Jewish Emigration from the Third Reich

By Ingrid Weckert. Current historical writings dealing with matters related to the Third Reich paint a bleak picture. This applies especially to writings that deal with the Jewish ethnic group. To this day there are still accounts of the Jewish emigration that depict it as some kind of clandestine operation—as if the Jews who wished to leave Germany had to sneak over the borders in defiance of the German authorities, leaving all their possessions and wealth behind.

The truth is that the emigration was welcomed by the German authorities, and frequently occurred under a constantly increasing pressure.