Auction 26 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture

"Do not Touch the Transfer" –Transfer Agreement Poster

Opening: $600
Sold for: $1,000
Including buyer's premium
Poster concerning the Transfer Agreement, signed in 1933 between Nazi Germany and the Jewish Agency, aimed at transferring the possessions and capital of German Jews to Eretz Israel. The Transfer Agreement led to an extreme conflict in the Jewish Yishuv and in the Diaspora, mainly around the moral question of negotiating with the Nazis and the economic profits stemming from this agreement. On one side of the barricade stood the Mapai Party that controlled the Jewish Agency and let the agreement and on the other side stood the Revisionist Movement that opposed unequivocally to this agreement.
"The Zionist Congress in Luzerne confirmed the Transfer. Irresponsible party members are trying to turn the agreement into a means for a political war. Eretz Israel is the only hope of German Jews and the transfer is their only last bridge. Does the tragedy of German Jews have to serve as a means for the Revisionists who excluded themselves from the Zionist Congress? Jews! Do you wish to assist them and sacrifice German Jews!.... therefore, no responsible and disciplined Zionist should participate in the referendum about the 'Transfer'. Prove you practical consideration and political maturity". 61X92 cm. Good condition. Staining. Tears, some restored. Linen-backed for display and conservation.
Holocaust and She'erit Ha-Pleita
Holocaust and She'erit Ha-Pleita