Nazism, the Holocaust, and the Middle East: Arab and Turkish Responses

Published by Berghahn Books 2018

Nazism, the Holocaust, and the Middle East

Arab and Turkish Responses

Edited by: Francis R. Nicosia and Boğaç A. Ergene

Volume 7 in the series Vermont Studies on Nazi Germany and the Holocaust

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781785337857

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Given their geographical separation from Europe, ethno-religious and cultural diversity, and subordinate status within the Nazi racial hierarchy, Middle Eastern societies were both hospitable as well as hostile to National Socialist ideology during the 1930s and 1940s. By focusing on Arab and Turkish reactions to German anti-Semitism and the persecution and mass-murder of European Jews during this period, this expansive collection surveys the institutional and popular reception of Nazism in the Middle East and North Africa. It provides nuanced and scholarly yet accessible case studies of the ways in which nationalism, Islam, anti-Semitism, and colonialism intertwined, all while sensitive to the region’s political, cultural, and religious complexities.

Author / Editor information

Francis R. Nicosia is Professor of History and Raul Hilberg Distinguished Professor of Holocaust Studies at the University of Vermont. His authored books include The Third Reich and the Palestine Question (1985), Zionism and Anti-Semitism in Nazi Germany (2008), and Nazi Germany and the Arab World (2015).

Boğaç A. Ergene is Professor of History at the University of Vermont. He has published extensively on the Ottoman Empire and the history of Islamic law and legal practice. He is the author of Local Court, Provincial Society and Justice in the Ottoman Empire: Legal Practice and Conflict Resolution in Çankiri and Kastamonu (1652-1744) (2003) and co-author of The Economics of Ottoman Justice: Trial and Settlement in a Sharia Court (2016).

Francis R. Nicosia is Professor of History and Raul Hilberg Distinguished Professor of Holocaust Studies at the University of Vermont. His authored books include The Third Reich and the Palestine Question (1985), Zionism and Anti-Semitism in Nazi Germany (2008), and Nazi Germany and the Arab World (2015).

Reviews

“Rich in detail, each chapter provides a snapshot of the political situation and intellectual debates in Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Iraq, Turkey, and Morocco. For people unfamiliar with this part of the world, these chapters are full of surprises. For readers familiar with previous scholarship that emphasized the “ideological synthesis” of Arab nationalism, Nazism, Jew-hatred, and Islamic fundamentalism, this volume serves as a vital antidote to simplified understanding… What the editors promise [in their introduction], the volume delivers.” • Holocaust and Genocide Studies

“This outstanding collection of brilliant essays offers explorations of Arab, Turkish, and Jewish responses to Nazism and the Holocaust in the Middle East. Each concise essay presents complex historiographical debates in a way that is highly accessible to scholars, students, and the learned public.” • Marc David Baer, London School of Economics

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PREFACE Publicly Available Download PDF	xii
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Introduction RESPONSES TO NAZISM AND THE HOLOCAUST IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA Francis R. Nicosia and Boğaç A. Ergene Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter 1 ARAB REACTIONS TO NAZISM AND THE HOLOCAUST Scholarship and the “War of Narratives” Gilbert Achcar Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	23
Chapter 2 TURKISH RESPONSES TO THE HOLOCAUST Ankara’s Policy toward the Jews, 1933–1945 Corry Guttstadt Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	42
Chapter 3 DEMON AND INFIDEL Egyptian Intellectuals Confronting Hitler and Nazism during World War II Israel Gershoni Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	77
Chapter 4 THE PERSECUTION OF THE JEWS IN GERMANY IN EGYPTIAN AND PALESTINIAN PUBLIC DISCOURSES, 1933–1939 Esther Webman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	105
Chapter 5 DEFINING THE NATION Discussing Nazi Ideology in Syria and Lebanon during the 1930s Götz Nordbruch Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	128
Chapter 6 MOSUL AS PARADISE Nazis, Angels, Jewish Soldiers, and the Jewish Community in Northern Iraq, 1941–1943 Orit Bashkin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	153
Chapter 7 PHILO-SEPHARDISM, ANTI-SEMITISM, AND ARAB NATIONALISM Muslims and Jews in the Spanish Protectorate of Morocco during the Third Reich Daniel J. Schroeter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	179
APPENDICES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	216
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	248

Language: English
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 280
Keywords: middle east reception of nazism; arab and turkish reactions; german anti semitism; expansive collection; case studies; north africa; middle east and north africa; middle eastern societies; nationalism; islam; anti semitism; colonialism; nuanced and scholarly; accessible; middle east

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Published: January 31, 2018
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