About 18 million.
In August 1939, on the eve of World War 2 Poland had about 3.3 million Jews. It had easily the biggest Jewish population in Europe.
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I believe that in 1939 the Jewish people were already being rounded up by the nazi forves and being placed into concentration camps. Workd War II would ultimately begin in 1941. During this time however a massive egnocide campaign was launched against the Jewish people at the hands of Adolf Hitler's army. Try doing a search for "Jewish people in 1939" and see if you get helpful details.
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According to the Jewish Virtual Library, world Jewish population in 1939 was 16,728,000. The US Holocaust Memorial indicates that European Jewish population in 1933 was approximately 9.5 million, 60% of world Jewish population (15.3 million) and 1.7% of the overall European population.
Joseph Rudavsky has written: 'THE CONCEPT OF KIDDUSH HAHAYYIM AS EXPRESSED IN THE GHETTOS DURING THE HOLOCAUST IN EUROPE, 1939-1945' 'To live with hope, to die with dignity' -- subject(s): Intellectual life, Jews, Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), Jewish resistance, World War, 1939-1945
1 million Jewish people passed.
Enrico Fermi moved to the U.S. because of the antisemitism rising in Europe. He wasn't jewish, but his wife was. He immigrated to the US in 1939
1939
Wolf M. Hergert has written: 'Verfolgt, vertrieben, ermordet' -- subject(s): OUR Brockhaus selection, History of Europe, Sigena-Gymnasium, Jewish girls, Jewish students, Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), Biography, History
about 2 890 000 of those who lived in Poland in 1939