The Dark Alliance: Neo-Nazis, Nazi Fugitives, and Early Arab Anti-Zionism in the 1960s

The Dark Alliance: Neo-Nazis, Nazi Fugitives, and Early Arab Anti-Zionism in the 1960s

In the shadows of post-Holocaust history, a disturbing convergence emerged between remnants of Nazi ideology and certain strands of Arab nationalism fiercely opposed to the Jewish state's existence. While the world was still confronting the horrors of the Shoah—the systematic murder of six million Jews—some Arab leaders and organizations formed alliances with neo-Nazi groups in Argentina that were actively protecting notorious Nazi war criminals like Adolf Eichmann and Josef Mengele.

Argentina served as a safe haven for many Nazi fugitives after World War II. Eichmann, the logistical mastermind of the Final Solution, lived there until his capture by Israeli agents in 1960. Josef Mengele, the infamous Auschwitz "Angel of Death," also resided in Argentina before moving to Paraguay. Multiple contemporary sources confirm that the Tacuara Nationalist Movement—a violent, antisemitic neo-Nazi organization of Argentine youths—provided direct protection to these fugitives. Tacuara members guarded Mengele's residence on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, prevented police searches of his home, and extended similar protection to Eichmann.

Tacuara was unabashedly fascist, performing Nazi salutes and attacking Jewish students and institutions. A September 16, 1962, New York Times article detailed their drills, ideology, and explicit opposition to "Zionism, Capitalism and Communism."

In the early 1960s, Tacuara developed ties with the Arab League, facilitated particularly by Hussein Triki, a Tunisian diplomat and known Nazi collaborator from the war years. Some Tacuara factions embraced Third-Worldist rhetoric, chanting slogans linking Perónism with Nasser and anti-Zionism.

The most public manifestation of this alliance came from Ahmad Shukeiri, a leading Arab Palestinian figure who served as Saudi Arabia's representative to the United Nations in 1962. As early as 1946—just months after the Holocaust—Shukeiri (as well as Jamal Husseini).had publicly justified the murder of six million Jews, stating that Hitler "could not have been all wrong." In a speech to the UN General Assembly on November 30, 1962, Shukeiri openly praised and saluted Tacuara members, expressed hope that their activities would expand across Latin America, and referenced the recent New York Times exposé on the group.

The Argentine delegate immediately condemned the remarks, denouncing Tacuara as a Nazi organization. The incident caused international outrage and embarrassment, even among some Arab states. Shortly afterward, Shukeiri was dismissed from his UN position, reportedly at the direction of Saudi King Faisal.

This episode reveals a troubling historical nexus: in the immediate post-Holocaust era, as Jewish survivors sought refuge and security in Israel, certain Arab leaders aligned themselves with neo-Nazi groups that were literally shielding the perpetrators of the genocide. Such alliances underscore the extreme antisemitism that animated some early opposition to Jewish self-determination—a painful reminder of the challenges the Jewish people faced in establishing and defending their homeland.

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