Author
will discuss how partnerships existed between Hitler the Arab
leadership in the Mid-East and how the Farhud (violent dispossession)
was to the Sephardim of Iraq, what Kristallnacht was to the Jews of
Germany and Austria.
ORLANDO, FL (PRWEB) October
20, 2004 -- On November 1, 2004, the award-winning, New York Times and
international best-selling investigative author of IBM and the
Holocaust, Edwin Black will be holding a speaking event and book
signing for his latest book, Banking on Baghdad. This event is entitled
“The Mufti, Hitler and Iraq” and is sponsored by the State of
California Center for Excellence on the Study of the Holocaust,
Genocide, Human Rights, and Tolerance at California State University,
Chico; Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust; and the International
Society for Sephardic Progress.
In the past several years, Black has won numerous prestigious awards
for his writing and reporting. Editors have nominated him for the
Pulitzer Prize eight times, including his most recent work, Banking on
Baghdad. This book chronicles the dramatic and tragic history of a land
long the center of world commerce and conflict. Tracing the involvement
of Western governments and militaries, as well as oil, banking, and
other corporate interests. The book also exposes the connections of
Hitler with the Arabs in their joint quest to destroy the Jews of Iraq
as the Germans the British vied for Middle Eastern oil during WWII.
Mr. Black will discuss how partnerships existed between Hitler the Arab
leadership in the Mid-East and how the Farhud (violent dispossession)
was to the Sephardim of Iraq, what Kristallnacht was to the Jews of
Germany and Austria. Mr. Shelomo Alfassa, Executive Director of the
ISFSP will be in attendance at the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust
and will make a declaration on behalf of the Sephardic community. In a
prepared statement Mr. Alfassa said:
“Mr. Black’s research brings to the table a major addition to the
knowledge base of Sephardim in the Holocaust. While many know of the
devastating effects of the Holocaust against the Sephardim, most tend
to think solely of Greek Jewry which suffered massive loses. What many
do not know is that the Nazi's hand dipped well into Arab lands
including Algeria, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia, and now we can see
clearly—Iraq. This is timely information, for the world community can
now recognize that when the Nazi regime was destroyed, the paradigm
they created continued, as it does today throughout Arab lands.”
Persons interested in attending this event can contact The Los Angeles
Museum of the Holocaust at 323-651-3704 or visit them at 6435 Wilshire
Blvd. Suite 303, Los Angeles, CA 90048. Those interested in the book
can learn more by visiting www.bankingonbaghdad.com
The International Society for Sephardic Progress is a Jewish agency
developed to serve the Sephardic community--the descendants of the Jews
of historic Spain, Portugal, North Africa and the Levant who share both
common religious and cultural bonds. Although based in the United
States, the ISFSP is an advocacy organization representing Sephardim
internationally, and is the publisher of the International Sephardic
Journal.
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