Former Nazis in Cairo served both Nasser and Arab arms flows

Evidence

In on the ground floor were a group of ex-Nazis who had found refuge in Cairo and had made themselves useful to Nasser; among them a former S.S. man called Ernst-Wilhelm Springer, who had helped form the pro-German Muslim Legion in the Second World War. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 810

Categorization

• XREF: Parallels the Nazi flight to the Middle East documented in Nazi war-crimes history and post-war intelligence work. — connects to: The US courted even a violent Muslim Brotherhood against Nasser — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 225

Broader Connections

• The US courted even a violent Muslim Brotherhood against Nasser #expands (0.50) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 225