Exile and Destruction: The Fate of Austrian Jews, 1938-1945

by Gertrude Schneider

When Hitler marched into Austria in March 1938, the country's Jewish population numbered nearly 200,000. Those Jews who were able to find refuge in neutral countries were safe; those who fled to countries subsequently overrun by the Nazis were eventually hunted down. Between 1938 and 1945, more than 50,000 Austrian Jews were deported; no more than 2,000 returned. The estimate of Jews caught by the Nazis in neighboring countries is 17,000. Therefore,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275951391
• ISBN13: 9780275951399
• Release Date: March 1995
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"