Bericht über die Lage der Juden in Ostgalizien

The file contains a report about the situation of Jews in Eastern Galicia, published by the 'World Jewish Congress. Executive committe' in 1940. The report is based on the narration of a witness. It discribes the situation of Jews in Eastern Galicia from the beginning of the occupation by the Soviet Union on the 17th of September 1939 till December 1939. When the Red Army invated Poland the Jews were impute to welcome the invasion. But infact they saw the invasion by the Soviet Union as the lesser evil, as beeing occupied by the Nazis. But as the report tries to show, the Jewish population in Eastern Galicia had to suffer under the the new communist regime. Not just antisemitism was a problem, but also the new structure which came along. When the coordination between Eastern Galicia and the Soviet Union started, a lot of Jews lost their property and their work, as traiding and industry was not privat anymore. Among others they went broke and a lot of them became refugees. Furthermore the report points out that Jews were not recognized in holding any department or political position.