The Pete Quiñones Show Pre-1945 German/Islam Relations w/ Thomas777 - Complete
Apr 17, 2026
Thomas777, a revisionist historian and writer, explores pre-1945 Germany’s ties with the Islamic world and Palestine. He traces Kaiserreich-Ottoman links, German Orientalist scholarship, Wehrmacht and SS outreach to Muslim communities, and the role of figures like Amin al-Husseini and Johan von Leers. The conversation covers military imam training, Muslim units, propaganda strategies, and postwar networks.
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Reich Strategic View Of Islam
- The Third Reich viewed the Islamic world as a strategic ally and political force against Bolshevism and what they framed as Jewish influence.
- Thomas777 explains early Nazi policy saw cultural and diplomatic cultivation of Muslims as both pragmatic and ideologically compatible with aspects of National Socialism.
Religious Respect As Counterinsurgency Tool
- German forces occupying Muslim-majority territories treated Islamic institutions with official respect to undermine Soviet influence.
- Thomas777 points to re-establishing mosques, madrasas and pious endowments as deliberate policy to win locals against communism.
Oppenheim Memorandum Sparked PanIslamic Strategy
- Max von Oppenheim in July 1940 urged mobilizing Muslim populations against the British as a strategic wartime priority.
- Thomas777 notes Oppenheim's decades in the Ottoman world gave Berlin an operational blueprint to incite rebellion across Egypt to India.
