(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
An alarming report of the increase of suicides among Jews in Germany was submitted to the Berlin Kehillah by Professor Seligman.
The suicides among Jews in Germany have long been a tragic chapter, but their number is now overwhelmingly larger among the Jewish population than among other denominations.
In Prussia, during the year 1911-1913, of 10,000 of the population, the number of suicides averaged, for the Evangelicals, 4.10 for males and 1.37 for females; Catholics, 1.81 males and 0.05 females; among Jews, 4.61 males and 2.07 females. During the last three months of 1925, 411 suicide cases were recorded in Berlin, including 30 Evangelicals, 34 Catholics and 27 Jews.
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