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organisation, met in Barcelona in April 1969, where Palestinian groups received financial support and Genoud placed them in contact with former Nazis who would assist their military training, including pledged support designated for the
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Genoud found himself in legal troubles from time to time, such as in 1983, when he was represented by Baudoin Dunant, a leading Geneva-based lawyer who sits on the board of over 20 companies, including the
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became Interpol Head is connected with his friendship with Francois Genoud, because Genoud lobbied Arab governments to help him achieve the role. The implications are understood to include that when the
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occurred in 1972, Interpol limited its investigation into it, with a spokesman from Interpol stating that, "Interpol was an agency designed to handle criminal, not political matters."
344:, which he would eventually finance by 1954 after originally supplying weapons. In 1958, he founded the Arab Commercial Bank in Geneva, which would be active in lending to 499:, a Swiss militant who was the first European to be tried and sentenced in Israel for pro-Palestinian activities; Bréguet had served seven years of his 15-year sentence. 473:
Throughout the 1970s, Genoud financed many left-wing groups with the goal of armed Arab liberation. It is alleged that he delivered the ransom demand after the
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In 1993, a bomb exploded outside his home and by 1996 Swiss authorities were still investigating him for his financial activities during the
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Genoud travelled to Berlin frequently during the war "to see his friend the Grand Mufti," and visited him afterward many times in
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Genoud became a passionate supporter of Arab liberation causes, funding many nationalist and right-wing organisations.
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Genoud is notable for having been the executor of last will and testament of Nazi propagandist
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In 1992, Genoud told a London newspaper "My views have not changed since I was a young man.
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national, he set up the Oasis nightclub in Lausanne to serve as a covert operation for the
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in 1994, after playing a key role in the success of his missions in the previous decades.
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was a great leader, and if he had won the war, the world would be a better place today."
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In the 1960s, Genoud began supplying arms for Palestinian causes. The Lausanne-based
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Genoud committed suicide, with, according to his family, the help of the Swiss pro-
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Dreamer of the day: Francis Parker Yockey and the Postwar Fascist International
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Jackal: The Complete Story of the Legendary Terrorist, Carlos the Jackal
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died without his securing the full rights to the literary works of
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Encyclopedia of Modern Worldwide Extremists and Extremist Groups
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in 1970. The PFLP called for the release of both Bréguet and
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Waterhouse, Rosie and Sheridan, Michael (July 11, 1992)
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Among the people with whom he came into contact was the
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The Hitler Virus: The Insidious Legacy of Adolf Hitler
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Ein Leben zwischen Hitler und Carlos: François Genoud
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Greenwood Publishing Group. pp.104-05, 135. 940: 622: 620: 618: 434:Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine 379:Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine 191:in 1934, and two years later he travelled to 700:Lee, Martin A. and Coogan, Kevin (May 1987) 424:during the 1970s after a bombing mission in 331: 110:financier and a principal benefactor of the 106:(26 October 1915 – 30 May 1996) was a noted 348:groups and as the chief repository for the 947: 933: 615: 909:"Francois Genoud, Nazi Sympathizer, 81" 393:Notable aid recipients and associations 1188: 661:Preston, David Lee (January 5, 1997). 626: 535:group Exit, at age 80 on 30 May 1996. 100:Swiss Nazi collaborator (1915 – 1996) 928: 837: 835: 766: 538: 409:during the years of the Third Reich. 732: 730: 728: 696: 694: 692: 690: 688: 686: 684: 682: 680: 678: 587: 585: 583: 252:, "supreme SS and police leader" in 709:. pp.45-52. Accessed March 1, 2011. 13: 832: 436:, together in 1970. Genoud helped 369:. He was a close associate of Dr. 350:Algerian National Liberation Front 323: 14: 1257: 956:Far-right politics in Switzerland 917:. Associated Press. June 3, 1996. 725: 675: 580: 502: 367:Palestine Liberation Organisation 1206:Abwehr personnel of World War II 980:National Movement of Switzerland 597:. Arcade Publishing. pp.111-12. 125:militant groups during the post- 121:escape network and supporter of 963:Defunct far right organizations 901: 883: 853: 841:Jennings, Kate (February 2011) 443:He was closely associated with 206: 159:, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem 139:His friends included terrorist 1009:Active far right organizations 804: 785: 760: 712: 1: 573: 420:. He financed the defense of 397:Genoud was a close friend of 381:following their attack on an 170: 143:, one-time Gestapo agent and 1231:Swiss spies for Nazi Germany 891:"About the Bin Laden Family" 865:. 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Lausanne, Switzerland
Lausanne, Switzerland
Suicide by poison
National Front
Nazism
Anti-Colonialism
Swiss
Nazi
diaspora
ODESSA
Middle Eastern
World War II
Hitler
Carlos the Jackal
Interpol
Paul Dickopf
Karl Wolff
Hjalmar Schacht
Haj Amin al-Husseini
Wadie Haddad
Lausanne, Switzerland
Adolf Hitler
Bonn
National Front
Palestine
Grand Mufti of Jerusalem
Amin el-Husseini
Beirut
Lebanese
Abwehr

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