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| | In April 1935, fifty German agents were sent to Africa and the Near East, and a letter was addressed by the Ministry of Propaganda on May 16, 1935, to the Reich Minister of Foreign Affairs, thanking him for his help in regard to colonial propaganda and stating: 'Our agents have received instructions and orders for the task and we have informed our consular representatives at Haifa, Jaffa, Algiers, Agadir and Rabat. We have also informed our agents (Vertrauensleute) and influential natives. We, too, are of the absolute opinion that success can only be achieved if the most intense propaganda effort is concentrated on the natives. | | In April 1935, fifty German agents were sent to Africa and the Near East, and a letter was addressed by the Ministry of Propaganda on May 16, 1935, to the Reich Minister of Foreign Affairs, thanking him for his help in regard to colonial propaganda and stating: 'Our agents have received instructions and orders for the task and we have informed our consular representatives at Haifa, Jaffa, Algiers, Agadir and Rabat. We have also informed our agents (Vertrauensleute) and influential natives. We, too, are of the absolute opinion that success can only be achieved if the most intense propaganda effort is concentrated on the natives. |
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| − | In Cairo and Alexandria the methods employed are the distribution of libellous leaflets , appeals — in both Arabic and German — to boycott Jewish firms , inflammatory articles in obscure papers , and street demonstrations. | + | In Cairo and Alexandria the methods employed are the distribution of libellous leaflets, appeals — in both Arabic and German — to boycott Jewish firms, inflammatory articles in obscure papers, and street demonstrations. |
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| − | In the autumn of 1937 Herr Baldur <b>von Shirach, head of the Hitler Youth, and Herr '''von Berk, editor of the 'Angriff' (the organ of Dr Goebbels), both made a tour of the Near East, and news of a plan for intensifying the boycott of Jewish firms''' in Egypt was first published in the German and Austrian press. | + | In the autumn of 1937 Herr Baldur von Shirach, head of the Hitler Youth, and Herr '''von Berk, editor of the 'Angriff' (the organ of Dr Goebbels), both made a tour of the Near East, and news of a plan for intensifying the boycott of Jewish firms''' in Egypt was first published in the German and Austrian press. |
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| − | That ''"Germany has played a part in assisting the Arab revolt in Palestine and is exploiting both Pan-Islamism and anti - Zionism is by no means only a rumour. The Jerusalem police intercepted documents in 1936 proving that the Arab leaders received 50,000£ from Germany and 20,000£ from Italy for the purpose of strengthening their resistance. According to the Palestine Post,' 'the editor of the extremist Arab daily "Ad-Difaa" visited Cairo to meet a "prominent German personage" and returned suddenly to expand its pages and greatly extend its news and pictorial services.' The swastika has appeared in Arab leaflets and German rifles have been captured more than once from Arab terrorists'''. | + | That '''Germany has played a part in assisting the Arab revolt in Palestine and is exploiting both Pan-Islamism and anti - Zionism is by no means only a rumour. The Jerusalem police intercepted documents in 1936 proving that the Arab leaders received 50,000£ from Germany and 20,000£ from Italy for the purpose of strengthening their resistance. According to the Palestine Post,' 'the editor of the extremist Arab daily "Ad-Difaa" visited Cairo to meet a "prominent German personage" and returned suddenly to expand its pages and greatly extend its news and pictorial services.' The swastika has appeared in Arab leaflets and German rifles have been captured more than once from Arab terrorists'''. |
| | In Damascus there is a club called El Nadi el Arrabi' (The Arab Club), which is generally known to be maintained from German sources.</small></blockquote></ref> | | In Damascus there is a club called El Nadi el Arrabi' (The Arab Club), which is generally known to be maintained from German sources.</small></blockquote></ref> |
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