The British Consulate at Berlin today announced measures to facilitate the emigration of German Jews to Palestine under the capitalist category (which requires possession of a minimum of $5,000) despite the shortage of foreign exchange being experienced by the Reichsbank.
The announcement states that German Jews who have applied for Palestine visas as capitalists and have not yet obtained them because the German Government hasn’t turned over to Palestine the necessary $5,000, will be given the visas if they produce a certificate from the Reichsbank testifying that they have paid the money.
Other conditions named by the consulate are: visa Holders must enter Palestine not later than January 31, 1936, and they must produce evidence that they will not become a public burden in Palestine until such time as the money is paid over to them.
By the recently announced new regulations governing operation of the transfer agreement between Palestine and Germany, the emigrants must wait at least one year after leaving Germany before they can hope to have the initial sum of $5,000 returned to them.
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