How many jews are in germany today?
Germany. When Hitler came to power, Germany had 500,000 Jews. 350,000 managed to relocate. 16 – 17,000 remained after the war, half of whom were intermarried with most of the children of these being brought up as non-Jews. In 1990, Germany was politically reunited, with an approximate Jewish population of 32,000 people estimated to have dropped to 28,000 by now. Since then over 100,000 immigrants, including non-Jewish family members, have come to Germany from former Soviet countries. This is due to Germany’s extremely liberal refugee policy. The American Year Book’s estimation of ‘core’ Jews is 98,000 making Germany the ninth largest Jewish community worldwide. The Jewish population is very spread out, the largest community being Berlin, which has 25,000 Jews and a Lauder Foundation funded Yeshiva. In Germany, anyone who declares a religion has to pay a 9% tax which flows back to the local religious bodies. Because of this, the community buildings, built from the sixties onwards, are m
