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Bolivia) and 18,000 to the port of Shanghai, China. By the end of 1939 202,000 Jews
remained within Germany and 57,000 within Austria. Further emigration was blocked by
order of the S.S. Reichsfuehrer Heinrich Himmler in October 1941. 6 Table 2 and 3
provides a detailed breakdown of the numbers and destinations of Jews who were able to
flee Greater Germany.
TABLE 2: Emigration of Jews from Austria and Germany
April 1933-May 1939
US 63,000
Palestine 55,000
UK 40,000
France 30,000
Argentina 25,000
Brazil 13,000
South Africa 5,500
Italy 5,000
Other European countries 25,000
Other South American countries 20,000
Far Eastern Countries 15,000
Other 8,000
Total 304,000
110,000 fled to neighboring countries only to fall under German control during the war.
“Jews in Germany 05: Third Reich 1933-1939,” Encyclopedia Judaica (1971), vol. 7,
col. 491, available from http://www.geschichteinchronologie.ch/eu/D/EndJud_juden-in-
Deutschland-05-3R-1933-1939-ENGL.html; Internet; accessed March 12, 2008.
6 “German-Jewish Refugees, 1933-1939,” Holocaust Encyclopedia, available from
http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10005468; Internet; accessed January 6, 2008.
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