About The Transfer Agreement
The Transfer Agreement is Edwin Black’s compelling, award-winning story of the 1933 rescue accord negotiated between Zionist organizations and the Nazis to transfer some 50,000-plus Jews and $100 million (about $2.5 billion in 2025) of their assets to Jewish Palestine. This required stopping the worldwide Jewish-led boycott that threatened to topple the Hitler regime in its first year.
The Transfer Agreement was originally published in 1984, receiving massive acclaim. Numerous editions worldwide followed. The work won The Carl Sandburg Award for best nonfiction, and it was submitted for a Pulitzer nomination by Macmillan.
Now more than ever, the financial implications of today's Jewish persecution and flight make The Transfer Agreement a powerful must-read. The book has been purchased and debated every hour of every day since the day it was first published.
The Transfer Agreement was updated in 2009 with a 25th anniversary edition featuring a new introduction and an afterword by ADL National Director Abraham H. Foxman. A Portuguese (BR) translation was published in 2021 in as Haavara: O Acordo de Transferência: a Dramatica Historia do Pacto Entre a Palestina Judaica e o Terceiro Reich.
The Transfer Agreement is notable as Edwin Black’s first book and first global bestseller.