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One of Every Three Jews in Poland is Gainfully Employed; Many in Basic Industry

March 4, 1947
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Thirty-three thousand of the approximately 100,000 Jews in Poland are gainfully employed, it was stated today by the Economic Rehabilitation Department of the Central Jewish Committee. Of these, thirteen percent are working for government or communal organizations.

Thirty-nine of each 100 employed Jews are working in coal mines or other basic industries, the department said, while 22 are artisans, either self-employed or in cooperatives, five are in the professions, three are in trade and two are agricultural workers and others are in miscellaneous vocations. The largest proportion of Jewish workers are in Lower Silesia, where 13,300 live and in Lodz, where there are 7,400.

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