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German-Jewish archaeologist and spy Max Freiherr von Oppenheim's activities in the Middle East during World War I helped in shaping British and German policy towards the Middle East. Oppenheim organized pan-Islamic activities aimed at inciting a jihad or holy war against the British empire. Thus, he was reported by British agents as a major threat to British influence in Egypt which resulted in a dramatic change in British Egyptian policy. He even contributed to the fierce rivalry between UK and Germany at the time.

The defeat of Turkey and Germany in World War I resulted in the partition of the Ottoman Empire. The victorious British and French protected their strategic interests in the Middle [...]

Presents information on Max Freiherr von Oppenheim, a German-Jewish archaeologist-spy during and prior to the First World War. Background information on Oppenheim; Details on Oppenheim's educational background and his travels throughout the Middle East and North Africa; Information on Oppenheim's military career.

Focuses on the rivalry between Germany and Great Britain on Egypt from 1904 to 1914. Reinforcement of laws to protect German trade in Egypt; Developments in 1910 and 1911; Introduction of British and western influences in 1913 in developing Egypt; Decline of German hold of Egypt.

This article discusses the Nazi conception of justice based on how the National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP) and the Supreme Party Court rendered justice to party members who violated the NSDAP's principles on racial purity during the so called Kristallnacht riot in Germany wherein Jewish shops, synagogues and Jews were targeted. It explains that Adolf Hitler himself ordered the investigation of NSDAP members when it was reported that some of them raped Jewish women. It says Hitler's view of justice is that which is aligned with the reason of the state.