Was it ever seriously proposed that Germany be partitioned to create a homeland for the Jews? Why not?

by abudabu
gingerkid1234

The only time I've seen it proposed is on reddit, asking why that didn't happen. There are many reasons it didn't make sense:

  1. Pre-war, the Jewish population of Germany was much smaller than Palestine, the US, or Eastern Europe
  • Post-war, the Jewish population of Europe was mostly not German
  • There was no particular area of Germany with a significant share of Jews
  • Jews were not exactly welcomed with open arms in Germany, or anywhere in Europe really. It's unlikely Jews would've been happy to remain in Europe long-term
  • There was already a large Jewish population in Palestine, with quasi-state organizations. There were some Jewish organizations in Poland pre-war that were quasi-state (there were Jewish political parties), but these were destroyed during the war
  • There was no political momentum for a Jewish state in Europe, but there were decades of work towards a Jewish state in Palestine