Page "Haj Amin al-Husseini" Paragraph 63

Husseini intervened on 13 May 1943, before the meeting with Himmler when he was informed of the holocaust, with the German Foreign Office to block possible transfers of Jews from Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania, after reports reached him that 4, 000 Jewish children accompanied by 500 adults had managed to reach Palestine.

He asked that the Foreign Minister " to do his utmost " to block all such proposals and this request was complied with.

According to Idith Zertal, none of the documents presented at Eichmann's trial prove that it was the Mufti's interference, in these ' acts of total evil ,' that prevented the children's rescue.

A year later, on 25 July 1944, he wrote to the Hungarian foreign minister to register his objection to the release of certificates for 900 Jewish children and 100 adults for transfer from Hungary, fearing they might end up in Palestine.

He suggested that if such transfers of population were deemed necessary, then: