A JEWISH POPULATION OF 360,000, OR 0.53 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL POPULATION OF GERMANY IS GIVEN IN THE LATEST ESTIMATE RECEIVED BY THE JOINT DISTRIBUTION COMMITTEE. THE ESTIMATE, ON THE BASIS OF 12,000 EMIGRANTS IN THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF 1937, FORECASTS AN ANNUAL EMIGRATION OF ABOUT 24,000, WHICH WOULD REDUCE THE JEWISH POPULATION OF GERMANY TO A QUARTER OF A MILLION IN 1941 OR LESS THAN ONE-HALF OF WHAT IT WAS WHEN THE NAZI REGIME CAME INTO POWER IN 1933.
IN THE PRESENT JEWISH POPULATION OF GERMANY, ACCORDING TO THE FIGURES RECEIVED, 54 PERCENT ARE OVER 45 YEARS OF AGE AND 70 PERCENT ARE OVER 35. THE NUMBER OF BIRTHS DURING THE PAST THREE YEARS HAS AVERAGED ONLY 2,500 PER YEAR AS AGAINST 16,000 IN THE YEAR 1876. ONLY 60,000 JEWS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 17 AND 35 REMAIN IN GERMANY. EVEN IN THE LARGER CITIES, TO WHICH JEWS HAVE FLED FROM THE SMALLER COMMUNITIES, THE JEWISH POPULATION HAS BEEN SHARPLY DECLINIng.
THE ECONOMIC POSITION OF THE JEWS IN GERMANY HAS STEADILY DETERIORATED, SAYS THE REPORT.
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