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finsterbaby_too on scored.co
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I already know. By 1900 there were over 400,000 jews per square mile on the Lower East Side of Manhattan alone. It was one of the largest ghettos in the world, and in fact, maps just marked the neighborhood as "ghetto."
Not to say there were no successful jews, because of course many went on to be successful, but they were primarily refugees from pogroms and shithole ghettos in Europe. Even the German jews in the city at the time didn't want them there and did all they could to assimilate them.
Not to say there were no successful jews, because of course many went on to be successful, but they were primarily refugees from pogroms and shithole ghettos in Europe. Even the German jews in the city at the time didn't want them there and did all they could to assimilate them.