What is Johann von Leers?
{{Infobox military person | name = Johann von Leers | birth_date = 25 January 1902 | death_date = 5 March 1965 | image = Bundesarchiv Bild 183-2004-0825-502, Dr. Johann von Leers.jpg | birth_place = [[Karbow-Vietlübbe]], [[Germany]] | death_place = [[Cairo, Egypt]] |allegiance={{flag|Nazi Germany}} |branch=[[File:Flag Schutzstaffel.svg|23px]] [[Waffen-SS]] |serviceyears= |rank= [[Sturmbannführer]] |commands= |unit= |awards= |laterwork= }} '''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-Semitic|anti-Jewish]] beliefs. He was important in making [[propaganda]]. He was an advisor to [[Gamal Abdel Nasser]].<ref>The Wiener Library bulletin, Volume 15. Wiener Library. 1961. p. 2</ref> He published for [[Goebbels]], in [[Juan Perón|Peron]]'s [[Argentina]] and for Nasser's [[Egypt]]. He changed his religion to [[Islam]]. He then changed his name to '''Omar Amin'''. ==References== {{Reflist}} * {{cite book| last = Rees| first = Philip| title = Biographical dictionary of the extreme right since 1890| year = 1990| publisher = Macmillan Library Reference }} * {{cite book| last = Lee| first = Martin A.| title = The Beast Reawakens| url = https://archive.org/details/beastreawakens0000leem| year = 1997| publisher = Little Brown & Company| isbn = 978-0-316-51959-5 }} * Irving Sedar and Harold J. Greenberg, ''Behind the Egyptian Sphinx: [[Gamal Abdel Nasser|Nasser]]'s strange bedfellows; prelude to [[World War III]]?'', Philadelphia, Chilton Co., 1960 {{DEFAULTSORT:Leers, Johann von}} [[Category:1902 births]] [[Category:1965 deaths]] [[Category:German academics]] [[Category:German historians]] [[Category:German journalists]] [[Category:German majors]] [[Category:Muslims]] [[Category:People from Mecklenburg-Vorpommern]] [[Category:SS officers]] [[Category:Waffen-SS people]]