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ARGENTINA. (Antisemitism).   The “Estrella Victoriosa” Affair. Original materials relating to one of the most influential anti-Semitic libels against Jews in Latin America. This collection stems from the archive of Nación Árabe and was previously owned by a close diplomatic associate of Hussein Triki (see below) and subsequently acquired by the consignor, a South American bibliophile. In 1962 Hussein Triki, the Egyptian representative of the Arab League, arrived in Argentina. There he was the founding publisher of a monthly magazine ‘Nación Árabe’ in whose issue of June 1964 it was alleged a Jewish clandestine organization was conspiring to take power in all of Latin America. Triki based his accusations on the alleged discovery of a folder belonging to an organization called La Estrella Victoriosa (’The Victorious Star’), made up of Communist Jews and financed by the State of Israel. Triki published photos of the alleged manifesto and maps that were clandestinely discovered. Although the falsehood of the documents was easily demonstrated - both by the absurdity of its content and by the lack of any other type of concrete evidence - the accusations were reproduced in other national newspapers and permeated into the imagination of many in Latin America. In earlier years Hussein Triki was part of the ‘Neo-Destour’ party in Tunisia, which operated with the consent of German authorities during the Nazi occupation. He also collaborated with the Mufti of Jerusalem in producing propaganda work against the Allies. After settling in Argentina he became closely affiliated with far right nationalistic and antisemitic groups such as the Movimiento Nacionalista Tacuara and the Guardia Restauradora Nacionalista. In 1964 he was expelled from Argentina for extreme Arabist propaganda by the Radical Civic Union (UCRP) government. From a new base in Venezuela, Triki continued his campaign of portraying ‘international Zionism’ as an ally of the Castro conspiracy in Latin America and how Jewish civic groups were plotting to subvert political and economic order. The collection consists as follows:  * 1. Nación Árabe [magazine]. Volume 1, Numbers 1-15. March, 1963 - August, 1964.  Numbers 1-12 bound in one volume. Numbers 13/14 and 15 separate. Buenos Aires, 1963-1964. Nación Árabe was an anti-Zionist and anti-Semitic publication, edited in Argentina by Hussein Triki. The magazine served as a propaganda platform for the Arab League in South America. Issue 13/14 first reveals the ‘Victorious Star’ conspiracy. *  2. Group of 11 photographs of the typed Manifesto of the “Estrella Victoriosa” clandestine organization. Buenos Aires, [1964]. Most photographs with stamps of Nación Árabe magazine on verso. Planning for a coup d’état in Argentina, the manifesto calls 1964 to be “the year of the insurrection, ” as they set out here plans to recruit tens of thousands of soldiers and 7,000 militants drawn from the local Communist branches. Links have been established with Masonic lodges and front offices are to be established via bookstores and travel agencies. The document states that the most powerful enemies of Estrella Victoriosa are the Argentine organizations headed by Hussein Triki, Father Julio Meinvielle and Major General Enrique Rauch. Finally the manifesto states that the symbol of their organization is to be a Star of David superimposed with a skull against a black background. Photographs includes maps of Argentina with code names and other markings. * 3. Group of seven anti-Zionist and anti-Semitic publications, all referencing the “Estrella Victoriosa Affair. i. Oliva, Gilberto H. A la D.A.I.A. Carta Abierta de los Caballeros del Puñal y de la Rosa. pp. (12). Two punch-holes at left margin. (No institutional holdings in OCLC-Worldcat). Buenos Aires, Julio de 1964. Antisemitic pamphlet issued published by Brigadier Gilberto Hidalgo Oliva, a close collaborator of Triki, and one of the main representatives of the most far right and nationalistic factions of the Argentinian Military Forces. He accuses Argentinian Jews here of being pro-Communist, of robbing Argentinian society, working for a foreign State - giving as an example the Eichmann kidnapping - and even conspiring to overthrow the Argentinian government. ii. Oliva, Gilberto Hidalgo. A Los Legisladores Nacionales. Carta Abierta. pp. (8). (No institutional holdings in OCLC-Worldcat). Buenos Aires, 1964. Antisemitic screed to Argentinia’s National Congress concerning DAIA, the central representative body of Argentine Jewry. iii. Comando General de las Fuerzas de Emergencia. El Sionismo se Dispone a Tomar el Poder. Orden de Represión. pp. (4). (Only one institutional holding noted in OCLC-Worldcat). Buenos Aires, July 23, 1964. A nonexistent Emergency Command with orders to repress Zionist elements in Argentina, who are accused of conspiring against the State. Concludes with: “For God and the Homeland!