ABSTRACT
The Palestine policy of National Socialist Germany during the 1930s was firmly rooted in the ideological development of the National Socialist movement. Adolf Hitler's admiration for the British Empire and his desire for an Anglo-German understanding were also evident during the early years of the movement and would remain so throughout 1930s. Almost unanimous support for Zionist emigration to Palestine was the rule between 1933 and 1937 in the agencies of the German government and the Nazi party. The racial policies of the Hitler regime created a situation in which both German and Zionist authorities reluctantly recognized more advantage than disadvantage in a relatively high degree of cooperation. Germany's Arab policy was clearly influenced to a considerable extent by Hitler's Englandpolitik as a result of the importance of the English factor for his plans in Europe. Germany's Palestine policy between 1933 and 1940 was based on a fundamental acceptance of the post-World War I status quo in the Middle East.
