Do not touch the transfer! Promotional text only poster for the Haavara agreement permitting German Jews to immigrate to Palestine
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 39.125 inches (99.378 cm) | Width: 27.000 inches (68.58 cm)
pictorial area: Height: 36.250 inches (92.075 cm) | Width: 24.375 inches (61.913 cm)
Creator(s)
- Ha'Aretz Printing (Printer)
- Jewish Agency for Palestine (Publisher)
Archival History
The poster was acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2012.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection
Funding Note: The acquisition of this collection was made possible by The Abraham and Ruth Goldfarb Family Acquisition Fund.
Funding Note: The cataloging of this artifact has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Scope and Content
Braodside advocating on behalf of the Haavara agreement concluded in 1933 between the Jewish Agency in Palestine and Nazi Germany to permit Jews to immigrate to Palestine, provided that their possessions were sold and re-purchased through the terms of this agreement. Bitter controversy surrounded the agreement, centered upon the morality of negotiating with the Nazis. The text of the poster criticizes the position of the Jewish opponents to the agreement.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Rectangular lithographed poster mounted on slightly larger linen backing, It has a light brown background with widely spaced Hebrew text in bold font in black ink with some lines in red ink.
back, pencil : Roth / 07 12
Corporate Bodies
- Jewish Agency for Palestine
Subjects
- Jews--Politics and government--Germany.
- Germany--Emigration and immigration--1933-1945.
- Jews, German--Palestine.
- Haavara.
- Palestine--Emigration and immigration--1917-1948.
- Jews--Germany--History--1933-1945.
- Zionism--Germany.
Genre
- Object
- Posters