Suggestions that a coin bearing a swastika and a Star of David is evidence of Nazi collaboration with Zionists have been dismissed by a prominent historian as “pure propaganda”.
Images of the coin were shared on social media after it appeared on the Spanishhalyon blog in a post called "Zionism is Antisemitism".
The post claimed "Zionism cosied up to fascists well before the war and that even though they were a tiny minority among European Jewry, they were given a lead vocal role in implementing the purge of Jews from their European home using the exact same language as the anti-Judaic parties of the era".
The claim comes amid the row over Ken Livingstone who was suspended by the Labour Party this week for saying Hitler supported Zionism.
