Excerpt from The Jews in the Eastern War Zone Nearly half Of the Jewish population of the world lives in Russia, in the immediate area of active hostilities, congested in cities, which are the first point Of attack. The dreadful position of the Jews Of Russia in normal times is well known. Forbidden to live outside of the eu larged Ghetto, known as the Pale Of Settlement; burdened with Special taxes; denied even the scant educational privileges enjoyed by the rest Of the population; harried by a corrupt police, a hostile Government and an un friendly populace - in brief, economically degraded and politically outlawed - their condition represented the extreme Of misery. It was the Openly expressed policy of the reactionaries who ruled Russia to solve the Jewish question by ridding the country Of its Jews. One-third will accept the Greek Church; one-third will emigrate to America; and one-third will die Of starvation in Russia 80 ran the cynical saying. Some did abjure their faith, tens of thousands did starve in Russia and hundreds of thousands did emigrate to America. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.