After the 1929 riots , the Iraqi government began a campaign against Zionism . Palestinian Jewish teachers were expelled , and Iraqi Zionist leaders were arrested . During the 1930s , Nazi influence was widespread in Baghdad , due to presence by the German legation as well as Arabic broadcasts from Berlin . Adolf Hitler 's Mein Kampf was translated into Arabic by Yunis al-Sabawi and published in local Baghdadi newspapers . Following a military coup in 1941 , a pro-Nazi government gained power in Iraq . One day after an armistice between Iraq and Britain , began a two-day pogrom
1929 riots
1929 Palestine riots
Iraqi Jews in Israel