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In the United States in the forties, the population of Jewish immigrants was from 4,770,000-4,975,000.  They first started immigrating in 1654. the population at that time was 25 Jews.

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During the Russian civil war, the Jews experienced a brief grace period as tsarist government revokes several laws regarding the Jews and their practices. After the Bolsheviks gained power in late 1917 and immediately revoked Jewish freedoms. Lenin himself said, "the slogan of the rabbis...[is] the slogan of our enemies."

This piece of White Army (pro-tsar) propaganda portrays communist party figure head Leon Trotsky as a Jewish devil.

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Even before Hitler came to power and invaded Poland, Jews in this state were looking for a means to escape the state sponsored murder and attacks on Jewish communities. Similar to the Russian Jews, they fled from their homeland across the borders illegally, travelling when the border guards were not present or by bribing government officials to grant them passage to the West.

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When the Jewish people immigrated to the U.S, it was a huge step for them. The Jews saw that the U.S was a place of refuge and freedom. In America they dispersed throughout the country. finding jobs and blending in with their community's. A lot of the Jews would open up their own businesses. They were classified as middle class.
-The picture below shows two Jewish women coming to America

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Starting in 1804, Alexander I created the "Statute Concerning the Organization of Jews," which forced many Jewish towns and villages to disband and move to "The Pale of Settlement." Alexander's successors both relaxed and enforced stricter laws regarding the Jews. Many wanted to leave after the tsar encouraged attacks on Jews, but their requests were denied, forcing many of them to illegally cross the borders into Austria-Hungary, Germany, and  Poland. Those who were lucky managed to follow in the steps of the German Jews and moved to the US.

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With all of the Jewish immigrants flowing into the United States, the United States had to adapt, or change; the way we performed as a whole. During the 30's - 40's; one problem with all of these Jewish immigrants was that they could have  impacted the U.S economy. During the 30's - 40's, the United States was coming out of a great depression ( jobs were difficult to obtain), so Americans didn't want deal with foreign labor coming into the country, because these immigrants would want jobs, replacing a lot of Americans in the work force. So this didn't make the U.S citizens too happy. With this problem, the United States had to adapt to this, changing the society as a whole. The people tried adapting to this change by attempting to create a law, the Wagner-Roger Bill. This allowed for 20,000 Refugee children to enter the United States twice a year, but this law never made it past committee level. Eventually in 1944, president Roosevelt was pressured by his own government, so he later helped saved thousands of Jews in Hungary, Romania, and other countries from mass murder. Then, in 1948, the U.S adopted the "Flagrantly discriminatory against Jews;" which favored agricultural laborers to such an extent. But this law allowed for Jews to stay in the U.S. Adopting new laws and ideas, this was the turning point for the United States

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As of 2012, Brooklyn having a population of 2.4 million, about 23% of this population, or 561,000; are in fact Jewish people!

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There can be many factors for relocating from one country to country, or continent to continent, like a business trip, or a vacation trip; but in the 1930's, the main reason Jews move were because they were either being invaded or just being treated very poorly. A lot of Jews from Poland immigrated because of the invasion of Poland that Germany set up. Not prepared for this surprise invasion, many fled the country and sailed to the United States, or traveled by land to neighboring countries. Jews from Russia fled to other countries for any factors as well like being treated poorly. Living in harsh conditions and not being able to obtain many of the jobs made a lot of Russian Jews flee into neighboring countries, and some even sailed east into the United States

- This picture is a drawing of the direction some Jews from Poland fled to.

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Between 1881-1914, over 1.5 million Russian Jews immigrated from Russia heading towards the United States! These Russian Jews immigrated because they were being treated unfairly by people around them! The Jews were forced to live in harsh conditions and lost ability to have certain jobs. They traveled by foot, train, car as well as many sailed east, where they entered the United States.

- The picture below represents Russian Jew waiting for the train at the station.

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POLISH IMMIGRATION -
September, 1939 in Poland; over hundreds of thousands of Jews and other non Jew refugees immigrated from Poland to the United States! The reasoning behind this immigration at the time was the invasion of the Germans. Without any specifically planned destination, these refugees traveled on foot, bike and cars, and only took necessities! While many did escape, around 300,000 were trapped and were deported to other countries such as Siberia, central Asia, and other places contained inside the Soviet Union. The immigrants that managed to flee from this invasion traveled on ship over to other countries; one being the United States!

- The video below provides more information about the invasion of Poland!

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INVASION OF POLAND IN 1939 BY GERMAN ARMY, Captured German films. Reel 1, armored columns assemb...

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Captured German films. Reel 1, armored columns assemble for the assault. A building in Danzig is shelled, sprayed with gasoline, and burned. Machine gunners advance on motorcycles; tanks advance. A town is burned and occupied; a bridge over the Vistula is repaired. Troops rest in transit and clean weapons.

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The United States in the 1940's, was going through a rough time. In the first decade, World War II was going on. The war effected people in Europe and Asia. The reason why the United States entered WWII, was because of the Pearl Harbor attack.
-The picture below shows Pearl Harbor being attacked by Japan

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Current Jewish Communities in NY/Brooklyn

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Current Jewish Communities in NY/Brooklyn

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Communities in New York and Brooklyn, such as the Upper West Side of Manhattan and Borough Park, are in the top 20 for the largest concentrations of Jews. Many of these communities have been on the rise since 2002, such as in the Bronx where the Jewish population has increased by 8,800 people.

This graphic shows the populations of Jews in the New York area as of 2002 and 2011.