Johann von Leers

Johann von Leers (January 25, 1902 – March 5, 1965), was a soldier in Nazi Germany. He was an Alter Kämpfer and an honorary Sturmbannführer in the Waffen SS. He was also a professor known for his strong anti-Jewish beliefs. He was important in making propaganda.

He was an advisor to Gamal Abdel Nasser.The Wiener Library bulletin, Volume 15. Wiener Library. 1961. p. 2 He published for Goebbels, in Peron's Argentina and for Nasser's Egypt. He changed his religion to Islam. He then changed his name to Omar Amin.

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 Irving Sedar and Harold J. Greenberg, Behind the Egyptian Sphinx: Nasser's strange bedfellows; prelude to World War III?, Philadelphia, Chilton Co., 1960

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