Motadel, David 
ORCID: 0000-0002-2218-618X
(2013)
The 'Muslim question' in Hitler's Balkans.
Historical Journal, 56 (04).
pp. 1007-1039.
ISSN 0018-246X
Abstract
This article examines Germany’s efforts to instrumentalize Islam in the Balkans during the Second World War. As German troops became more involved in the region from early 1943 onwards, German officials began to engage with the Muslim population, promoting Germany as the protector of Islam in south-eastern Europe. Focusing on Bosnia, Herzegovina, and the Sandžak of Novi Pazar, the article explores the relations between German authorities and religious leaders on the ground and enquires into the ways in which German propagandists sought to employ religious rhetoric, terminology, and iconography for political and military ends. Interweaving religious history with the history of military conflict, the article contributes more generally to our understanding of the politics of religion in the Second World War
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/historical... |
| Additional Information: | © 2013 Cambridge University Press |
| Divisions: | International History |
| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BP Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc D History General and Old World > D History (General) > D731 World War II D History General and Old World > DD Germany D History General and Old World > DR Balkan Peninsula |
| Date Deposited: | 23 May 2017 15:27 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Dec 2024 00:32 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/77821 |
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