New Immigrants

New Immigrants

Introduction

Towards the end of the 19th Century, the influx of immigrants increased enormously. The immigrants now come increasingly from other parts of Europe, so the phase from 1880 to 1925 is also called new immigration.

Discussion

In Southern and Eastern Europe, the economic conditions have become so disastrous that many families can no longer be fed. The largest number of immigrants was from Poland, Ukraine, Greece and Italy. To migrate hundreds of thousands of Jews from Eastern Europe, there are increasingly exposed to anti-Jewish persecutions. Also, the increase of immigrants from Latin America, Asia and Africa is steadily ...