In the 1930s, the Nazi regime and some Zionist organizations had limited and controversial interactions. Despite Nazi antisemitism, both parties had overlapping interests: the Nazis wanted Jews out of Germany, while Zionists aimed to establish a Jewish homeland in Palestine. This led to the 1933 Haavara Agreement, allowing German Jews to emigrate to Palestine with a portion of their wealth.
However, this pragmatic cooperation was short-lived. As Nazi racial policies radicalized, any notion of "negotiation" faded. Some fringe Zionist groups, like Lehi (Stern Gang), controversially sought contact with Axis powers during World War II, but these overtures were rejected. Ultimately, any early cooperation was driven by desperation, not shared ideology, and ended with the horrors of mass extermination.
German Plans to Extend the Final Solution OUTSIDE Europe
https://youtu.be/T8PkUmAf-sY
Hitler's Thoughts on Zionism
https://youtu.be/xfxd-k9MLCw
Hitler's Thoughts on Palestine
https://youtu.be/toM1hJLVg7o
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– A Line In The Sand. The Anglo-French Struggle For The Middle East 1914-1948 (James Barr).
– The Third Reich and the Palestine Question (Francis R. Nicosia).
– Did the Nazis plan to extend the final solution beyond Europe? Assessing the evidence (Matthew Ghobrial Cockerill).
https://doi.org/10.1080/17504902.2024.2326262
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https://www.museumoftolerance.com/education/archives-and-reference-library/online-resources/simon-wiesenthal-center-annual-volume-4/annual-4-chapter-17.html (22-05-2025).
– The Stern Gang's Nazi Gambit Extremism, Alliance Attempts with Hitler, and Their Legacy in Modern Zionism (Douglas C. Youvan).
– The Independent (03-05-2016).
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/world-history/adolf-hitler-zionism-zionist-nazis-haavara-agreement-ken-livingstone-labour-antisemitism-row-a7009981.html (17-06-2025).
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