The term "foreign people" ("fremde Völker") was used by Wilhelm Doegen after World War I, primarily to refer to the Tartar Muslim prisoners-of-war from the armies of the Entente who were used as objects of German propaganda ...
The article dwells on the attempts of Germany to use the Islamic factor as a tool to apply pressure on the Entente countries during the First World War. Representing itself as "the friend of Islam," Germany tried to oppose ...
Based on documents from German archives the article studies Germany's activities during World War I to gain over Muslim population so that they would switch their allegiance. German politicians and the military attached ...