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== == France was deeply divided between Left and Right in the 1930s. Politically organized anti-semitism was strong in France ... Britain accepted just over 71,000 refugees - which wasn't many in view of the magnitude of the problem. Compare with Australia, with a much smaller population: it accepted over 50,000 refugees from Nazi Germany before the start of World War 2. However, New Zealand accepted hardly any. Clearly, anti-semitism and the Great Depression combined to make the situation very difficult for Jews trying to leave Nazi Germany. ____
Antisemitism was not just a view of the Nazis. Antisemitism was common throughout the world. However, the rest of the world did not go extremes. Other countries did not want the Jewish people to be concentrated in their country for the same reason the Nazis wanted them out of Germany, they did not like them. * Unemployment * Fear of foreigners * Antisemitism * Failure to grasp the seriousness of the situation (until very late in 1938)
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∙ 12y ago- The 1924 US Immigration Act was very restrictive. Admitting more refugees would have required a change in the law. (It was not a matter of the personal whim of the President).
- Many in the US were not aware just how desperate the position of the Jews was.
- The US was badly affected by the Great Depression.
- There was antisemitism in the US, too.
A few reasons:
- if they changed the quotas for one group, then they would set a precedent for every emergency.
- they had their own problems; the great depression, unemployment, etc
- they also viewed Jews as lesser people.
- they did not see it as their problem.
Americans considered that with the Great Depression, it would not be wise to let in so many refugees while unemploymency was at such a high rate. Basically, the more refugees and strangers to the USA, the less jobs for the natural born Americans.
There was also widespread antisemitism in the US.
However, the US did accept about 250,000 refugees (obviously, not all of them Jews) from Germany in 1933 and 1941 (and Austria from 1938 to 1941).
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∙ 12y agoThe main reason was unemployment. There was also some prejudice and it seems the British and French governments did not grasp just how desperate the situation was - until too late.
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Each country had to look to its own before worrying about others, this was a time of greater financial problems than the world had ever known.
If any country were to have accepted unlimited Jews from Germany, they would have to answer why they did not accept Jews from Poland, of which there were two million more and up until 1938 were suffering as bad persecution as in Germany.
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How many German men were allowed after the treaty of Versailles?
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England was protected by the English Channel and France never created a Navy that was equal to the Royal Navy in seamanship and gunnery.
How many German men were allowed after the treaty of Versailles?
100,000. They also were not permitted to have more than 6 naval warships and they werent allowed any tanks or submersibles/u-boats.
Why did France and Britain enter World War 2?
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