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Encyclopaedia Judaica

The Haavara agreement from August 1933 - emigration ofGerman

Money and good transfer from the Third Reich to Palestine for about 60,000emigrating Jews 1933-1939

presentation by Michael Palomino (2007)

from:-- Haavara; In: Encyclopaedia Judaica 1971, vol. 7-- Israel, State of; In: Encyclopaedia Judaica 1971, vol. 9

The Haavara agreement

(from: Haavara; In: Encyclopaedia Judaica 1971, vol. 7)

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Congress in Lucerne (1935) which decided by a vast majority in favor of the transferand placed the Haavara under the supervision of the *Jewish Agency. The Haavaracontinued to function until World War II, in spite of vigorous attempts by the Nazi Partyto stop or curtail its activities.

The total transfer amounted to LP 8,100,000 (Palestine Pounds; then $ 40,419,000)including LP 2,600,000 (then $ 13,774,000) provided by the German Reichsbank incoordination with Haavara. The Haavara transfer was a major factor in making possiblethe immigration of approximately 60,000 German Jews to Palestine in the years 1933-1939, and together with the money invested by the immigrants themselves, in providingan incentive for the expansion of agricultural settlement and for general economicdevelopment.> (col. 1013)

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cyclopaedia Judaica: Haavara agreement, vol. 7, col. 1012 Encyclopaedia Judaica: Haavara agreement, vol. 7, col.

Details of the Haavara agreement

(from: Israel, State of; In: Encyclopaedia Judaica 1971, vol. 9)

(col. 531)

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yclopaedia Judaica: Israel, State of, vol. 9, col. 531-532,

details about the Haavara agreement