Hebrew Poster, concerning the 1933 Ha’avara Agreement.
AUCTION 88 |
Tuesday, March 17th,
2020 at 1:00pm
K2 Online Sale: Hebrew & Judaic Books and Manuscripts
Lot 121
(HOLOCAUST).
Hebrew Poster, concerning the 1933 Ha’avara Agreement.
Haifa: Noach Warhaftig Press 1934
Est: $500 - $700
PRICE REALIZED $1,200
The Ha’avara Agreement was signed between Nazi Germany and the Zionistische Vereinigung für Deutschland on August 25, 1933. Until then, German Jews who emigrated were forced to leave behind all their assets. The new agreement allowed them to recoup these assets by transferring them to Palestine as German export goods, thus preventing their economic ruin. Some 60,000 German Jews moved to Palestine via this method.
However the Agreement was seen by some as a violation of the boycott of Germany, and in effect, collaboration with the Nazi regime. This poster takes that perspective. Indeed, so upsetting was the message, that the word “transfer” is pasted over on this poster.