March 26, 1938

Immigration, by the numbers, March 1938, according to The Times:

260,000 Jews in Austria.

25,957 annual quota of Germans eligible to immigrate to the U.S.

8,000 annual quota of Jews allowed to immigrate to Palestine under Britain.

1,413   annual quota of Austrians eligible to immigrate to the U.S.

[Note: U.S. quotas for Germany and Austria were combined after the union of the two countries–lrh]

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