They were nearly all Jews trying to escape from Nazi Germany.
403,000 Jews left Germany and Austria in 1938 and 1939.
The non-Jews who aided the escape of Jews from Germany in World War 2 are called "Righteous Among the Nations" by Yad Vashem, the Israeli Holocaust Memorial society.
No, they had no advance warning. Some escape, and some didn't. The famous Schindler was a great help.
There were more than half a million (religious) Jews in Germany in the years between 1919-1930 or about 0.75% of the whole German population. (Even if you add the non-religious Jews, half-Jews and quarter Jews the total is not more than about 800,000). 80% of German Jews were well educated and urban based. Some had achieved prominence in politics, the press, business, banking and in universities.
They were nearly all Jews trying to escape from Nazi Germany.
403,000 Jews left Germany and Austria in 1938 and 1939.
they had nowhere to go to, no country would accept them.
The non-Jews who aided the escape of Jews from Germany in World War 2 are called "Righteous Among the Nations" by Yad Vashem, the Israeli Holocaust Memorial society.
No, they had no advance warning. Some escape, and some didn't. The famous Schindler was a great help.
some did, they ended up dying in camps
No Hitler did not blame the Jews because he didn't just not like them? He blamed them because he needed an escape rout instead of Germany being blamed and the Jewish people didn't have a government to do anything about it so they were helpless.
He blamed Jews for Germany's problems and encouraged Germans to join the Nazis in attacking Jews.
There were more than half a million (religious) Jews in Germany in the years between 1919-1930 or about 0.75% of the whole German population. (Even if you add the non-religious Jews, half-Jews and quarter Jews the total is not more than about 800,000). 80% of German Jews were well educated and urban based. Some had achieved prominence in politics, the press, business, banking and in universities.
if you are talking about the time relevant to the Holocaust, then you might count the Jews coming from Russia about fifty years beforehand, but the ones that caused the problems were the ones that came from Poland (to escape persecution) in the inter-war period.
one of the most common camps that he Jews would be sent to was Auschwitz but there were many more in places in Germany.
Union of Progressive Jews in Germany was created in 1997.