Where did Jews escape to during the Holocaust?

Question

Where did Jews during the Holocaust escape to? Where there any famous ones?

Answer 1

At first they moved out of Germany to neighboring countries like France, Spain England. However, as soon as the situation got worse and Hitler became more determined to gain world power many Jews then moved all around the world, where countries would take then. For example the United States took many Jews, and i believe that after a while they would no longer accept any more from entering the US.

Answer 2

Those who saw what was happening before Hitler was in power packed up and left. Read WHEN HITLER STOLE PINK RABBIT for an account of a family that left as Hitler was being elected. Later families had a harder time since many passports were confiscated. They had to rely on friends outside Germany once they got free and most were not permitted to work.

Besides Schindler's efforts, Raoul Wallenberg of Sweden saved many Jews by giving them papers that effectively made them Swedish citizens. There was also a Catholic bishop who saved families by handing out baptismal certificates in the thousands so Spain would take them in. That bishop later became Pope Paul XXVI.

England was willing to take Jewish children, but not adults who would flood the work force. America was willing to take both, but adults were rarely allowed to work. A lot of Jews were into hiding where they were and some successfully escaped that way. One Catholic orphanage had over a hundred Jewish children they saved.

It was mostly individuals who made the difference.

Answer 3

Several went to South America. Passports for SA were issued in bulk to escaping Jews, primarily for the purpose of getting them out of Europe.

Some went to Palestine, but were not very welcomed there. The resident Jews felt that they came only to escape, rather than for religious reasons, and turned thier backs on them.

A few, but not many, made it to safe European countries, then on to America. However, America was almost as bad as Palestine in the way they were treated. Many Americans blamed them for the war......and the deaths of their loved ones as a result.

Answer 4

Many Polish people helped Jews escape by hiding them in their homes, gave them food, took them out of ghettos, etc. If you look up the Yad Vashem's list of the Righteous Among the Nations, many of these men and women were Catholics. I am sure you can find background stories on them. A well known example is Irena Sendler. She was a Catholic social worker who smuggled Jewish children out of their ghetto and saved 2500 children from the Nazis. You can look her up on any website to find information about her. Regarding Pope Pius, there are several documents saying that he hid Jews in the Vatican and helped them escape the country through Vatican safe routes. Many believed him to be quiet about the Nazis to avoid confrontations between them and the Church, but I disagree. Hitler was murdering Catholics as well as Jews. He hated the Catholics but he seemed to hate the Jews even more, which is ridiculous as he had Jewish blood...who will ever understand that disgusting pig?

Answer 5

Einstein is the most famous, but the Jews went everywhere, America was a big one I think, many went to neutral countries in Europe like Ireland and returned after.

Answer 6

Switzerland to a limited extent. Most Danish jews who fled went to Sweden, than a neutral country.

Answer 7

There's a story, also appear in a movie: Schindler's list. Many jews went to Poland.

Answer 8

All over the globe, that was part of the tragedy. Not only were families killed but to survive or upon surviving they were refugees with families spread to the four corners.

Answer 9

Have you not ever seen Schindler's List, The Pianist, The Hiding Place? Or you can read the Diary of Anne Frank. Plenty of stories out there about this!

Answer 10

Many places.After Europe stopped letting them in,some went to South Africa and some even went to China.