The Economic and Social Status of the Jewish Population (1933 and 1939)
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page 1 of 1 The Economic and Social Status of the Jewish Population (1933 and 1939) Economic Sector (a) 1933 1939 (b) Total Working Population Jewish Working Population Total Working Population Jewish Working Population As a Percentage of the Jewish Working Population As a Percentage of the Total Working Population As a Percentage of the Jewish Working Population As a Percentage of the Total Working Population % 1000 % % % 1000 % % Agriculture 28.9 4.2 1.7 0.04 25.9 3 8.9 0.03 Industry and handicrafts 40.4 55.7 23.1 0.43 42.2 11.5 33.7 0.08 Commerce and trade 18.5 147.3 61.2 2.48 17.5 6.5 19.1 0.11 Public and private sectors 8.3 30.0 (c) 12.5 1.11 10.5 8.6 25.2 0.24 Domestic work 3.9 3.4 1.4 0.27 3.9 4.5 13.1 0.33 100 240.6 100 0.74 100 34.1 100 0.09 a) The categorization of economic sectors was slightly altered in 1939. The comparability of data has not been affected, however. b) Based on the borders as of December 31, 1937. c) At the time the census was taken (June 16, 1933) many Jews had already left public service. Thus, this figure does not reflect the situation at the time of Hitler’s seizure of power, which is mostly the case for the other professions. Source of original German table: Sozialgeschichtliches Arbeitsbuch, Volume III, Materialien zur Statistik des Deutschen Reiches 1914-1945, edited by Dietmar Petzina, Werner Abelshauser, and Anselm Faust. Munich: Verlag C.H. Beck, 1978, pp. 134. Translation: Fred Reuss
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