Displaced Jews in Europe: Charts and Bibliography
Dateline: 05/18/98See the article associated with these charts and bibliography.
Origins of Jews Migrating to Israel from 1946-1951
Origin 1946 – 5/14/48* 5/15/48 – 1949 1950 1951 Total Austria 411 2015 420 171 3,017 Baltic States 737 1142 332 123 2,334 Bulgaria 1179 35089 1003 1161 38,432 Czechoslovakia 4110 17804 632 295 22,841 France 189 2295 445 249 3,178 Germany 1383 6755 943 463 9,544 Greece 982 1540 437 133 3,092 Hungary 4713 10307 2721 1273 19,014 Italy 365 1031 156 93 1,645 Netherlands 289 555 218 275 1,337 Poland 17129 76132 26488 3505 123,254 Romania 16165 31274 46430 40208 134,077 United Kingdom 112 1260 345 187 1,904 USSR 262 3349 2286 566 6,463 Yugoslavia 147 6596 419 629 7,791 Other Countries 278 1283 357 204 2,122 Europe Total 52,331 198,441 85,582 51,486 387,840 Asia 1170 76007 57771 103327 238,275 Africa 906 47635 25525 20124 94,190 America & Oceania 138 1839 1006 673 3,656 Not Stated 5803 17061 1471 244 24,579 Total 60,348 340,983 171,355 175,854 748,540 *On May 15, 1948, Israel became a State. Prior to that time, it was known as Palestine and was under the control of the United Kingdom. Source: Proudfoot, Malcolm J. European Refugees: 1939-1952: A Study in Forced Population Movement. Northwestern University Press, 1956. Pages 356, 359
Migration Destinations of European Jews 1946-1950
Country Number Australia 4,745 Belgium 5,000 Brazil 4,837 Canada 19,697 Israel 748,540 France 8,000 Netherlands 5,000 Sweden 7,200 United Kingdom 1,000 United States 105,000 Other Latin American countries 5,046 Total Immigration 914,065 Source: Proudfoot, Malcolm J. European Refugees: 1939-1952: A Study in Forced Population Movement. Northwestern University Press, 1956. Pages 356, 359-360
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