JEWISH LIFE BEFORE THE HOLOCAUST

Europe

Home to nine million Jews in 21 countries

Largest Populations

Poland Soviet Union Hungary

Romania

In these countries Jews. . .

Spoke Yiddish primary language More Orthodox in religion

Most lived in Shtetls

Shtetl - Little Jewish town

Shtetl Life

Some Jews Lived in larger cities

Warsaw Krakow Budapest

Smallest Populations . . .
Germany France Italy Belgium

Tended to live in towns/cities

Dressed and talked like their countrymen

Religion Less Important

Formal Education

Many attended colleges and universities

Throughout Europe . . .

Jews were farmers . . .

Tailors and seamstresses

Businessmen

Teachers

Musicians

Actresses and Actors

Athletes

Rich Cultural & Family Life

That Life Ended

Two-Thirds Of Europes Jews Were Destroyed Between 1933-1945 Six Million Perished