Johann von Leers [SEP] country of citizenship
Johann von Leers
Omar Amin (born Johann von Leers; 25 January 19025 March 1965) was an "Alter Kämpfer" and an honorary "Sturmbannführer" in the "Waffen SS" in Nazi Germany, where he was also a professor known for his anti-Jewish polemics. He was one of the most important ideologues of the Third Reich, serving as a high-ranking propaganda ministry official. He later served in the Egyptian Information Department, as well as an advisor to Gamal Abdel Nasser. He published for Goebbels
about 4,000 Nazis in this way.
One of those whom Engdahl assisted was Johann von Leers, who arrived in Malmö in 1947 ... [and later left for] Buenos Aires, where he edited a paper that became a communications channel between Nazis in Europe and those who ended up in Latin America. Von Leers was later brought to Egypt under the auspices of Haj Amin al-Husseini, with whom he was in close contact. Eventually he converted to Islam and changed his name to Omar Amin as a gesture to his