• Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    451·
    11 days ago

    they proposed that large numbers of Jewish refugees should be encouraged to settle in Manchukuo or Japan-occupied Shanghai,[1] thus gaining the benefit of the supposed economic prowess of the Jews

    Holy shit! 😬🤦🏻

    • Godric@lemmy.world
      15·
      11 days ago

      You missed the wildest part:

      The idea was partly based on the acceptance of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion as being a genuine document by at least part of the Japanese leadership - but rather than arousing hatred of Jews, the intended effect of the Protocols, they actually caused the Japanese to consider the Jews as powerful potential allies for Japan.

      • axx@slrpnk.net
        3·
        10 days ago

        Yeah, that’s amazing. I never considered the idea that some antisemites make up a fake document to turn people against Jews for being secretly powerful and plotting an international domination conspiracy, and some instead go “powerful you say…? I want them on my side”.