The Transfer Agreement

The Transfer Agreement: The Dramatic Story of the Pact Between the Third Reich and Jewish Palestine is a historical study by Edwin Black , published in 1984 , which describes the transfer agreement ( Ha'avara Agreement in Hebrew ) between Zionist organizations and the German Reich , through which Jews and their property were "transferred" to Palestine . The agreement was partly caused by the worldwide boycott of German goods, which harmed the interests of the German Reich. Despite its retrospectively controversial nature, it was one of the few actions to save Jews and their property during the Holocaust.

Main thesis

The book documents the agreement from 1933 between Nazi Germany and an organization of the Zionist Association for Germany to save Jews and Jewish assets and to promote the voluntary emigration of German Jews to Palestine.

The author presents the various currents within Judaism and emphasizes that the Zionists put their concerns about emigration to Palestine above the protection of the Jews through more stringent economic measures.

Around 60,000 German Jews were saved in this way. The worldwide boycott of German goods was an incentive for the German side. At the time, 175,000 Jews lived in Palestine (about 17% of all Palestinians), but from 1933 to 1936, 60,000 German Jews immigrated and brought some of their property with them.

reception

Richard S. Levy of Commentary did not deny the facts, but Black threw lack of historical relevance, "the historical records has added Black Verschwörungsgetue, underlying assumptions and sensationalism, but nothing new, and many false and morally shabby."

Awards

1985: Carl Sandburg Award from Friends of the Chicago Public Library for best non-fiction book of 1984.

pads

Edwin Black: The Transfer Agreement. The Dramatic Story Of The Pact Between The Third Reich And Jewish Palestine. All editions were published by Dialog Press:

1st edition: 1984
2nd edition: 1999
3rd edition: 2001
4th edition ('25th Anniversary edition'), 2009, ISBN 978-0-914153-13-9 .

Web links

Edwin Black: Could We Have Stopped Hitler? in the Jewish Virtual Library on related topics based on the book.

Individual evidence

^ The Transfer Agreement: The Untold Story of the Secret Pact Between the Third Reich and Jewish Palestine. In: Foreign Affairs. January 28, 2009, accessed January 2, 2017 .
↑ Sergio della Pergola, Demography in Israel / Palestine: Trends, Prospects, Policy Implications , paper presented at the XXIV General Population Conference (2001) of the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population , in Salvador de Bahia, p. 5.
^ Richard S. Levy: The Transfer Agreement, by Edwin Black . In: Commentary Magazine . September 1, 1984 (English, commentarymagazine.com [accessed January 2, 2017]): “To the historical record Black has added conspiracy-mongering, innuendo, and sensationalism, but nothing new, and much that is both factually wrong and morally shabby"
^ Martin Barillas: Author Holds Historic Event on The Transfer Agreement ( The Cutting Edge.com , October 12, 2009).

[1] The Transfer Agreement: The Untold Story of the Secret Pact Between the Third Reich and Jewish Palestine. In: Foreign Affairs. January 28, 2009, accessed January 2, 2017 .

[2] Sergio della Pergola, Demography in Israel / Palestine: Trends, Prospects, Policy Implications , paper presented at the XXIV General Population Conference (2001) of the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population , in Salvador de Bahia, p. 5.

[3] Richard S. Levy: The Transfer Agreement, by Edwin Black . In: Commentary Magazine . September 1, 1984 (English, commentarymagazine.com [accessed January 2, 2017]): “To the historical record Black has added conspiracy-mongering, innuendo, and sensationalism, but nothing new, and much that is both factually wrong and morally shabby"

[4] Martin Barillas: Author Holds Historic Event on The Transfer Agreement ( The Cutting Edge.com , October 12, 2009).