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This Amazing document from the British archive reveals, Hassan al-Banna, the founder of the Muslim Brotherhood, served as a spy for Nazi Germany.

Holocaust Remembrance Day is an opportunity to reveal the deep relationship between the Nazis and Muslim Brotherhood.

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Al Banna, along with his close friend and founder of the Palestinian national movement, Amin al-Husseini, recruited tens of thousands of Muslims to serve under the Nazi army. Al-Banna recruited thousands in Egypt, while al-Husseini recruited thousands from Balkan countries

On January 20, 1941, al-Husseini wrote a personal letter to Hitler, describing Britain as an enemy of the Arabs that abandoned Palestine to world Jewry: “The Arab people harbor feelings of friendship, admiration, and respect for the Fuhrer, the great liberator...”

In May 1941, Al-Husseini led a pro-Nazi revolt against the British Mandate in Iraq. He called on Muslims to rebel against Britain,” the greatest enemy of Islam.” The revolt ignited a wave of pogroms against Iraq Jewish community, resulting in the deaths of 179 Jews.

On November 28, 1941, Al-Husseini met with Hitler, who said, “When the hour of Arab liberation comes, Germany has no interest there anymore, apart from the destruction of the power protecting the Jews.”

British historian David Motadel reveals in his book ‘Islam and Nazi Germany,’ that Husseini received a monthly payment of no less than 90,000 marks. The Palestinian leader resided for three years in Nazi Berlin and was close to the Nazi leadership, the SS, and Adolf Eichmann.

In 1942 and 1943, Husseini recruited thousands of Muslim fighters in Yugoslavia, Albania, and Bulgaria, organized into special SS units named 'Handjar' (Sword). They fought against partisans and participated in massacres of civilians in Bosnia and Jews hunting in Croatia.

Husseini wrote a pamphlet for the soldiers That ends with the quote: “The day of judgment will not come until the Muslims completely subjugate the Jews. When every tree will say: 'Behind me is a Jew, kill him!'. This is the quote that enshrined Hama's covenant.

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