HC Deb 08 December 1938 vol 342 c1351
44. Wing-Commander James

asked the Home Secretary what are his estimates of the approximate numbers of Jews and part-Jews in greater Germany?

The Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Mr. Butler)

I have been asked to reply. While it is not possible to give a precise figure, the number of Jews by religion at present in greater Germany is estimated to lie between 500,000 and 550,000. No estimate can be given of the number of persons in greater Germany who are partly of Jewish race, but their number is unlikely to be smaller than the number of Jews by religion.

Mr. Mander

Would the Government consider the advisability of sending Lord Runciman to Germany to assist in solving the minority problem there?

Mr. Gallacher

Will the Prime Minister answer that question?

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