Foreign Jews in Total Jewish and Alien Populations (1910) Large numbers of Jews emigrated from Eastern Europe to Germany and Austria-Hungary at the turn of the century. Drawn by economic opportunities in cities like Berlin and Vienna, these Jews had little in common with their assimilated co-religionists. Differences in language, dress, food, and cultural practice created tensions within Jewish communities in Germany, and most assimilated German Jews did not welcome these new immigrants.
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page 1 of 2 I. In Major Provinces of Prussia and in Large German States (1910) Locality* Total Jews (a) FJ (b) % of Total Jews who are FJ Total Number of Aliens (c) % of Alien Population who are Jewish Prussia: East Prussia 13,027 2,108 16.18 15,004 14.05 West Prussia 13,954 412 2.95 7,087 5.81 Brandenburg 61,343 8,666 14.13 70,984 12.21 Pomerania 8,862 248 2.8 16,140 1.54 Posen 26,512 324 1.22 10,166 3.19 Silesia 44,985 2,554 5.68 105,962 2.41 Hanover 15,545 1,820 11.71 30,015 6.06 Rheinland 57,287 4,843 8.45 205,037 2.36 City of Berlin 90,013 18,694 20.77 54,046 34.59 Total: Prussia 415,926 48,166 11.58 688,788 6.99 Bavaria 55,065 7,320 13.58 134,124 5.46 Saxony 17,587 10,293 58.53 188,443 5.46 Württemberg 11,982 (b) 1,156 9.65 25,851 4.47 Baden 25,896 (c) 2,620 10.12 41,912 6.25 Hesse 24,063 2,494 10.36 11,328 22.02 * Listed in order commonly given by German statistical publications. FJ = Foreign Jews (a) Unless otherwise noted, figures in this column are taken from H. Silbergleit, Die Bevölkerung und Berufsverhältnisse der Juden im Deutschen Reich [The Population and Occupational Breakdown of Jews in the German Reich], p. 24. (b) Zeitschrift für Demographie und Statistik der Juden [Journal for Demography and Statistics of the Jews], IX (1913), p. 72 (c) Zeitschrift für Demographie und Statistik der Juden, VIII (1912), p. 15 (d) Vierteljahrshefte zur Statistik des Deutschen Reichs. Ergänzung zu 1916 [Quarterly Journal of Statistics for the German Reich. Supplement to 1916], p. 53 (e) Vierteljahrshefte zur Statistik des Deutschen Reichs, p. 53
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