The Racial State-Emigration

Question 1

Why was emigration used?

Answer 1

In order to make Germany Jew-free; two types of emigration- Voluntary emigration and Controlled emigration

Question 2

How many Jewish people left Germany voluntarily between March 1933 and November 1938?

Answer 2

150,000 Jews voluntarily left Germany

Question 3

What did most German Jews feel about leaving the country?

Answer 3

They felt thoroughly German and wanted to stay

Question 4

Why was making the Reich ‘Jew Free’ through emigration not straightforward?

Answer 4

It was difficult to find foreign countries willing to accept large numbers of Jews, as many countries had begun to raise barriers to limit Jewish immigration

Question 5

When was controlled emigration enforced?

Answer 5

After March 1938

Question 6

How was emigration beginning to be controlled?

Answer 6

• Reinhard Heydrich used Austria as ‘laboratory’ for developing SS policy
• Central Office for Jewish Emigration set up; 45,000/180,000 Jews forced to emigrate
• All Jewish organisations combined into a single ‘Reich Association of the Jews in Germany’ allowed for organisation difficulties to be dealt with by Jews themselves