Who is Gustav Bockmann from The Haj and what is their importance?

Gustav Bockmann was the son of Count Ludwig von Bockmann. He had served in the German army in World War I and then settled in Jerusalem to handle his family's business. He worked for German intelligence in the 1920s and then worked for the Nazis in the 1930s. Bockmann helped mastermind the Arab riots and also helped Heusseini to escape the British.