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    1) In 1933, around 9 million Jews lived in Europe, with the largest populations in eastern Europe countries like Poland, Soviet Union, Hungary, and Romania. 2) Eastern European Jews lived in segregated communities and maintained their own language and culture, while western European Jews assimilated more into the dominant culture. 3) Jews had a wide range of occupations and socioeconomic statuses. With Hitler's rise to power in Germany in the 1930s, all European Jews became potential victims regardless of their differences.

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    1) In 1933, around 9 million Jews lived in Europe, with the largest populations in eastern Europe countries like Poland, Soviet Union, Hungary, and Romania. 2) Eastern European Jews lived in segregated communities and maintained their own language and culture, while western European Jews assimilated more into the dominant culture. 3) Jews had a wide range of occupations and socioeconomic statuses. With Hitler's rise to power in Germany in the 1930s, all European Jews became potential victims regardless of their differences.

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    LifeofJewishPeoplepreWorldWar2

    WhentheNaziscametopowerinGermanyin1933,Jewswerelivingin
    everycountryofEurope.AtotalofroughlyninemillionJewslivedinthe
    countriesthatwouldbeoccupiedbyGermanyduringWorldWarII.Bythe
    endofthewar,twooutofeverythreeoftheseJewswouldbedead,and
    EuropeanJewishlifewouldbechangedforever.
    In1933thelargestJewishpopulationswereconcentratedineastern
    Europe,includingPoland,theSovietUnion,Hungary,andRomania.Many
    oftheJewsofeasternEuropelivedinpredominantlyJewishtownsor
    villages,calledshtetles.EasternEuropeanJewslivedaseparatelifeasa
    minoritywithinthecultureofthemajority.Theyspoketheirownlanguage,
    Yiddish,whichcombineselementsofGermanandHebrew.Theyread
    Yiddishbooks,andattendedYiddishtheaterandmovies.Althoughmany
    youngerJewsinlargertownswerebeginningtoadoptmodernwaysand
    dress,olderpeopleoftendressedtraditionally,themenwearinghatsor
    caps,andthewomenmodestlycoveringtheirhairwithwigsorkerchiefs.
    Incomparison,theJewsinwesternEuropeGermany,France,Italy,the
    Netherlands,andBelgiummadeupmuchlessofthepopulationand
    tendedtoadoptthecultureoftheirnonJewishneighbors.Theydressed
    andtalkedliketheircountrymen,andtraditionalreligiouspracticesand
    Yiddishcultureplayedalessimportantpartintheirlives.Theytendedto
    havehadmoreformaleducationthaneasternEuropeanJewsandtolivein
    townsorcities.
    Jewscouldbefoundinallwalksoflife,asfarmers,tailors,seamstresses,
    factoryhands,accountants,doctors,teachers,andsmallbusinessowners.
    Somefamilieswerewealthymanymorewerepoor.Manychildrenended
    theirschoolingearlytoworkinacraftortradeotherslookedforwardto

    continuingtheireducationattheuniversitylevel.Still,whatevertheir
    differences,theywerethesameinonerespect:bythe1930s,withtherise
    oftheNazistopowerinGermany,theyallbecamepotentialvictims,and
    theirliveswereforeverchanged.
    WiththeoutbreakofWorldWar2in1939,Hitlerhadassumedfull
    dictatorshipofGermanyandhismissionwasclear.Inhispoliticalprotest/
    manifesto,MeinKampf,heoutlinedhisFinalSolution.Thiswashisplan
    toeradicatealloftheJewishpopulationthathehadusedasascapegoatto
    blamethestateofthecountry.Overacoupleofyearsprevioustherehad
    beenagrowingnumberofbansontherightsoftheJewsandhowthey
    couldinteractwithGermansociety.Theywereforcedtostoptradingwith
    otherGermansandonKristallnacht,Jewishshopswereransacked.Worse
    followed.

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