The Holocaust and the Neo-Nazi Mythomania © 1978, The Beate Klarsfeld Foundation     Back   Contents Page 187 Home Page  Forward         VIII. EUROPEAN JEWISH STATISTICS   The collapse of European Jewry began decades ago with the racial deterioration of the Jews in the cities on the one hand and the Jewish emigration on the other. In 1927 the Jewish statistician Lestschinsky elucidated the decline of European Jewry as follows: In the beginning of the 19th century Europe accounted for 85% of the world Jewish population with Russia, Austrohungaria and Germany having 80% of all Jews. There were only 2 3 000 Jews in America at that time. In 1925 63% of all Jews were in Europe, within the borders of Germany, Russia and the Austrohungarian Empire there were only 57% remaining, 30% in America and 7% in the rest of the world". According to the calculations of the Reich Office for Statistics, in 1880 Europe accounted for 88,4% of the world Jewish population, in 1937 only 60,4%. In 1943 Europe should not account for more than 1/3 of the world Jewish population. The following is a list of the Jewish population in some important European countries:   Country Census Year Jewish Population More recent Census or Estimate Year Jew. pop in 1000 % of total pop. Altreich 1933/35 502 799 1943 51 0,07 Austria 1934 191 481 1943 8 0,1 Czechoslovakia 1930 356 830 – – – Protectorate – – 1943 16 0,2 Danzig 1929 10 488 – – – Memel Territory 1925 2 402 1937 3 2,0 Belgium – – 1937 80 1,0 Bulgaria 1934 48 398 1937 50 0,8 Finland – – 1937 2 0,04 France – – 1937 280 0,7 Greece 1928 72 791 1937 90 1,1 Great Britain 1931/33 234 000 1937 345 0,7 Italy 1930 47 825 1937 52 0,1 Yugoslavia 1930 68 405 1937 75 0,3 Ireland – – 1936 4 0,1 Latvia 1935 93 479 1937 96 4,9 Lithunia [sic] 1923 155 125 1937 175 7,4 Netherlands 1930 111 917 1937 135 1,6 Poland 1930 3113933 1937 3 300 9,6 Rumania 1930 984 213 1941 302 1) 2,2 Slovakia – – 1940 89 3,4 Soviet Russiaßl. 1926 257033 1939 4 600 2) 2,4 Hungary 1930 444 567 1940 750 3) 5,8   1) New territorial division. 2) New territorial division with East Poland; the figure is estimated. 3) New territorial division; the figure is calculated.           The Holocaust and the Neo-Nazi Mythomania © 1978, The Beate Klarsfeld Foundation  Back Page 187 Forward
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