Why Did the Population of Jews in Europe Drop from 9.5

question 27

Multiple Choice

Why did the population of Jews in Europe drop from 9.5 million before World War II to less than 2 million today?

• A)A drought led to famine in the regions where they were living, killing many and causing many more to emigrate.
• B)The creation of Israel caused most Jews to emigrate from Europe to the Middle East.
• C)An outbreak of smallpox during World War II in the region where most European Jews lived killed many of them.
• D)German Nazis murdered approximately 6 million Jews in the Holocaust.
• E)all of the above

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