Jewish Immigration To Germany

German Jews emigrated from Germany prior to 1939, but they were not successful because they either emigrated to countries that would later be overtaken by the Nazi party, or they were denied entry to other countries. According to the British Library Board, “The German Jewish community had contributed a great deal to German society culturally, economically and socially” (“Background: Life”). Jews were therefore valuable and stable members of German society, with no reasons to leave. Hitler was appointed Chancellor by President Hindenburg in January 1933 and gained full control of Germany when he was named Fuhrer in 1934 following Hindenburg’s death (Lowe, 2013, p. 328). Shortly after assuming power, Hitler implemented racial policies against the Jews, beginning with the Nuremberg Laws in 1935 (Burden, H.T., 1967, p. 110). The Nuremberg laws discriminated against the Jews. With the rise of the Nazi Party led by Hitler, Jews began to flee from …show more content…
After Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass, there was a major flee of Jews from Germany (“German Refugees”, 2016). With Germany taking over Austria, there was also a major increase in the Jews fleeing from Austria. 36,000 Jews left Germany and Austria in 1938 while 77,000 Jews left Austria in 1939 (“German Refugees”, 2016). This proved to be hard for the Jews because of how difficult it was for them to find countries to take them into their country. In 1939, the US had reached its maximum for German/Austrian immigrants which did not meet the rising demand of Jews that wanted to migrate (“German Refugees”, 2016). In July of 1939, the US, Canada, Australia, and France governments declared that they would not accept Jewish refugees (“German Refugees”, 2016). Given the difficulties of how hard it was for Jews to find a new home; some were forced back to European countries that were to be taken over by