BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 13.2//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20230301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:United States Holocaust Memorial Museum\nWashington\, DC\nThe J ewish population of Austria in 1938 totaled some 192\,000\, which represen ted almost four percent of the population. The majority lived in the capit al city of Vienna and comprised about nine percent of its residents. After Germany annexed Austria in March 1938\, finding safety abroad was no easy task\, and the United States was no exception. The United States governme nt combined the German and Austrian quotas for entry to the United States and waiting lists of desperate Jewish refugees grew as antisemitic persecu tion increased and Nazi Germany began to expand its territorial holdings i n Europe. By the end of November 1939\, more than 126\,000 Austrian Jews h ad fled Austria\, and of them more than 28\,000 to the United States.\nJoi n the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and partners the Documentati on Centre of Austrian Resistance and the Austrian Embassy for a one-day sy mposium featuring current scholarly research on Austrian Jews&rsquo\; expe riences of persecution and forced emigration under the Nazis\, with a focu s on those who fled to the United States. This program is free and open to the public\, but reservations are required. Click here for program inform ation. Register here. DTEND:20190618T223000Z DTSTAMP:20240328T141604Z DTSTART:20190618T143000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:[Symposium] Fleeing the Nazis: Austrian Jewish Refugees to the Unit ed States UID:RFCALITEM638472321641905858 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
\nWashington\, DC
The Jewish population of Austria in 1938 total ed some 192\,000\, which represented almost four percent of the population . The majority lived in the capital city of Vienna and comprised about nin e percent of its residents. After Germany annexed Austria in March 1938\, finding safety abroad was no easy task\, and the United States was no exce ption. The United States government combined the German and Austrian quota s for entry to the United States and waiting lists of desperate Jewish ref ugees grew as antisemitic persecution increased and Nazi Germany began to expand its territorial holdings in Europe. By the end of November 1939\, m ore than 126\,000 Austrian Jews had fled Austria\, and of them more than 2 8\,000 to the United States.
\nJoin the United States Holocaust Memo rial Museum and partners the Documentation Centre of Austrian Resistance a nd the Austrian Embassy for a one-day symposium featuring current scholarl y research on Austrian Jews&rsquo\; experiences of persecution and forced emigration under the Nazis\, with a focus on those who fled to the United States. This program is free and open to the public\, but reservations are required. Click here for program information. Register here.
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