Of the 937 passengers on board, only 30 were allowed to land. Of these, 22 were refugees from Nazi Germany and the other 8 were not. That left 907 desperate refugees on board.
The US had about 4.5 million Jews. In Europe, Poland with 3.3 million Jews.
By about late 1939 very few Jews in Germany or Austria had jobs any more and those who did (for example, in the professions) were only allowed to work for other Jews. In mid 1939 Heydrich wrote to Himmler suggesting that an official list of occupations be drawn up that Jews were allowed to do, as he feared that otherwise they would become a burden on the "public purse". Himmler replied telling him not to worry about it ...
The 1939 census in Germany included questions on the religious affiliation of parents and grandparents. The Nazi regime compiled a card index of Jews, half Jews and quarter Jew on the basis of the census. However, note that from April 1933 onwards large numbers of people had been required to prove that they were not Jewish. It is open to question how much new information the card index contained, except perhaps on quarter Jews and half Jews.
Yes. Out of a total worldwide Jewish community of between 15-16 million Jews in 1939, Hitler killed 6 million, which is a little more than third.
More than 6 million Jews and a like number of non-Jews were killed. Millions more emerged with major injuries and horrific memories. Today there are more living "Schindler Jews" around the world, than Jews in Poland. In 1939, there were 3 million Jews in Poland.
Approximately 300,000 Jews were living in France in 1939.
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The US had about 4.5 million Jews. In Europe, Poland with 3.3 million Jews.
There are about 8,000 practising Jews in Poland. In 1939 there were about 3.3 million ...
Louis Rosenberg has written: 'Canada's Jews'
1939
The holocaust (1939-1945), in which six million Jews were killed.
S. Weilbach has written: 'Singing from the darktime' -- subject(s): Jewish refugees, Jews, World War, 1939-1945, St. Louis (Ship), Poetry, Biography, Childhood and youth
In his speech on 30 Janaury 1939 Hitler said that if the Jews plunged the world into war again, they would be annihilated. (The Nazis claimed that the Jews had caused World War 1 - hence 'again').
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Most of them came from Nazi Germany between 1933 and 1939. Those were German Jews.
From 1939 when he invaded Poland to 1945 when he committed suicide.