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[–]cisheteroscumNational Justice Party 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Hitler worked actively with Zionists to get Jews to emigrate from Germany to Palestine, IIRC. There was a later plan to move them to Madagascar, too

[–]Jesus 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Yes but the haavara agreement stopped in 1939 and a mere 20,000 Jews were transferred, as opposed to 100,000 Jews emigrating to Palestine before Hitler was even known by anyone. Zionists were eyeing Palestine 150 years before 1940. Secondly, to Hitler, this transfer was the only way they thought they could, at the time, deal with certain Jews.

Most Zionists were in Hitler's black book and Nazis armed the Palestinian resistence and openly bombed Hafia and were planning to invade Israel.

[–]cisheteroscumNational Justice Party 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

More than I know, I guess

[–]TheJamesRocket 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Exactly. When Hitler came to power in 1933, the International Jews launched a boycott against Germany, which was still in the depths of a depression. The Haavara agreement was a political expedient by Hitler to end the Jewish boycotts and give him economic freedom of action.

[–]Jesus 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Hitler isn't Mussolini though.