PZ 5749/39(1) 'Propaganda: Articles forwarded to Persian Gulf, Kabul & Katmandu for dissemination' [‎115r] (229/715)

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Kqually it kn jws whf;t .'. r i tlei’laia :neans to those who try to
escape fro..: it, as in Czechoslovakia, w! are the ruthless
suppression ay execution and imprisonment of many citizens
has recently ti ken place,
iwer© is no doubt that the German Government was
afraid that, in the event of a war, the Arab nations might
side with Great Britain and Franco rather than with Ger:.»ny.
It was for this reason that^he made use of wides road propa
ganda. This took the form partly of broadcasts in Arabic from
aerman stations, partly of books and parnphletfin Arabic designed
to prove that Germany and not Great Britain was the friend of
the Arabs. The Arabs listened to the broadcasts and read the
books. Gut they tore not deceived. They knew that Hitler
had broken his word so often in 2uro,e that whatever he said
was not to be trusted. And when they read the Arabic trans
lation of ein Ka. pf", a translation specially prepared for
Arab readers, and omitting certain passages which would have
been offensive to Arab feeling, their eyes were opened to
too doctrine o'" Force which has always boon Hitler's principle.
"Might is Right" is the motto underlying "f,.ein Kampf", and has
been used by Hitler in subduing Austria, Czechoslovakia, and
now xoland. There is no doubt that Hitler would Hie to
extend it to the East as well as to the West. And tills fact
has been realized by the Arab world. WlHin a few days of the
outbreak of war, the Arabs spoke with one voice: "Hitlerism
must be destroyed"