German Egypt

Flag of the German Egypt

Territory of Deutsch Ägypten

## History of Deutsch Ägypten

### 1943-1946

   On June 1, 1943, the last British troops in Egypt surrendered. The next day, the Third Reich establishes a district in the territory of Egypt and Libya controlled by a military government composed of Afrika Korps generals, headed by Erwin Rommel. On January 14, 1944, the North African District was divided into Deutsch Ägypten and Deutsches Libyen.

## An administrative division

Deutsch Ägypten is divided into three administrative zones:

* Alexandria District - The main region in which the capital of the country, Alexandria, is located. The district reports directly to the state government.
* Sudan District - a region located on the territory of Sudan. It has its own government composed of German officials and a council of natives, which, however, has almost no power.
* Jewish District - The region will be located on the territory of Israel, Jordan and Sinai. It is subject to its own government, headed by Josef Mengele. The Yen region is depopulated as a result of mass murders and extermination of the local population.

However, the above districts have little autonomy and do not have much influence on the law and decisions made in their territory. The exception is the Jewish District controlled by Mengele, on the territory of which there is a different law adapted to the conditions prevailing there and enabling the Germans to initiate skirmishes between Jews without the interference of German troops.

## Operation Jerusalem

Operation Jerusalem is an operation consisting in the complete destruction of the enemy, which for Hitler were the Jews, at its core. Josef Mengele, who was then managing the Jewish District, was responsible for carrying out the operation. The first mention of planning the operation appeared in 1941. A conference was held in the Polish city of Białystok, attended by Heinrich Himmler, Adolf Auchmann and Josef Menegele. It was then agreed that after the conquest of Palestine, the process of total extermination of the local population would begin. In 1942, another conference on this topic was held in Augsburg, during which SS representatives went a step further, claiming that they could not end with the total extermination of Palestinian Jews. It was then concluded that the territory of Palestine should be completely eliminated. It was at the conference in Augsburg that Josef Menegele was entrusted with coordinating activities in this area.

After the Germans captured Palestine, actions aimed at exterminating the population immediately began. At the beginning, camps were created in which the Jewish population was gathered and then liquidated. In 1944, when Deutsch Ägypten was established and Josef Menegele took power over the Jewish District, the second stage of Operation Jerusalem began. On January 16, 1944, the demolition of Jerusalem began, and a week later, on January 23, also of other cities. In 1946, 97% of the Jewish population living in Palestine was eliminated. At the beginning of 1946, all Jews who survived the war began to be brought to Palestine to be incorporated into groups engaged in the demolition of Palestinian cities.