Only one-third of Europe's Jews survived, but Europe still had a Jewish Question; anti-Semitism was stronger now than before the war.
Europe's governments had repealed anti-Jewish legislation. Hungary, Bulgaria and Rumania had been forced to it by armistice terms. Austria's Chancellor Leopold Figl sweepingly promised Jews full civil rights. But all over Europe, Jews who returned to their old homes were received as unwelcome strangers. The Nazi-seized property they claimed had frequently been taken over by other war victims. There was no shelter, no clothing, no food, and little sympathy to spare:
ΒΆ In Rumania, half of the Jews had to depend...
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