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In the 1920s, Hajj Amin-al-Husseini was the political and spiritual leader of the Palestinian Arabs. A vicious anti-Semite, he led numerous pogroms against Jewish settlers. During World War II, al-Husseini allied himself and his people with Hitler; he lived in Germany, met with Hitler, encouraged "the final solution," and became close friends with Himmler and other Nazis. After the war, al-Husseini escaped (he would certainly have been convicted at Nuremberg for war crimes) and fled to Egypt. His standing only rose, and in Egypt he was instrumental in fomenting Nazi-style anti-Semitic propaganda there. He also became the mentor to a new generation of radical "Islamo-fascist" Arab leaders. Foremost among them: Yasser Arafat.
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"Dalin and Rothmann offer this extensively researched investigation into the relationship between 1920s' Palestinian political and spiritual leader Haji Amin al-Husseini and Adolf Hitler. Together, the pair guided the so-called "Final Solution" of Hitler's Third Reich, that being the devastation brought upon the Jews. Though Hitler met his end with the downfall of the Nazi regime, al-Husseini escaped to Egypt, where he continued to spread his anti-Semitic propaganda and helped to fuel modern-day views and fascists such as Yasser Arafat. Narrator Michael Prichard reads with an eye for detail, offering little in the way of improvisation or vocal theatrics. Despite his straightforward approach, Pritchard's reading is compelling and invites repeated listens. L.B. (c) AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine"
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