The Fugu Plan: The Untold Story of the Japanese and the Jews During World War II

The Fugu Plan: The Untold Story of the Japanese and the Jews During World War II
by Marvin Tokayer, Mary Swartz

The Fugu Plan: The Untold Story of the Japanese and the Jews During World War II
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Author: Marvin Tokayer, Mary Swartz
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2004-05
ISBN: 9652293296
Number of pages: 287
Publisher: Gefen Publishing House

Summary of The Fugu Plan: The Untold Story of the Japanese and the Jews During World War II

If someone who is rich and powerful comes to you for a favor, you don?t persecute him ? you help him. Having such a person indebted to you is a great insurance policy.

There was one nation that did treat the Jews as if they were powerful and rich. The Japanese never had much exposure to Jews, and knew very little about them. In 1919 Japan fought alongside the anti-Semitic White Russians against the Communists. At that time the White Russians introduced the Japanese to the book, "The Protocols of the Elders of Zion."

The Japanese studied the book and, according to all accounts, naively believed its propaganda. Their reaction was immediate and forceful ? they formulated a plan to encourage Jewish settlement and investment into Manchuria. People with such wealth and power as the Jews possess, the Japanese determined, are exactly the type of people with whom we want to do business!

The Japanese called their plan for Jewish settlement "The Fugu Plan." The "fugu" is a highly poisonous blowfish. After the toxin-containing organs are painstakingly removed, it is used as a food in Japan, and is considered an exquisite delicacy. If it is not prepared carefully, however, its poison can kill a person.

The Japanese saw the Jews as a nation with highly valuable potential, but, as with the fugu, in order to take advantage of that potential, they had to be extremely careful. Otherwise, the Japanese thought, the plan would backfire and the Jews would annihilate Japan with their awesome power.

The Japanese were allies of the Nazis, yet they allowed thousands of European refugees ? including the entire Mirrer Yeshivah ? to enter Shanghai and Kobe during World War II. They welcomed these Jews into their country, not because they bore any great love for the Jews, but because they believed that Jews had access to enormous resources and amazingly influential power, which could greatly benefit Japan.

If anti-Semites truly believe that Jews rule the world, why don?t they all relate to Jews like the Japanese did?

The fact that Jews are generally treated as outcasts proves that people do not really believe that Jews are anywhere near as wealthy or powerful as they claim. It proves that anti-Semites do not take their own propaganda seriously.

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