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Mufti of Jerusalem Played a Key Role in Hitler's Plans
(Washington Free Beacon) Brent Scher - Dr. Wolfgang G. Schwanitz, a scholar at the Middle East Forum, said that the Mufti of Jerusalem, Haj Amin al-Hussein, told Hitler he wanted Germany to end its immigration policy which allowed for 10,000 Jews to leave Germany each year and travel to British Mandate Palestine. Early in 1941, Hitler agreed to a pact advanced by al-Husseini that there would be no more Jewish immigration. Schwanitz says that al-Husseini was the only foreign guest Hitler ever received who was told the details of Hitler's plan for the Jews. Hitler's plan was to first rid Europe of Jews, then the Middle East, and then the rest of the world. Hitler told him that once the plan reached its Middle East stage, al-Husseini was his man to lead that effort. "There was an oral agreement between al-Husseini and Hitler - we have ample documentation about this," said Schwanitz. There were specific plans in place for al-Husseini and his allies to greet the invading German armies to provide support once they reached the southern exit of the Caucuses. Al-Husseini had already been helpful by recruiting and training Muslims to join the Nazi SS. Following the war, Yugoslavia declared him a war criminal due to the atrocities committed by the Muslim units he put together. Al-Husseini began to contact Hitler just as he came to power in 1933 and was a reliable partner in his "uncompromising war against the Jews."