Why did the Jews want to leave Germany during Hitler's rule?

Answer 1

In 1933-37 The Nazis persecuted the Jews and made it difficult or impossible for them to get on with their lives and earn a living. They were forbidden to work in one sector of the economy after another; Jews were banned from colleges and universities; they were not allowed to work in the media, the theatre. Then, in 1938, there was massive, government-sponsored violence against the Jews and their property ... In 1939 they were ordered into designated apartment blocks and forbidden to be outside the home between 8 pm and 6 am ... In 1941 the deportations to the killing fields of Latvia and Belarus started.

Answer 2

There was a general feeling by German Jews from Jan 1933 when Hitler became Chancellor till 1938, when the Nuremberg Laws were announced, that they could trust Hitler to keep the worst of the Nazi thugs in line. They were very naive. The Night of the Long Knives, when thousands of synagogues were destroyed and Jews thrown into concentration camps and the Nuremberg Laws, was the last straw for many Jews, especially those that had the financial means to get out of Germany. The Nuremberg Laws were very anti-semitic laws that severely restricted what the Jews could engage in and were also not allowed to marry nonjews. Unfortunately, many Jews that left for America in 1938, were returned back to Germany by boat. Many Jews saw the writing on the wall and knew that life for them was only going to get worse till it would be too late to leave Germany. Up till 1938, so many Jews naively thought that Hitler would never allow the worst aspects of the Nazi party, to threaten their well-being. Many Jews fought for Germany during the first world war and earned medals and felt more like being German than Jewish. Unlike Poland or in Russia, most German Jews were secular and not as fervently religious. They mistakenly felt that Hitler was being pressured by the more extremists in his party but in time things would get back to normal.

Answer 3

Because they were being murdered wholesale. They had already been expelled from their places of work and education; and Hitler had made no secret of his violent anti-Jewish policies, as Mein Kampf, the Nuremberg Laws and the events of Kristallnacht made quite clear.

Answer 4

There were being persecuted by the Nazi regime in Germany. In particular, the government banned them from various types of employment and made it impossible for them to earn a living.