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Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry - Appendix III

APPENDIX III
Estimated Jewish Population of Europe


TABLE A

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1939 1946
CountryTotalTotalNativeRefugee and displacedNationality 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 --------- ---------
Czechoslovakia b 315,000 c 65, 000 c 60, 000 6, 600 Mainly Polish; some Hungarian
Denmark 7,000 5,500 5,500 -------- --------
Finland 2,000 1,800 1,800 -------- --------
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 --------- ---------
Holland 150,000 30,000 24,000 6,000 Over 80% German & Austrian
Hungary e 400,000 f 200,000 f 200,000 ---------- ----------
Italy 50,000 46,000 30,000 16,000 75% Polish; 7% Rumanian; 5% Czech; 5% Hungarian
Luxemburg 3,500 500 500 -------- --------
Norway 2,000 1,000 750 250 Mostly German
Poland 3,351,000 g 80,000 g 80,000 ------ ------
Rumania h 850,000 i 335,000 j 320,000 15,000 Mainly Polish
Yugoslavia 75,000 11,000 11,000 --------- ---------
Total (Table A:) 6,015,700 1,153,106 1,000,600 152,000 -----------

TABLE B

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1939 1946
CountryTotalTotalNativeRefugee and displacedNationality 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 -------------
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 -------------

*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.


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