Einsatzkommando Egypt

Einsatzgruppe Egypt (German: Einsatzgruppe Ägypten ) was a special mobile SS death squad , which was to carry out a mass killing of Jews in British mandate of Palestine similar to the way they operated in eastern Europe . "Einsatzgruppe Egypt" was standing by in Athens and was ready to disembark for Palestine in the summer of 1942, attached to the " Afrika Korps " led by the famed desert commander General Erwin Rommel . The Middle East death squad, similar to those operating throughout eastern Europe during the war, was to be led by SS Obersturmbannfuehrer Walther Rauff . In 2006 historians Klaus-Michael Mallman and Martin Cüppers published Halbmond und Hakenkreuz: Das dritte Reich, die Araber und Palästina [Crescent moon and swastika: The Third Reich, the Arabs, and Palestine] (Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft) ; the book is a study of Einsatzgruppe Egypt and Nazi plans for mass annilihation of Jews in the Middle East with the support of the Haj Amin al-Husseini , who had been Grand Mufti of Jerusalem from 1922 to 1937 and who continued to hold considerable influence in the region.

Einsatzgruppe Egypt (German: Einsatzgruppe Ägypten ) was a special mobile SS death squad , which was to carry out a mass killing of Jews in British mandate of Palestine similar to the way they operated in eastern Europe . "Einsatzgruppe Egypt" was standing by in Athens and was ready to disembark for Palestine in the summer of 1942, attached to the " Afrika Korps " led by the famed desert commander General Erwin Rommel . The Middle East death squad, similar to those operating throughout eastern Europe during the war, was to be led by SS Obersturmbannfuehrer Walther Rauff . However, the Nazis' plans for the destruction of the Yishuv could not be carried out as the Nazi advance across North Africa and towards Palestine was reversed following the Axis' defeat in the Second Battle of El Alamein . In 2006 historians Klaus-Michael Mallman and Martin Cüppers published Halbmond und Hakenkreuz: Das dritte Reich, die Araber und Palästina . The book is a study of Einsatzgruppe Egypt and Nazi plans for mass annihilation of Jews in the Middle East . [1] Nazis planned Holocaust for pre-state Israel ( Israel News 04-08-06) Crescent moon and Swastika: The Third Reich, the Arabs, and Palestine (Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft)

Nazi SS unit Walther Rauff, 1945 Einsatzgruppe Egypt (German: Einsatzgruppe Ägypten ) was an SS unit led by SS-Obersturmbannführer Walther Rauff , which was formed in occupied Greece during World War II . Einsatzgruppen ("deployment groups") were paramilitary death squads that operated within German occupied territories. Historians Klaus-Michael Mallmann and Martin Cüppers [ de ] , based on archival research, state that the unit's purpose was to carry out a mass killing of the Jewish populations in the British mandate of Palestine and Egypt . Despite the word "Palestine" never being mentioned in the archival documents, the researchers state that the unit's objective was to go there in order to enact systematic mass murder of Jews. Given its small staff of only 24 men, Mallmann and Cüppers theorize the unit would have needed help from local residents and from the Afrika Korps to complete their assignment. On 20 July 1942 Rauff was sent to Tobruk to report to Rommel, Commander of the Afrika Korps . But since Rommel was 500 km away at the First Battle of El Alamein , it is unlikely that the two were able to meet. According to historian Haim Saadon, Director of the Center of Research on North African Jewry in World War II, Rauff's documents show that his foremost concern was assisting the Wehrmacht, rather than extermination of Jews, and his plan for this was to place the Jews in forced labour camps. In relative terms, the North African Jews escaped the Final Solution. The plans for Einsatzgruppe Egypt were set aside after the Allied victory at the Second Battle of El Alamein .

Nazi SS unit Walther Rauff, 1945 Einsatzkommando Egypt (German: Einsatzkommando Ägypten ) was the name assigned to an SS unit led by SS-Obersturmbannführer Walther Rauff , which was formed in occupied Greece during World War II awaiting deployment to North Africa, once the Afrika Korps had conquered Egypt and moved into Mandatory Palestine . Einsatzkommandos ("deployment commandos") were paramilitary death squads that operated within German occupied territories. Historians Klaus-Michael Mallmann and Martin Cüppers [ de ] , based on archival research, state that the unit's purpose was to carry out a mass killing of the Jewish populations in Mandatory Palestine and Egypt . The researchers state that the unit's objective was to go there in order to enact systematic mass murder of Jews. Given its small staff of only 24 men, Mallmann and Cüppers theorize the unit would have needed help from local residents and from the Afrika Korps to complete their assignment. On 20 July 1942, Rauff was sent to Tobruk to report to Rommel, Commander of the Afrika Korps . But since Rommel was 500 km away at the First Battle of El Alamein , it is unlikely that the two were able to meet. The plans for Einsatzkommando Egypt were set aside after the Allied victory at the Second Battle of El Alamein .