ABSTRACT
The contemporary historical debate over the Holocaust has fallen victim to the post-1948 propaganda wars between the Arabs and Israel. Arab apologists claim that the Mufti fled to Berlin because British persecution endangered his life, and drove him into the arms of the Germans. The Nazis disparaged the peoples of Asia and Africa, including the Arabs, on grounds of their racial inferiority. Numerous Nazi leaders and officials expressed an aversion to their character and political behavior, a disbelief in their state-forming capacity and their loyalty as allies. All Arab requests for arms were rejected politely by Hitler, as were requests for meetings with Nazi officials in Berlin. The Husaynis motives for persisting in their quest for an alliance with Nazi Germany proved to be stronger than their disappointment with Hitler after he refused to halt the emigration of German Jews. The fact that no Arab Nazi party was ever formed in Palestine was not because there was no local demand.
