhitePaperontheissueofPalestine—onethatlargelyabandonedtheJewishpeopleinthatregion.Sincethe1917BalfourDeclarationandduringtheperiodoftheBritishMandatetheyhadbeenlargelysupportiveofJewishmigrationtoPalestineandtheideaofaJewishstatethere.Inessence,theWhitePaperchangedallofthat.ItadvocatedseverelimitationsonJewishimmigrationtoPalestine—thisatatimewhenEuropeananti-Semitismwasreachingcriticalmass.TheganginBerlinwaspleased.Interestingly,atthetimeofthat1939WhitePaper,twomenwho wouldlaterstronglysupportthecreationofthemodernstateofIsraelsawthingsdifferently.WinstonChurchillspoketotheHouseofCommonsonMay22,1939“asoneintimatelyandresponsiblyconcernedintheearlierstatesofourPalestinepolicy,”andinsistedthathewouldnot“standbyandseethesolemnengagementsintowhichBritainhasenteredbeforetheworldsetaside.”Andhereathome,SenatorHarryS.TrumanfromMissouri—-whohadnoclueatthetimethathe’dbeamajorplayerontheworldstageinafewyears–-alsoissuedaforthrightcondemnationthatwasinsertedintotheCongressionalRecord:

Mr.President,theBritishGovernmenthasuseditsdiplomaticumbrellaagain,thistimeonPalestine.IthasmadeascrapofpaperoutofLordBalfour’spromisetotheJews.IthasjustaddedanothertothelonglistofsurrenderstotheAxis powers.

ButinsteadofembracingtheideasputforthbyTaftandWagnerin1944,theWhiteHouse,StateDepartment,andotherpowerfulentitiesinthegovernmentpulledoutallthestopstomakesurethattheideaofproposingahomelandinPalestineforJewswentaway.TheydidthiseventhoughtheyknewverywellabouttheongoingmassexterminationofEuropeanJewsatthehandsoftheNazis.ThestandardanswertotheobviousquestionastowhytheHolocaustevokedlittleofficialresponsefromourgovernmentuntilneartheendofthewarhasbeentocite“isolationism,”or“economic

Depression,”or“xenophobia”inournation.Presumably,theideaofdoinganythingovertly“pro-Jewish”waspoliticallyuntenable—sogoestheargument.Butacloserlookrevealssomethingelsegoingonatthetime—andeversince.ThemostlastinglegacyofthetoxinsthatcreatedanepochalglobalconflictisthefactthatelementsofNazisminmanywayssurvivetothisdayinIslamism.Theshort-sightednessofFDR’scronieswascorrectedinpartbyhissuccessor,amanofcouragewhochosetorecognizethenewStateofIsraelelevenminutesafteritsbirthinMayof1948.Butthequestionremains:WhydidFDRandcompanynotgetonthebandwagon,evenwhilemillionsofJewswerebeingslaughtered?Sadly,therealreasonhasalottodowithU.S.surrendertoNazipropaganda—itspowerandcontent.LargelyoverlookedordismissedintheyearssinceisthefactthattheNazipropagandamachine,thedistortionfactorythatshapedattitudesinGermanythroughoutthedurationoftheinfamousThirdReich,haditsmostlastingimpactfarawayfromtheboroughsandbeerhallsofDeutschland.Infact,Hitler’snightmarishvisionofriddingEuropeofJewswasonlythebeginningofwhathewantedtodo —hewantedtoextendTheFinalSolutiontoPalestine.AndhehadbeenpreparingtheheartsandmindsoftheMuslimworldformanyyears.JeffreyHerf,aprofessorofhistoryattheUniversityofMaryland,haswrittenaneye-openingbookabouttheeffectivenessofNaziideasintheMiddleEastduringtheSecondWorldWarcalled,

“NaziPropagandaForTheArabWorld.”

Init,hedescribestheNazicampaignforthemindsandheartsoftheArabworldingreatdetail—particularlytheAxisradioprogramsthatraninArabicaroundtheclockfromlate1939untilMarchof1945.Thesebroadcastsspewedvenomousanti-Semitismandpushedeverydemagogicbuttonimaginable.Theywerealsohighlyeffective.Infact,longafterthelastvestigeofNazirhetoricfadedfromconsciousnessinEurope,thepoisonousseedsplantedbackthenarestillbearingdeadlyfruit.Themind-setthatgavewaytotheThirdReichisverymuchaliveand wellintheMuslimworldoftheMiddleEast.Whenthosetwosenatorialstrange-bedfellowsofferedtheirvisionaryresolutionin1944aboutaJewishhomelandinPalestine,the“AxisBroadcastsinArabic”werewayaheadofthestory.Mr.HerfhasaccessedasignificantcacheoftranscriptsandleafletsproducedbytheNazisduringthewar—materialsthathavenotbeenadequatelyexamined—untilnow.

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