After the Great War (1914-18) had come to an end, the distress prevalent in Eastern Europe induced large numbers of those of Jewish race to cross the German frontiers where a Herr Badt – himself a Jew – managed to obtain an official position authorising him to control all matters relative to immigration and naturalisation. He saw to it that those sharing his race secured easy access to Germany. A few statistics may be helpful to show the extent to which these non-Germans through mutual assistance gradually succeeded in spreading their influence upon important professions and in various allied domains. In reading these statistics it is important to remember that those of Jewish race formed just 1% of the population.
Jewish University Teachers: Berlin: Medicine 45%; Breslau: Arts 25%, Medicine 45%, Law 48%; Gottingen: Mathematics 34%, Medicine 34%, Arts 40%, Law 47%; Konigsberg: Arts 7%, Law 14%, Medicine 25%.
Lawyers (1928): Dortmund 29%, Hamburg 25%, Stuttgart 26%, Dusseldorf 33%, Karlsruhe 36%, Beuthen 60%, Frankfurt 64%, Stettin 36%.
Lawyers (1933): Berlin 55%, Berlin Chamber of Attorneys 66%, Breslau 67%.
Medical Practitioners (1928): Wiesbaden 20%, Karlsruhe 26%, Cologne 27%, Mainz 30%, Gotha 31%, Beuthen 36%, Berlin 52%. Berlin Hospitals: Moabit 56%, Friedrichshain 63%, Neukolln 67%.
The Stock Exchange. Committees on the Berlin Stock Exchange: Stocks and Shares 69%, Metal Exchange 83%, Produce Exchange 75%, Futures 83%, Administration 80%. Official List 87%. In 1928 it was revealed that just 15 Jews between them had occupied 718 board positions and of leading positions in industry there were ten Jews to every five non-Jews.
Leading Positions in Commerce: Berlin 49.4%, Frankfurt 48.9%, Cologne 49.6%, Breslau 57.1%.
Employed as Workers: Berlin 2.4%, Frankfurt 1.9%, Cologne 2.9%, Breslau 1.8%.