Signed Letter from Muhammed Amin Al-Husseini to Fritz Fuchs

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Object ID

2019.2.262

Object Name

Letter

Date

6-12-1957

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Description

Single-spaced typewritten letter with 'DAS HOHE ARABISCHE KOMITEE' at top left and signature at lower right. Related item: 2019.2.263

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

Husseini, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, was a Palestinian Arab nationalist and Muslim leader in Palestine under the British Mandate. He promoted Islam and rallied Arabs against Zionism. He collaborated with Germany and Italy, seeing the Axis powers as the means to secure Arab independence and kill Jews. He made propagandistic radio broadcasts and helped the Nazis recruit Bosnian Muslims for volunteer units to be part of the Waffen-SS. He was instrumental after the war in establishing an all-Palestine government, which was eventually dissolved by Egypt’s Nasser. This letter to Fuchs thanks him for writing an article supportive of the Arab patriots.

Dimensions

11 x 8 1/4"

Keywords

Amin Al-Husseini

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Recommended Citation

"Signed Letter from Muhammed Amin Al-Husseini to Fritz Fuchs" (1957). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2019.2.262.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/1589