01.04.2012 09.Nissan. 5772
Geschichte:
How do you say ‘Holocaust’ in Arabic?
The latest research on Arab attitudes to Nazi Germany shows that there were Arab and Muslim circles that opposed Hitler*, but support for the Nazis was widespread and, over time, Arabs saw the Holocaust as a Zionist myth. (*admin: like the close friend of Hitler: the Mufti of Jerusalem)
Aladdin was a poor tailor’s son who got rich thanks to a magic lamp, according to one of the stories in “One Thousand and One Nights”. Reality, however, is more complex and difficult. But perhaps there is still something symbolic about the name “The Aladdin Project”, a non-government organization that is based in France and aims to make the Arab and Muslim world more familiar with the history of the Holocaust. A difficult mission indeed….