Country United States Subject History, Politics Publication date 1984 Originally published 1984 Page count 194 | Language English Publisher Dialog Press Pages 194 | |
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The Transfer Agreement: The Dramatic Story of the Pact Between the Third Reich and Jewish Palestine is a book written by author Edwin Black, documenting the transfer agreement ("Haavara Agreement" in Hebrew) between Zionist organizations and Nazi Germany to transfer a number of Jews and their assets to Palestine. Shortly after Samuel Untermeyer's return to the U.S. from Germany in 1933, articles appeared on the front page of newspapers in London and New York declaring that "Judea declares war on Germany" This eventuated in an effective boycott of German goods in many countries, affecting German exports significantly. The agreement was partly inspired by this boycott which appeared to threaten the Reich. Controversial as it may be seen in hindsight, it marked one of the few rescue of Jews and their assets during the Holocaust.
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Main Thesis
This book documents the agreement between Nazi Germany and an organization of German Zionists in 1933 to salvage all German Jewish assets and the voluntary emigration of German Jews to Palestine before the Third Reich implemented expulsion and then extermination. The Transfer Agreement rescued some 60,000 German Jews. A sweeping, worldwide economic boycott of Germany by Jews helped spur a deal between the Nazis and Zionists. At that time, there were few Jews in Palestine but from 1933 through 1936, 60,000 German Jews migrated to the region, bringing with them all of the assets they held in Germany.
Controversy
There was no effort to deny the history documented in this book but critics from Commentary claimed it to be "conspiracy-mongering, innuendo, and sensationalism".