German sources for 17 Million Jews before the Holocaust, before the 1944 Mufti inciting Arabs against the remaining 11 Million

Submitted by Naomi (United States), Oct 25, 2022 at 12:40

German source in 1924:

Wirth, Albrecht. Weltgeschichte der Gegenwart (1879-1924). Germany: G. Westermann, 1924. p. 425.

https://books.google.com/books?id=KWQyAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA425

[Dem stelle man die Semiten mit schätzungsweise 45 Millionen , wovon 17 Millionen Juden.]

Put the Semites with an estimated 45 million, of which 17 million Jews...

Nazi German book in 1938:

"Forschungen zur Judenfrage," Vol. 3, 1938, p. 156:

[Um das Jahr 1937 lebten auf der Erde insgesamt rund 17 Millionen Juden. Davon entfallen über 10 Millionen oder rund drei Fünftel auf Europa...]

Around 1937 there were a total of around 17 million Jews living on earth. Of these, more than 10 million or around three fifths are in Europe...

https://books.google.com/books?id=i5VNAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA156

Nazi Germany book in 1939

Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei. Rassenpolitisches Amt. "Neues Volk." Vol. 7, Iss. 1-9, p. 40. Germany: n.p., 1939.

[National-socialist German Workers' Party. Racial Policy Office, "New People". 1939]

[Dr. Burgdörfer hielt in der Universität Berlin einen Vortrag über die zahlenmäßige Verbreitung der Juden auf der Welt. Er schäßt 17 Millionen Juden . Davon entfallen 10 Millionen auf Europa, 5 Millionen auf Amerika, 1 knappe Million...]

Dr. (Friedrich) Burgdörfer gave a lecture at the University of Berlin on the numerical distribution of Jews in the world. He estimates 17 million Jews. Of this, 10 million are in Europe, 5 million in America, and almost 1 million...

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By September 1944, the Arab Muslim leader, Palestine Hitler's Mufti al-Husseini, incited the Arab world against (the remaining) 11 million - (after 6 Million were gone by the Nazis and their helpers).

[https://books.google.com/books?id=aDgpAQAAMAAJ&q=%22increasing%20efforts%20to%20deny%20and%20/%20or%20belittle%20the%20Holocaust%20,%20we%20must%22]

[https://books.google.com/books?id=d34MAQAAMAAJ&q=11%20million]

[https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP69B00369R000200290062-5.pdf]

[https://www.jpost.com/blogs/the-view-from-the-uk/hitlers-war-against-jews-continues-in-palestine-394103]

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