Which country fought on the side of Nazi Germany but didn't expel its Jewish population? Why was it allowed to do this?

author

You may think about Finland? Some of the Finnish jews even fought along with the Finnish/German troups against USSR. But as far as I know, 8 Finnish jews were sent to a concentration camp in 1942. May 24 06, 1:32 AM

author

You may also think about Japan, which had no Jewish population itself. As far as I know the Japanese did not expel Jews in the countries they ruled, such as China and the Philippines. May 24 06, 1:58 AM

Sabine06

There were some Jewish people in Japan during the war. At least some of the 6,000 people helped by diplomat Chiune Sugihara ('The Japanese Schindler') ended up in Japan, though most were moved on to the Dutch East Indies or China. http://www.immortalchaplains.org/Prize/Ceremony2000/Sugihara/sugihara.htm Japan resisted Germany's call to establish anti-semitic policies - apparently for self-serving reasons. Ironically, anti-semitic stereotypes of Jewish people having an extraordinary ability to make money may have saved the lives of this particular group of refugees.... http://www.answers.com/topic/judaism-in-japan May 24 06, 8:06 AM

bloomsby

As long as it was an independent state, Italy did not expel of deport Jews. After the establishment of an Italian puppet state in 1943 the position changed in those parts of Italy under de facto Nazi occupation. May 24 06, 3:30 PM

gmackematix

There's was a country which, I have read, had several thousand Jews, but refused to send any to concentration camps throughout WWII. That one hasn't been mentioned yet. May 24 06, 4:38 PM

lanfranco

The citizens of Italy did, in many cases, go to great lengths to protect their Jewish fellow citizens. However, about 10% of Italian Jews were deported, and many died. I wonder whether you mean Bulgaria, gmack? That was an interesting and somewhat controversial case: http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10005355 May 24 06, 5:08 PM

author

Bulgaria deported none of its Jewish citizens. However, it deported 11.000 jews from its annexed territories, 7.000 from Yugoslavia (Macedonia) and 4.000 from Greece. May 24 06, 6:23 PM

gmackematix

Yay, Lanfranco. I was indeed talking about the Bulgarians who fought on the wrong side of World War I & II, but after WWII, as your reference says, Bulgaria's Jewish population at the end of the war remained at 50,000, its pre-war total. I'm curious about those Danes though... May 25 06, 7:01 PM