Why Did Canada Admit so Few Jews in 1933 - 1939 Essay Outline
Introduction:
Opening Statement:
From 1933 until 1939 Adolf Hitler steadily increased his campaign of anti-Semitism in Germany. As a result the number of Jewish people wishing to emigrate increased drastically. Most nations ended up having strict immigration policies and were essentially closed to the Jews of Europe. Canada had the most demanding immigration regulations out of all the nations. This left many curious as to why such a sparsely populated country such as Canada, with a population of only 10.5 million people, was not willing to accept Jewish refugees.
Topic Areas:
Employment, citizens and the government protesting, individuals who wanted to …show more content…
Employment lead to many issues such as, no companies would hire Jews except for rough manual labour, if Jews came to Canada they would be forced to work in a business that would be insulting to their cultural beliefs and it was advertised not to by anything from Jews, and Canada wanted to take care of its citizens first instead of any Jewish refugees.
Argument: Point #1
Since employment was such a big issue, many companies would not hire any Jews and would be forced to do rough manual labour. Many discriminated against all non-Anglo-Saxons such as oil companies, banks, mortgage companies etc. however one did not and that was the Hudson’s Bay company. Because the Jews were at the bottom everyone discriminated them. With this amount of discrimination this led to a lack of employment for the Jews. This can be illustrated in the first document,
Point # 1 Evidence:
“None of the city’s [Winnipeg, 1920s and 1930s] chartered banks, trust companies, or insurance companies would knowingly hire a Jew, and anyone with a Ukrainian or Polish name had almost no chance of employment except rough manual labour”, (Document,
Introduction:
Opening Statement:
From 1933 until 1939 Adolf Hitler steadily increased his campaign of anti-Semitism in Germany. As a result the number of Jewish people wishing to emigrate increased drastically. Most nations ended up having strict immigration policies and were essentially closed to the Jews of Europe. Canada had the most demanding immigration regulations out of all the nations. This left many curious as to why such a sparsely populated country such as Canada, with a population of only 10.5 million people, was not willing to accept Jewish refugees.
Topic Areas:
Employment, citizens and the government protesting, individuals who wanted to …show more content…
Employment lead to many issues such as, no companies would hire Jews except for rough manual labour, if Jews came to Canada they would be forced to work in a business that would be insulting to their cultural beliefs and it was advertised not to by anything from Jews, and Canada wanted to take care of its citizens first instead of any Jewish refugees.
Argument: Point #1
Since employment was such a big issue, many companies would not hire any Jews and would be forced to do rough manual labour. Many discriminated against all non-Anglo-Saxons such as oil companies, banks, mortgage companies etc. however one did not and that was the Hudson’s Bay company. Because the Jews were at the bottom everyone discriminated them. With this amount of discrimination this led to a lack of employment for the Jews. This can be illustrated in the first document,
Point # 1 Evidence:
“None of the city’s [Winnipeg, 1920s and 1930s] chartered banks, trust companies, or insurance companies would knowingly hire a Jew, and anyone with a Ukrainian or Polish name had almost no chance of employment except rough manual labour”, (Document,