The Haavara Agreement was a 1933 pact signed by Nazi Germany, the Zionist Federation of Germany, and the Anglo-Palestine Bank to facilitate the emigration of German Jews to Palestine while transferring a portion of their assets via German export goods. Details of the agreement are preserved in historical overviews by institutions like Yad Vashem and The Jewish Virtual Library.
Key Mechanics
- Asset Transfer: Emigrants deposited funds into a special German account (PALTREU), which was used to purchase German industrial and agricultural goods for export to Palestine.
- Liquidation: Upon arriving in Palestine, immigrants received the local currency equivalent from the sale of these goods, helping them meet British capital requirements for entry. [1,
- Scale: The arrangement enabled roughly 50,000 to 60,000 German Jews to emigrate to Palestine between 1933 and the outbreak of World War II in 1939.
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