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Migration To The Us From Germany

Migration from Easter Europe, 1881-1924

A shift was occurring in 1880 where a mass migration of Jews was leaving Europe for America. High birthrates and restrictive living in Russia contributed to this exodus. Similar hard conditions prompted Jews in Hungary and Romania to leave their lands in equal proportions. Industrialization made it difficult for Jews with simple professions in labor to keep their jobs. It was at this time that legal violence became incorporated into law, like the May Laws and pogroms. Pogroms were forcing Jews to leave Europe in large numbers, with a height of 152,000 in 1906 which made up 14% of the immigrants for that year.
Data shows that the majority of these immigrants were young; typically a skilled male worker would pave the way for his family to follow. Only 5% of Jews returned to their land of emigration compared to 33% overall. Most were skilled workers, besides Russians who were mostly in clothing. Russians would sometimes go through......


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