Object ID
2019.2.263
Object Name
Letter
Date
5-19-1957
Files
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Description
Single-spaced, double-sided typewritten letter with 'Seiner Eminenz' at top left and signature at lower right. Related item: 2019.2.262
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
7 x 8 1/4"
Keywords
Amin Al-Husseini
Subcollection
Post
Recommended Citation
"Signed Letter to Muhammed Amin Al-Husseini from Fritz Fuchs" (1957). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2019.2.263.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/1590