The Haavara Agreement of 1933

[Smaland]

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Johann Ludwig Graf Schwerin von Krosigk, Reich Finance Minister, 1932-45


The Haavara Agreement was a pact between the Nazis and Zionists regarding Jewish emigration from Germany during the 1930's. It is the only contract between an official Third Reich authority and a Zionist organization. This agreement is considered to have benefited the interests of both parties. Haavara was intended to promote both the emigration of German Jews and the export of German products to Palestine.
As a result of the Agreement, German exports arrived in Palestine at bargain prices with the help of Jewish capital and Jewish commercial assistance. The Agreement also made it possible to settle a large number of German Jews in Palestine. Goods worth a total of 139.5 million Reichsmark were transferred by 1939. Only the outbreak of war in September 1939 ended the transfer practice.
-- R. Widmann

Full text of the Agreement (http://www.codoh.com/incon/inconhaa.html)

[Groenewolf]

An inconvenient fact for some. Since if more people would know about this it would mean that questions will be raised about the standard WWII-narrative on a scale they will not be able to deal with.

[Crossbow]

There are some interesting books on this subject written by Francis R. Nicosia, an American historian, for example "The Third Reich and the Palestine question".

[Aces High]

Was'nt Eichmann involved in this in quite a big way...visiting the then Palestine with jewish pro zionist groups..?

[Smaland]

This is a new link to the document (http://codoh.com/library/document/892), since the original no longer works.