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The Yishuv in the Shadow of the Holocaust: Zionist Politics and Rescue Aliya, 1933-1939
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The Yishuv in the Shadow of the Holocaust: Zionist Politics and Rescue Aliya, 1933-1939

by Abraham J. Edelheit. 347 pgs.

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Contributors:

   Abraham J. Edelheit

Publisher:

   Westview Press

Place of Publication:

  Boulder, CO  

Publication Year:

  1996
Subjects:   Zionism--Palestine--History, Jews--Germany--History--1933-1945, Refugees, Jewish--Palestine, Jews, German--Palestine, Palestine--Emigration And Immigration
Table of contents
Contents
List of Illustrations xi
Preface xii
List of Abbreviations xv
Introduction 1
1 Zionism Confronts the Nazi Threat 5
The Persecution of German Jewry: An Overview , 5
The German Jewish Situation in 1933 , 7
Jewish Responses to the Nazi Threat , 8
The Yishuv in 1933 , 15
Intra-Zionist Conflict: The Opening Chapter , 22
2 First Steps 26
Rescue Aliya: A Conceptual Analysis , 26
The Yishuv's Institutions React , 28
Finances, Rescue Aliya, and "Business as Usual," 33
To Boycott or Not to Boycott? 40
The Joint Committee to Settle German Jews , 41
3 Rescue By Means of Immigration, 1933-1936 50
Involving the British , 50
The Eighteenth Zionist Congress , 52
The Rescue Aliya Program Takes Shape , 55
4 The Politics of Aliya 63
Zionist Rescue Priorities , 63
The Evacuation Plan , 68
Youth Aliya , 70
The Haavara Agreement , 73
Aliya Bet , 92
5 Aliya and Intra-Zionist Politics 96
Immigration and Absorption , 96
From Hitachdut Olei Germania to Ahdut ha-Am , 101
Hitachdut Olei Germania Expands , 103
Intra-Zionist Rivalries, 1933-1934 , 104
The Ben-Gurion-Jabotinsky Agreements , 108
The Revisionist Schism , 112
Evaluation , 115
6 Rescue Aliya and Zionist Foreign Relations 118
Yishuv Developments, 1933-1936 , 118
Imperial Policy and the Jews' Fate , 128
The Arab Revolt , 130
The Peel Commission , 135
The Partition Plan , 143
The Twentieth Zionist Congress , 148
Time as an Enemy of Rescue Aliya , 150
7 1937: Rescue Aliya in Crisis 152
Declining Conditions in Europe , 152
German Jewry in the Era of Bloodless Conquests , 156
Zionist Responses to Changing Conditions , 157
Rescue Aliya's Final Days , 160
New Efforts at Zionist Unity , 162
Aliya in the Shadow of a "Political Maximum," 164
8 The Decline of Rescue Aliya 172
Intra-Zionist Relations at a Breaking Point , 172
The Decline of Rescue Aliya , 176
Intra-Zionist Relations at a New Crossroad , 181
The Retreat From Partition , 187
The Evian Conference and its Aftermath , 189
Zionist-British Relations in the Shadow of Munich , 191
9 Toward the Abandonment of the Jews 198
Kristallnacht and its Aftermath , 198
The End of Rescue Aliya , 202
The Search for a Safe Haven , 205
The London (St. James Palace) Conference , 206
Aliya Bet and Eleventh Hour Rescue , 213
The Collapse of Capitalist Aliya , 214
New Talks With the Administration; New Protests , 216
German Jewry in the Throes of Destruction , 217
The Case of Pidyon Shevuyim , 219
10 The White Paper 224
April 1939: The Eleventh Hour Passes , 224
The Eve of Betrayal , 229
The White Paper , 231
Final Efforts at Intra-Zionist Unity , 235
Immigration Under the White Paper Regime , 243
The Bitter End , 246
Conclusion 248
Appendix: Aliya Bet Ships 253
Notes 258
Bibliography 321
About the Book and Author 334
Index 335
Tables
1.1: Political parties active in the Yishuv, 1930-1939 17
1.2: Election results for the Zionist Congress, in percentages 18
2.1: Composition of the Jerusalem Executive, 1933 30
2.2: The Joint Committee's subcommittees 42
3.1: Jewish Agency Executive, 1933 54
3.2: Aliya figures, 1933-1937 56
4.1: Labor (C) schedule requests, 1933-1937 67
5.1: German--Jewish occupational distribution 97
6.1: Palestine immigration certificates, 1933-1939 119
7.1: Eastern European aliya figures, 1933-1939 154
7.2: Labor (C) schedule requests, 1937-1939 160
9.1: A--I certificates granted, October 1938--January 1939 215
Maps
6.1: The Peel partition plan 145
Illustrations
The Jewish Agengy's manifesto of May 29, 1933 39
Sample Haavara certificate 76
And you still buy German products? 81
Have no fear Hitler! 82
Another order from Eretz Israel 82
Anti-Ha'apala cartoon from Davar 94
Call for a hunger strike in defense of Aliya Bet 195
Pidyon Shevuyim fund--raising letter 220
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