>> I profoundly disagree with you on the semi-revisionism on WW2
Is this a kneejerk reaction or are you basing your disagreement on facts?
>> however lets not have the holocaust debate redux.
As you wish. But for your own self interest, I suggest you do a bit of googling on what said, which is based on relatively recently released documents from the British government. And you may also want to take a look here en.wikipedia.org
In 1937 Eichmann was sent to Palestine with his superior Herbert Hagen to assess the possibilities of massive Jewish emigration from Germany to Palestine. They landed in Haifa but could only obtain a transit visa so they went on to Cairo. In Cairo they met Feival Polkes, an agent of the Haganah, who discussed with them the plans of the Zionists and tried to enlist their assistance in facilitating Jewish emigration from Europe. According to an answer Eichmann gave at his trial, he had also planned to meet Arab leaders in Palestine; this never happened because entry to Palestine was refused by the British authorities...Through this work Eichmann made several contacts in the Zionist movement which he worked with to speed up Jewish Emigration from the Reich.
Eichmann returned to Berlin in 1939 after the formation of the Reich Central Security Office (RSHA). In December 1939, he was assigned to head RSHA Referat IV D4, the RSHA department that dealt with Jewish affairs and evacuation. In August 1940, he released his Reichssicherheitshauptamt: Madagaskar Projekt (Reich Central Security Office: Madagascar Project), a plan for forced Jewish deportation that never materialized. He was promoted to the rank of SS-Sturmbannführer in late 1940, and less than a year later to Obersturmbannführer.
Anyway, I know that there were those who opposed the creations of a Jewish state, but there were clearly also those who favored it. So once again, there was opportunity for things to turn out differently. I am pointing the way for you. Whether you want to look at some of the more recently released documents by the British and US government is up to you...as you said, let's not have the holocaust debate redux. |
