HIST 295 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: White Paper Of 1939, Fatalism, World Jewish Congress
13 Dec 2017
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1933-1939: policies became more brutal to force emigration in germany, German jews: fatalism versus hope: 1200 jewish academics in germany lost their careers with the april. 1933 civil service law: nearly half emigrated that year, business owners couldn"t do the same, many jews stayed, underestimating how bad things would be, 1933 reich representation for german jews established to help. Jewish people: 37,000 jews left germany in 1933, 20,000 each year after that. Emigration and eastern europe: 1921-1931 395,223 jews left poland, leaving 3. 1 million behind. Palestine, the arab revolt and the white paper. Immigration and the rise of hitler: london fearing threat to the economy limited jewish immigration to. Western europe: 1920s western europe was a haven for jews, depression after 1933 changed that, despite french government attempts, many jews illegally entered. France (thousands of them: netherlands slightly more hospitable. The western hemisphere: president hoover tightened immigration laws, barely letting any.
