>Adalbert Goertz responds >Someone wanted to know how many Jews were killed in concentration >camps in Europe. >The number of 6 millions is most often repeated from a quote by >Eugen Kogon in "Der SS-Staat" (1947). >Let us review some of the census figures of Jews for 1895 >in European countries that were later German occupied in WWII. >Numbers given are in ,000 (thousands): >(see Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, vol.9, p.649, Leipzig-Wien 1897) >European Russia: 2,800 >Russ.Poland 815 >Rumania 400 >Bulgaria 14 >Bosnia 6 >Greece 6 >Serbia 4 >France 50 >Italy 38 >Austria 1,780 >Hungary 725 >Germany 600 >Netherlands 98 >Luxemburg 1 >Belgium 3 >Danmark 4 >Norway .2 -------------------------- >total in 1895: 7,344 >So, my guess is that about 4 million Jews were killed. >Someone may want to check these numbers for later years, but this >would be difficult for Russia (Soviet Union) and the Stalin years. >Guessing losses for the Soviet Union under Stalin and emigration, >this would lead to a total Jewish (1938) population of 6 millions >in the countries listed above. Although the numbers are being reexamined even as we speak, the total number of Jews in Europe in 1939 has been variously reported as 9 million, 10 million, or 11 million (the last number was determined in 1942 by the Nazis themselves at the Wannsee Conference). Based on these numbers, what would be your guess? Rhonda RCMWenner@aol.com -- *************** Adalbert Goertz ****** ph 717-762-7378 ******** retired in Waynesboro PA (65 miles from Baltimore/Washington DC Mennonite genealogy of East and West Prussia prior to 1945. Wanted: house in Colorado/New Mexico/Arizona for us retirees