A map of the world showing 1933 international boundaries and highlighting Jewish emigration from Germany between 1933 and 1940 using white arrows. The water is turquoise, the land masses are off white, and the labels are yellow. The map shows the following: 90,000 from Germany to the United States of America; 60,000 to Palestine;15,000  -18,000 to Shanghai; 83,000 total to Central and South America including 2,900 to Cuba; 10,000 to Chile; 8,000 to Bolivia; 15,000 to Brazil; 25,000 to Argentina; and 21,100 to other Latin American countries. In the top right corner is a box featuring a zoomed-in view of Europe. The box shows the following movement: 30,000 Jews from Germany to the Netherlands; 30,000 to Belgium; 38,000 to France; 8,000 to Switzerland; and 48,000 to England and other countries. A box of text along the bottom of the map reads: In addition, tens of thousands of Jewish refugees emigrated to other regions of the world.
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Jewish emigration from Germany, 1933-1940

Between 1933 and 1939, Jews in Germany were subjected to arrest, economic boycott, the loss of civil rights and citizenship, incarceration in concentration camps, random violence, and the state-organized Kristallnacht ("Night of Broken Glass") pogrom. Jews reacted to Nazi persecution in a number of ways. Forcibly segregated from German society, German Jews turned to and expanded their own institutions and social organizations. However, in the face of increasing repression and physical violence, many Jews fled Germany. More Jews might have left Germany had such countries as the United States and Great Britain been more willing to admit them.


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