Why does the US have such a large German Jewish population? When did most immigrate?

Answer 1

Most of the German-Jewish population in the US came when the rest of the Germans did, which was prior to 1870. The major push came after the various European revolutions around 1848 failed.

The greatest wave of Jewish immigration was from 1890 to 1930, after which our borders were essentially closed to new immigrants until after World War II. Most of those, however, came from Russia and Poland.

Some German Jews came to the US because of the Nazis, but for the most part they weren't allowed to come here, or anywhere else for that matter; nobody wanted them. The result was that almost every Jew remaining in Europe was exterminated.

And that's why those few Jews who remained established Israel, which also tells you why Israel has the toughest armed forces on the planet.

Answer 2

There have been several waves of German Jewish immigration to the USA, but the most recent was as the result of the persecution of Jews by Adolf Hitler. About 100,000 German Jews did arrive in the 1930s, escaping Hitler’s persecution. During the Holocaust, less than 30,000 Jews a year reached the United States, and some were turned away due to immigration policies. Immediately after the Second World War, some Jewish refugees resettled in the United States. Had it not been for the fact that so many Jews were murdered before they could escape the Holocaust, the German Jewish population of the United States would no doubt be considerably larger.

Answer 3

A great many came in the period just after WW1 when Germany was in economic chaos. The great German hyperinflation came around 1922 and wiped out the life savings of most people and threw the country into despair. It was also about this time that Hitler began moving his thinking into politics, and the economic dissatisfaction of the period was one of the factors that swept him into power. A great many of the Germans ended up in places like Chicago in the meat packing plants, see Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle".

Another wave of immigrants occurred around 1938-1939 as the Nazis consolidated their power. One of the most notable who came to the US was Albert Einstein, who was a visiting professor at Princeton at the time of the Nazi madness and he simply chose to remain in the United States.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

As with any war, most of the immigration took place during, and after WWII. The same thing happened in the Korean War, and the Vietnam War.

Answer 6

Before WWII Hitler kicked a lot of the Jews out of Germany and many settled in the USA (like Albert Einstein).

Answer 7

During and after WW2 when Germany went to Hell.

Answer 8

in the ww2. to escape,as it was the on;y major continet not yet fighting

Answer 9

WWII