Johannes von Leers, notorious Nazi propagandist now working for the United Arab Republic in Cairo, revealed in a letter to the Swedish weekly, Veckojournalen, today, that he met in Argentina with Adolf Eichmann in 1955.
Von Leers stated that, when he met Eichmann at Buenos Aires, the Gestapo leader now on trial in Israel “refused to give me information about the number of Jews who died in the concentration camps.” Von Leers denied he is a propagandist for the UAR Government, saying “I am not required to make Arabs hostile toward Israel.” He said he is “a consistent enemy of political Judaism and world Zionism” and declared “many anti-Zionist Jews share this feeling.”
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