One rare offering: Nazi-Zionist co-operation medal from 1934 put up for auction

Published: 4 January 2018

Last updated: 4 March 2024

THIS MEDAL was minted on the occasion of a series of articles A Nazi goes to Palestine, published in the Nazi journal Der Angriff ("The Attack"). The medal is a memento of cooperation between the Nazi Party and the German Zionist Association, in favour of the joint goal of bringing German Jews to Palestine (the "transfer").

At the beginning of the period of Nazi rule in Germany, the Zionist movement tended to cooperate with the line taken by the Nazi regime at the beginning of its path - encouraging German Jewish immigration to Palestine. In the spring of 1933, the Union of German Zionists decided to contact elements within the Nazi party that might support the Zionist cause.

FULL STORY Nazi-Zionist cooperation medal offered at auction (Israel National News)

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