There are 25,000 Jews less in Vienna today than there were two years ago, figures just published disclose.
The figures are from the census taken in March, 1934. According to the census, the Jewish population of Vienna numbered 201,513 in 1932, but by March, 1934, it diminished to 176,034, which is only nine per cent of the total population.
The decline in the Jewish population of Vienna is much beyond anything anticipated.
FIGURES REFUTED
One of the anti-Semitic papers argues that the decrease in the number of Jews in Vienna is more apparent than real. The census is taken on the basis of religion, and all it means is that the number of those who acknowledge the Mosaic faith has decreased, because many Jews have become Konfessionslos, or have been baptised, the paper says.
Jewish quarters point out that emigration, which has proceeded at a considerable rate, is responsible for the decrease.
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