Blog 11/11

During the interwar period in Europe, Jews were still not really welcomed anywhere. anti-semitism was rampant throughout many countries, especially Ukraine. In Ukraine between 1919 and 1921 over 60,000 Jews were killed with thousands more injured. The Ukrainian minister of defense did nothing to help the Jews. There were pogroms everywhere in Europe because the new countries established from the Paris Peace Conference that were founded on democratic ideals never quite turned out that way, resulting in authoritarian leaders that favored the majorities leaving minorities like Jews to fend for themselves.

Jews had an especially large presence in the medical and legal fields as doctors and lawyers. In Budapest 51 percent of all lawyers were Jewish. In Cracow, Poland Jews made up 61 percent of all physicians. IN Germany, Jews were very prominent in the business sector.  As far as trade goes, Jews often engaged in trade of leather goods, textiles, clothing, and shoe manufacture.