Article: The Legal Structure of the Ha’avara (Transfer) Agreement: Design and Operation
Adam S. Hofri-Winogradow (Peter A. Allard School of Law, the University of British Columbia) recently published, The Legal Structure of the Ha’avara (Transfer) Agreement: Design and Operation, 2024. Provided below is an Abstract:
This chapter describes the “Ha’avara”, a sophisticated quasi-trust mechanism created and operated from 1933-1941 in order to extract Jews and their property from Nazi Germany, bypassing both German exchange controls and British immigration restrictions. “Ha’avara” saved at least 50,000 lives.
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