Eastern Europe between 1881 and 1924 (Hardwick 2002), this, of course, was before the Nazis took over Germany. The immigration policies of the United States were not lifted during the Holocaust, news of which began to reach the country in 1941 and 1942. It has been estimated that at least 190,000–200,000 Jews could have been saved during World War II alone (Weiner 1995), not including those who were unable to leave Europe between 1924 and the beginning of the war.
