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Statistical Report on the "Final Solution," known as the Korherr Report (March 23, 1943)

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IV. THE EMIGRATION OF THE JEWS FROM GERMANY

The migration of the Jews from eastern to central and western Europe and from the whole of Europe overseas, primarily to the United States of America, is a phenomenon that has been generally observed for decades. A great many Jews emigrated from Germany primarily between 1840 and 1870, but after 1870 their emigration ceased almost entirely. Instead, the Germans emigrated. Jewish emigration from Germany since 1933, which, in a sense, is making up for the movement that did not happen after 1870, aroused the special attention of the entire civilized world, especially the Jewish-governed democratic states. Different sides used various methods to try and grasp the number and composition of the emigrants. They did not produce any uniform results, however. The numbers included in the German emigration statistics, those of the Reich Association of the Jews in Germany and of the Israelite religious communities in Vienna and Prague, the numerous foreign statistics, calculations, and estimates, the statistics of international Jewry, and the numbers from scientific studies diverge very strongly. For example, Prof. Zielenziger in Amsterdam calculates 135,000 emigrants from the seizure of power until the end of 1937; the Reich Association of the Jews calculates 203,000 emigrants. Since 1938, emigration has risen sharply, though it came to an almost complete end (except for a few exceptions month by month) with the prohibition against Jewish emigration in the fall of 1941. The Reich Association of the Jews and the Israelite religious communities in Vienna and Prague came up with the following high emigration estimates up to January 1, 1943 (including double counting):

Emigrants from

Number

Period

Altreich including Sudetenland

352,534

(January 30, 1933 – January 1, 1943)

Ostmark

149,124

(March 1, 1938 – January 1, 1943)

Protectorate

26,009

(February 15, 1939 – January 1, 1943)



This initial emigration makes it impossible to give precise figures at all. Likewise, if the target country mentioned by emigrants was a European country, it should often be seen merely as a way-station. Of the emigrants from the Altreich, about 144,000 went to other European countries; about 57,000 to the USA; 54,000 to South America; 10,000 to Central America; 53,000 to Palestine; 15,000 to Africa (mostly South Africa); 16,000 to Asia (China); and 4,000 to Australia. Of the 144,000 Jews who emigrated to European countries, 32,000 went to England alone; 39,000 to Poland or the General Government; 18,000 to France; 8,000 to Italy; 7,500 to the Netherlands; and 6,000 to Belgium. It is likely that the majority of these emigrants moved abroad from these countries. The following targets were indicated for the Jewish emigrants from the Ostmark: 65,500 to European countries; 50,000 to America; 20,000 to Asia; 9,000 to Palestine; 2,600 to Africa; and 2,000 to Australia.

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