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).…