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APPENDIX III: Estimated Jewish Population of Europe
TABLE A
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1939 |
1946 | _
| Country | Total | Total | Native | Refugee and displaced | Nationality of refugee & displaced |
| Albania |
200 |
300 |
50 |
250 |
Mainly Austrian and Yugoslav |
| Austria |
a) 60,000 |
15, 000 |
7, 000 |
8, 000 |
73% Polish; 11% Hungarian; 6% Czech and 6% Rumanian |
| Belgium |
90,000 |
33,000 |
25,000 |
8,000 |
Mainly German, Austrian & Polish |
| Bulgaria |
50,000 |
45,000 |
46,000 |
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| Czechoslovakia |
b) 315,000 |
c) 65, 000 |
c) 60, 000 |
6, 600 |
Mainly Polish; some Hungarian |
| Denmark |
7,000 |
5,500 |
5,500 |
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| Finland |
2,000 |
1,800 |
1,800 |
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| France |
320,000 |
180,000 |
150,000 |
20,000 |
Mainly German, Austrian & Polish |
| Germany |
d) 215, 000 |
94,000 |
20,000 |
74,000 |
85% Polish; 5% Hungarian; 4% Lithuanian, 3% Rumanian |
| Greece |
75,000 |
10,000 |
10,000 |
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| Holland |
150,000 |
30,000 |
24,000 |
6,000 |
Over 80% German & Austrian |
| Hungary |
e) 400,000 |
f) 200,000 |
f) 200,000 |
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| Italy |
50,000 |
46,000 |
30,000 |
16,000 |
75% Polish; 7% Rumanian; 5% Czech; 5% Hungarian |
| Luxemburg |
3,500 |
500 |
500 |
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| Norway |
2,000 |
1,000 |
750 |
250 |
Mostly German |
| Poland |
3,351,000 |
g) 80,000 |
g) 80,000 |
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| Rumania |
h) 850,000 |
i) 335,000 |
j) 320,000 |
15,000 |
Mainly Polish |
| Yugoslavia |
75,000 |
11,000 |
11,000 |
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| Total (Table A:) |
6,015,700 |
1,153,106 |
1,000,600 |
152,000 |
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TABLE B
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1939 |
1946 | _
| Country | Total | Total | Native | Refugee and displaced | Nationality of refugee & displaced |
| United Kingdom |
340,000 |
350,000 |
300,000 |
50,000 |
90% German & Austrian |
| Portugal |
3,600 |
4,000 |
3,600 |
600 |
Various nationalities |
| Soviet Union |
13,560,000 |
2,665,000 |
2,600,000 |
165,000 |
150,000 Polish; 15,000 Hungarian |
| Spain |
4,500 |
4,600 |
4,000 |
600 |
Various nationalities |
| Sweden |
7,600 |
19,500 |
7,600 |
12,000 |
Mainly Polish, German & Austrian |
| Switzerland |
26,000 |
28,600 |
18,000 |
10,500 |
Mainly Polish, German & Austrian |
| Total (Table B) |
3,930,600 |
3,071,600 |
2,833,000 |
238,500 |
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| Total (Table A) |
6,015,700 |
1,153,100 |
1,000,600 |
152,500 |
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| Total for Europe |
9,946,200 |
4,224,600 |
3,833,600 |
391,000 |
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*The figures in this column include refugee as well as native Jews.
a In 1937, the Jewish population of Austria was approximately 192,000.
By the outbreak of the war, the emigration of over 100,000, together
with persecution and deportations had reduced the number to some 60,000.
b The figure refers to the Jewish population within pre-Munich boundaries,
when the Jews of Czechoslovakia numbered about 360,000. By September
1939, due mainly to emigration, the number had fallen to approximately
315,000.
c Does not include such Jewish survivors as have remained in the Carpatho-Ukraine,
the territory now in the Soviet Union.
d According to the census of June 1933 the Jewish population of Germany
totaled 499,682. By September 1939 the emigration of something over
200,000, Persecution and natural population decline had reduced the
number to around 215,000.
e The figure refers to the Jewish population within pre-Munich boundaries.
f These figures do not include an estimated 15,000 prisoners of war
now in the Soviet Union who are expected ultimately to be repatriated.
g These figures do not include an estimated 150,000 Polish Jews in
the Soviet Union, to whom the option of repatriation has been made available.
h Inclusive of the Jewish population of Bessarabia and Bukovina, which
are now in the Soviet Union.
i Does not Include an estimated 40-45,000 survivors of Bessarabia and
Bukovina. The pre-war Jewish population within present Rumanian boundaries
was approximately 520,000. Included in the 1916 figure of 335,000 are
40,000 formerly residing in the two ceded provinces.
j Includes the 1939 Jewish population of
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, estimated at about 250,000.
Appendix
IV: Palestine: Historical Background
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