https://padlet.com/kadarius_mack306/ftaq85hf231z To what extent did the aftermath of the Holocaust impact the economy of Germany and Poland? en-us 2019-05-09 16:07:10 UTC 2019-05-14 16:38:43 UTC hello@padlet.com kadarius_mack306 https://padlet.com/kadarius_mack306/ftaq85hf231z/wish/359975066 Russian cities and regions whose Jewish populations suffered from the deaths and displacement in the Holocaust have seen lower economic growth and wages ever since, according to a detailed study of seven decades of Russian data.]]> 2019-05-14 15:59:27 UTC https://padlet.com/kadarius_mack306/ftaq85hf231z/wish/359975066 kadarius_mack306 https://padlet.com/kadarius_mack306/ftaq85hf231z/wish/359978051 Before the Holocaust Jewish people were the smallest minorities in Poland.Except for a small minority of well-off Jewish merchants, bankers, and factory owners, the majority of the Jews were poor and became even more so under Russia’s control. ]]> 2019-05-14 16:05:02 UTC https://padlet.com/kadarius_mack306/ftaq85hf231z/wish/359978051 kadarius_mack306 https://padlet.com/kadarius_mack306/ftaq85hf231z/wish/359980803 Jews made a living as traders, as semi-skilled craftsmen in old and emerging industries (textiles, for example), and as shopkeepers. Few were farmers; many were destitute. For the most part, Jews lived in small towns known as shtetls.]]> 2019-05-14 16:09:46 UTC https://padlet.com/kadarius_mack306/ftaq85hf231z/wish/359980803 kadarius_mack306 https://padlet.com/kadarius_mack306/ftaq85hf231z/wish/359995108 The German economy, like those of many other western nations, suffered the effects of the Great Depression with unemployment soaring around the Wall Street Crash of 1929. When Adolf Hitler became Chancellor of Germany in 1933, he introduced policies aimed at improving the economy.

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