minow (04/06/83)
"Of the 600,000 Jews living in Germany before the Nazi's came to power, less than 300,000 remained in Germany by 1939. At the end of the war, about 20,000 survived. Comparable numbers were, for Austria, 200,000 -- 20,000 (?), Hungary 750,000 -- 170,000, Czechoslovakia 725,000 -- 170,000, France 250,000 -- 160,000, Belgium 100,000 -- 45,000, Holland 140,000 -- 25,000, Italy 40,000 -- 30,000 (?), Bulgaria 48,000 -- (?) (1958: 6,400), Rumania 800,000 -- 415,000 (?) (1958: 190,000), Yugoslovia 72,000 -- 10,500, Greece 76,000 -- 6,000, Denmark 8,400 (including refugees) -- 6,500 and Norway approx. 1,750 (including refugees) -- 1,000. For Poland, the estimate is difficult because of territorial changes. In 1939, about 3,350,000 Jews lived there. Perhaps 100,000 could have survived. Over 1,000,000 Russians and Lithuanians lost their lives. The number of Jews living in Russia after the war has been officially given as circa 2,500,000. "It has been estimated that about 9,700,000 Jews lived in Europe during the 1930's. For 1956, the corresponding number is 3,770,000. Hundreds of those who survived the Nazi era were rescued to Israel. For these, the new Jewish State is not only their salvation, but also a solution to the Jewish Problem." Translated by the undersigned from "History of the Jews" by Stefan Hahn, A. Brody, Wulff Furstenberg, Pub: Prisma, (Stockholm, 1970). Their references include "The Descruction of the European Jews" by P. Hilberg (Chicago, 1961) and "The Rise of Political Antisemitism in Germany and Austria" by G. J. Pulzer (New York, 1964). Martin Minow decvax!minow