What happened to the Jewish neighborhoods in Poland , like Krakow ?

Question

Were all of them killed in the Holocaust? How many immigrated?
Are there many left in Poland?

Answer 1

They moved to New York, Israel, or Argentina. The children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren of the survivors greatly outnumber those that were killed.

Answer 2

During the Holocaust, three million of Poland's Jewish population were killed at the hands of the Nazis. After the Holocaust, many Jews came back home to find their homes were no longer theirs, they were not welcome back into their towns and villages, and some were even murdered by their former neighbors. Now Poland has seen some resurgence of Jewish life and Culture. There is a Jewish school and community thriving in Warsaw and Krakow has in a way restored their Jewish quarter.

Answer 3

The Holocaust was devestingly effective in Poland. After the Germans invaded, they created "Jewish Ghettoes" where the Jews were concentrated. During the war, these Jews were systematically killed by the Germans in the Ghetto, or by being shipped out to one of the several Concentration Camps run by the Germans. Most of the 4 million people who were murdered by the Nazis at Auschwitz were Polish Jews.

After the war, the Jews of Poland were all but wiped out. and most of the survivers left to other lands. Currently there are fewer than five-thousand Jews in Poland. And all of their previous neighborhoods have been wiped out.

Answer 4

I have been to L'viv, which was in Poland between the world wars. The Jewish quarter of the city is no longer Jewish, and the nazis destroyed the synagogues while they were full of people. However, there are still Jews there, and there is a working synagogue there today.
The 1931 census showed L'viv having about 310,000, of whom 100,000 were Jewish. The 1947 census showed only 75,000 people living there. Most of the Jews, but also most of the Ukrainians, Poles, and Armenians living there were killed by the nazis.
I would suggest seeing the movie Everything Is Illuminated.

Answer 5

Jewish properties were taken over by the Germans initially and then the non-Jewish Poles took over the homes of those who were "removed."
Not all the Polish Jews were killed in the Holocaust, but the vast majority were. Some were able to emigrate to the UK, US and Canada, among other destinations, prior to the war (immigration not being a wise move at the time!) Others were smuggled out by sympathisers; some were able to buy their way out, as Germany needed money to build more weaponry; and some were hidden by sympathisers who risked their own and their Families lives by so doing.
Don't forget that the Germans transported Jews from other European Countries to the ghettos before then transporting the survivors to the extermination camps. (Over-crowding, poor sanitation and poor food/water lead to disease and death.)
Gypsies, the disabled and political prisoners were also exterminated.

Answer 6

About 90 % of the Polish Jews were killed in the Holocaust and most of the survivors left Poland because of the severe antisemitism there. There were still pogroms against Jews in the 50s.

Answer 7

Six million Jews were killed in the Holocaust, and many of them were Polish, of course. There are still Jews in Poland, but not nearly as many as there were pre-WWII. Many came to the US, and many went to Israel and other countries as well.

Answer 8

28th of Jan is the UN Day of remembering the Holocaust ...
Movies like "Schindler's List" and books like "Ellie" give more than a vivid understanding what happened to them.
There were survivors, but few compared to the victims

Answer 9

Please, google "Jews in Poland".
Maybe you will find the answers there.