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"Himmler was their Defender!"
How a Bosnian Journal Celebrated the Nazi SS Past
by Petar Makara and Jared Israel
[Posted 9 January 2003]
The photos below were published in the weekly magazine, Svijet, or
World, in Sarajevo, Bosnia, in 1997.
The photos were taken during World War II, but they provide a glimpse
of the truth about what really happened during the recent Bosnia war,
and what is happening today. The truth about Bosnia has immediate
bearing on the trial of Slobodan Milosevic, that is, of the Serbian
people and of the policy of national independence and cohesion, which
Serbian leaders and ordinary people fought for. Moreover, the issue of
what *really* happened in Bosnia is crucial to understanding the role
of aggressive Islam in all parts of the world, and of those who
sponsor it.
During the Bosnian war we were constantly told by the media that the
Serbs were racists who persecuted Muslims and fought against the
supposedly moderate Bosnian Muslim government of Alijah Izetbegovic.
In a soon-to-be-published article we will show that every part of this
media story was a fabrication. The article will be called, "Wolves in
Sheeps' Clothing: The Fictionalization of the Bosnian War." Citizens
in the NATO countries believed the media fiction about Bosnia because
it was all they heard and saw, or thought they saw. And seeing is
believing.
We were told Mr. Izetbegovic was a great moderate, and the Sarajevo
weekly magazine, Svijet, supported Mr. Izetbegovic. So isn't it
curious that Svijet's pictures and captions, scanned and posted below,
fondly remember a World War II Nazi SS Division made up entirely of
Islamic Fundamentalists from Bosnia?
This SS division was called Handzhar, which means Scimitar. The
US-backed Bosnian leader, Mr. Izetbegovic, was enamored of Handzhar.
He even set up an army division, commanded by Islamic terrorists from
Albania, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Arab countries, and called it
Handzar. That is discussed in our forthcoming article, "Wolves in
Sheeps' Clothing." According to a recent Dutch report, the US
sponsored the Islamic terror specialists who traveled to Bosnia to
train and indoctrinate Izetbegovic's troops. (1) There are many
rocks in Bosnia, and when one turns them over one finds ugly things
hiding underneath.
Svijet's Handzhar nostalgia articles were published over the course of
five consecutive weeks: October 26th, and November 2nd, 9th, 16th and
23rd, in 1997. We got hold of three: November 2nd, 16th and 23rd.
The captions have been translated verbatim. In addition we wrote some
explanatory notes which appear in red.
We would like to thank the linguist and culture historian, Peter Maher
(2), for kindly checking the translations and providing information
for the notes.
After we finished laying out this page, Prof. Maher pointed out that
we hadn't explained the significance of the fez, the hat which was
part of the Handzhar uniform. The fez was widely worn in the Ottoman
Empire and symbolized both Muslim fanaticism and Ottoman power, under
which Bosnian Muslims ruled over Orthodox Christian Serbs and Jews.
These Christians and Jews were what is known under Muslim religious
law as dhimmi people; their inferior status was legally sanctified. By
setting up a Division of Muslim troops wearing the fez the Nazis were
appealing to Islamic fanaticism, and promising a return to the Ottoman
spirit. (To show how seriously Himmler and Hitler took their alliance
with Islamic fanatics, one of the captions makes a special point that
even the Handzhar division's commanding officer was "required" to wear
the fez.)
Regarding the Handzhar division, the "Encyclopedia of the Holocaust"
writes:
"These Muslim volunteer units, called Hanjar (sword), were put in
Waffen-SS units, fought Yugoslav partisans in Bosnia, and carried out
police and security duties in Hungary. They participated in the
massacre of civilians in Bosnia and volunteered to join in the hunt
for Jews in Croatia..."
-- Encyclopedia of the Holocaust, Edition 1990, Volume 2, page 707
The civilians whom Handzhar massacred were mainly Serbs and Roma
('Gypsies').
When Mr. Izetbegovic resurrected this Waffen SS division he was
telling Serbs, Roma and Jews: "Achtung! Handzhar is back!"
-- Petar Makara and Jared Israel
*To See the Pictures and Read the Captions and Our Notes, go to*
http://emperors-clothes.com/bosnia/svijet.htm
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Footnotes & Further Reading:
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1) "Dutch Report: Us Sponsored Foreign Islamists In Bosnia," at
http://emperors-clothes.com/analysis/used.htm
2) Peter Maher, Professor of Linguistics, Emeritus, Northeastern
Illinois University, is author of "'Kosovo' or 'Kosova'? What's in a
Name?" at
http://emperors-clothes.com/articles/maher/inaname.htm
3) Author: Germany. Auswärtiges Amt. [Foreign Office] Title: Documents
on German foreign policy, 1918-1945, from the archives of the German
Foreign Ministry. Akten zur deutschen auswärtigen Politik. English
Publisher: Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1949- Description: Book
v. fold. maps. 24 cm.; Series D, Vol. XIII no. 515. NOTE: You may read
the entire document at
http://www.psych.upenn.edu/~fjgil/muftihitler.htm
4) For more on the Nazi-Hamas connection, see "'Palestine Is Our Land
And The Jews Our Dogs': Anti-Semitism, Misinformation, And The
Whitewashing Of The
Palestinian Leadership," by Francisco Gil-White at
http://emperors-clothes.com/gilwhite/Israel.htm
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"Himmler was their Defender!"
How a Bosnian Journal Celebrated the Nazi SS Past
by Petar Makara and Jared Israel
[Posted 9 January 2003]
The photos below were published in the weekly magazine, Svijet, or
World, in Sarajevo, Bosnia, in 1997.
The photos were taken during World War II, but they provide a glimpse
of the truth about what really happened during the recent Bosnia war,
and what is happening today. The truth about Bosnia has immediate
bearing on the trial of Slobodan Milosevic, that is, of the Serbian
people and of the policy of national independence and cohesion, which
Serbian leaders and ordinary people fought for. Moreover, the issue of
what *really* happened in Bosnia is crucial to understanding the role
of aggressive Islam in all parts of the world, and of those who
sponsor it.
During the Bosnian war we were constantly told by the media that the
Serbs were racists who persecuted Muslims and fought against the
supposedly moderate Bosnian Muslim government of Alijah Izetbegovic.
In a soon-to-be-published article we will show that every part of this
media story was a fabrication. The article will be called, "Wolves in
Sheeps' Clothing: The Fictionalization of the Bosnian War." Citizens
in the NATO countries believed the media fiction about Bosnia because
it was all they heard and saw, or thought they saw. And seeing is
believing.
We were told Mr. Izetbegovic was a great moderate, and the Sarajevo
weekly magazine, Svijet, supported Mr. Izetbegovic. So isn't it
curious that Svijet's pictures and captions, scanned and posted below,
fondly remember a World War II Nazi SS Division made up entirely of
Islamic Fundamentalists from Bosnia?
This SS division was called Handzhar, which means Scimitar. The
US-backed Bosnian leader, Mr. Izetbegovic, was enamored of Handzhar.
He even set up an army division, commanded by Islamic terrorists from
Albania, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Arab countries, and called it
Handzar. That is discussed in our forthcoming article, "Wolves in
Sheeps' Clothing." According to a recent Dutch report, the US
sponsored the Islamic terror specialists who traveled to Bosnia to
train and indoctrinate Izetbegovic's troops. (1) There are many
rocks in Bosnia, and when one turns them over one finds ugly things
hiding underneath.
Svijet's Handzhar nostalgia articles were published over the course of
five consecutive weeks: October 26th, and November 2nd, 9th, 16th and
23rd, in 1997. We got hold of three: November 2nd, 16th and 23rd.
The captions have been translated verbatim. In addition we wrote some
explanatory notes which appear in red.
We would like to thank the linguist and culture historian, Peter Maher
(2), for kindly checking the translations and providing information
for the notes.
After we finished laying out this page, Prof. Maher pointed out that
we hadn't explained the significance of the fez, the hat which was
part of the Handzhar uniform. The fez was widely worn in the Ottoman
Empire and symbolized both Muslim fanaticism and Ottoman power, under
which Bosnian Muslims ruled over Orthodox Christian Serbs and Jews.
These Christians and Jews were what is known under Muslim religious
law as dhimmi people; their inferior status was legally sanctified. By
setting up a Division of Muslim troops wearing the fez the Nazis were
appealing to Islamic fanaticism, and promising a return to the Ottoman
spirit. (To show how seriously Himmler and Hitler took their alliance
with Islamic fanatics, one of the captions makes a special point that
even the Handzhar division's commanding officer was "required" to wear
the fez.)
Regarding the Handzhar division, the "Encyclopedia of the Holocaust"
writes:
"These Muslim volunteer units, called Hanjar (sword), were put in
Waffen-SS units, fought Yugoslav partisans in Bosnia, and carried out
police and security duties in Hungary. They participated in the
massacre of civilians in Bosnia and volunteered to join in the hunt
for Jews in Croatia..."
-- Encyclopedia of the Holocaust, Edition 1990, Volume 2, page 707
The civilians whom Handzhar massacred were mainly Serbs and Roma
('Gypsies').
When Mr. Izetbegovic resurrected this Waffen SS division he was
telling Serbs, Roma and Jews: "Achtung! Handzhar is back!"
-- Petar Makara and Jared Israel
*To See the Pictures and Read the Captions and Our Notes, go to*
http://emperors-clothes.com/bosnia/svijet.htm
**Footnotes & Further Reading Follow the Fundraising Appeal**
=======================================
Please Consider Making a
Contribution to Emperor's Clothes
=======================================
If you have been reading Emperor Clothes and find our articles useful
but haven't made a contribution in some time (or ever) please consider
doing so now. We're experiencing economic difficulties and we can only
produce this work if you help us.
When you contribute your hard-earned money to Emperor's Clothes you
are taking a stand against the lies that make war possible.
Here's how you can help:
You can make a credit card donation by going to our secure server at
https://emperor.securesites.com/transactions/index.php
You can use PayPal at
https://www.paypal.com/xclick/business=emperors1000@...&no_shipping=1
You can mail a check to Emperor's Clothes, P.O. Box 610-321, Newton,
MA 02461-0321. (USA)
Or donate by phone by calling us in the U.S. at
1 617 916-1705
Note: If you donate by mail, please let us know at
emperors1000@...
Thanks!
*********************************
Footnotes & Further Reading:
*********************************
1) "Dutch Report: Us Sponsored Foreign Islamists In Bosnia," at
http://emperors-clothes.com/analysis/used.htm
2) Peter Maher, Professor of Linguistics, Emeritus, Northeastern
Illinois University, is author of "'Kosovo' or 'Kosova'? What's in a
Name?" at
http://emperors-clothes.com/articles/maher/inaname.htm
3) Author: Germany. Auswärtiges Amt. [Foreign Office] Title: Documents
on German foreign policy, 1918-1945, from the archives of the German
Foreign Ministry. Akten zur deutschen auswärtigen Politik. English
Publisher: Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1949- Description: Book
v. fold. maps. 24 cm.; Series D, Vol. XIII no. 515. NOTE: You may read
the entire document at
http://www.psych.upenn.edu/~fjgil/muftihitler.htm
4) For more on the Nazi-Hamas connection, see "'Palestine Is Our Land
And The Jews Our Dogs': Anti-Semitism, Misinformation, And The
Whitewashing Of The
Palestinian Leadership," by Francisco Gil-White at
http://emperors-clothes.com/gilwhite/Israel.htm