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Posted on 06/09/2026 12:29:03 AM PDT by Words Matter
François Genoud (1915–1996) was a Swiss Nazi sympathizer, financier, and political activist who served as an important intermediary between former Nazis, European far-right networks, and Palestinian militant organizations during the Cold War. Rather than acting as a militant himself, Genoud used financial, legal, and political connections to support causes he viewed as aligned with his anti-Zionist and anti-Israeli worldview (Aarons & Loftus, 1991; Lee, 1998).
Genoud's involvement with Arab nationalist causes predated the emergence of modern Palestinian militant organizations. During and after the Second World War, he maintained ties to supporters of Amin al-Husseini, the former Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, who collaborated with Nazi Germany and maintained relationships with senior Nazi leaders, including Adolf Hitler. Historians have described Genoud as an admirer of al-Husseini and as part of postwar networks that connected former Nazis, Arab nationalists, and anti-Zionist activists (Herf, 2009; Küntzel, 2015).
Genoud maintained close relationships with Palestinian nationalist and militant groups, including factions within the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). He reportedly assisted with fundraising, legal defense efforts, and financial transactions benefiting Palestinian militants during the 1960s–1980s (Aarons & Loftus, 1991; Lee, 1998).
He developed a close association with Ilich Ramírez Sánchez ("Carlos the Jackal"), financing aspects of his legal defense following his arrest and maintaining personal ties with networks connected to Palestinian militant organizations (Lee, 1998).
Genoud also maintained relationships with senior Palestinian figures, including George Habash, founder of the PFLP, and Ali Hassan Salameh, a founder of Black September. Near the end of his life, Genoud acknowledged to journalist Pierre Péan that he had personally delivered ransom communications during the hijacking of Lufthansa Flight 649, reinforcing longstanding allegations regarding his logistical support for Palestinian militant operations (Péan, 1994; Izzo, 2019).
A lifelong admirer of National Socialism, Genoud acquired literary rights associated with Adolf Hitler, Joseph Goebbels, and Martin Bormann, using portions of the resulting income to support far-right causes and legal defenses for former Nazis (Aarons & Loftus, 1991).
Researchers have also linked Genoud to postwar support networks that assisted Nazi fugitives and funded legal defenses for figures such as Adolf Eichmann and Klaus Barbie (Aarons & Loftus, 1991; Lee, 1998).
According to historians, Genoud viewed Palestinian nationalism as a continuation of the struggle against Israel and Zionism that had previously animated Nazi ideology. Through financial and political networking, he helped facilitate contacts between European far-right activists and Palestinian militant organizations, contributing to what some scholars describe as a pragmatic Euro-Arab
extremist alliance (Lee, 1998; Küntzel, 2015).
Historians have noted that cooperation between some Palestinian militant organizations and European neo-Nazis extended beyond financing and logistics into ideological and personnel relationships. Elements within Fatah and the PLO cultivated relationships with former Nazis and far-right activists during the Cold War period (Wistrich, 2010).
Mein Kampf circulated as recommended reading in some Fatah training camps, and several former Nazis were recruited as advisers, trainers, or operatives. Among those identified were Erich Altern, a former official connected to the Gestapo's Jewish Affairs section, and Willy Berner, a former SS officer who served at the Mauthausen concentration camp (Wistrich, 2010).
These relationships have been cited by historians as evidence that portions of the European far right and Palestinian militant movements were willing to cooperate despite substantial ideological differences, particularly when united by hostility toward Israel and Zionism (Wistrich, 2010; Herf, 2009).
References.
Aarons, M., & Loftus, J. (1991). Unholy Trinity: The Vatican, the Nazis, and the Swiss Banks. St. Martin's Press.
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Herf, J. (2009). Nazi Propaganda for the Arab World. Yale University Press.
Izzo, S. (2019, June 18). Karl-Heinz Hoffmann's Secret History Links Neo-Nazis With Palestinian Terror. Tablet Magazine.
Küntzel, M. (2015). Nazis, Islamic Antisemitism and the Middle East: The 1948 Arab War Against Israel and the Aftershocks of World War II. Routledge.
Lee, M. A. (1998). The Beast Reawakens. Little, Brown and Company.
Latsch, G., & Wiegrefe, K. (2012a, June 17). Files Show Neo-Nazis Helped Palestinian Terrorists in Munich 1972 Massacre. Der Spiegel.
Latsch, G., & Wiegrefe, K. (2012b, June 17). München 1972: Deutsche Neonazis halfen Olympia-Attentätern. Der Spiegel.
Péan, P. (1994). Une jeunesse française: François Mitterrand, 1934–1947. Fayard.
Wistrich, R. S. (2010). A Lethal Obsession: Anti-Semitism from Antiquity to the Global Jihad. Random House. (Chapter 21, "The Liberation of Palestine").
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German neo-Nazi politician meets Hezbollah, supports terror against Israel.
“The Lebanese Army and Hezbollah must receive support.”
Jerusalem Post, Match 24, 2019
https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/german-leader-meets-with-hezbollah-supports-terrorism-against-israel-584259
Neo-Nazis aligned with German-Muslims of Syrian, Lebanese origin v Israel.
Germany’s parliament declared BDS an antisemitic campaign in 2019. The EU and the US designated Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip, a foreign terrorist organization.
Jerusalem Post. June 3, 2021.
https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/neo-nazis-aligned-with-german-muslims-of-syrian-lebanese-origin-v-israel-670065
From Hitler to Hamas: A Genealogy of Evil.
ISGAP. Oct 17, 2023.
https://isgap.org/flashpoint/from-hitler-to-hamas-a-genealogy-of-evil/
Pro-Hamas extremists and neo-Nazis flood social media with calls for violence.
Law enforcement officials are concerned about attacks on Jewish Americans, as well as Arab Americans and Muslim Americans, over the events in Israel and Gaza.
NBC, Oct 18, 2023.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/-hamas-extremists-neo-nazis-flood-social-media-calls-violence-rcna121043
Hate united: Neo-Nazi accelerationist support for Hamas.
Katherine Keneally and Zoe Manzi.
ISD Global. Nov 13, 2023.
https://www.isdglobal.org/digital-dispatch/hate-united-neo-nazi-accelerationist-support-for-hamas/
Tablet Magazine @tabletmag:
WATCH: How the fusion of Nazism and Islamism in the 1940s, embodied by Haj Amin el-Husseini’s alliance with Hitler, shaped modern Arab antisemitism and fueled decades of rejectionism toward Israel.
July 21, 2025.
https://x.com/tabletmag/status/1947295873374748847
Graham Platner has announced his opposition to the using Neo in front of his beloved NAZI.
If elected, he will fight to keep the term NAZI free from any foreign, “dirty” influence.
Stop with the “neo-nazi” trope it is simple racism or anti-Jewish. Nazis did not and do not have a lock on hating Jews
Notjing nazi about this just Jew hatred
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