It is important to note that before the occurrence of World War II, Alabama communities had to deal with shrinking population sizes. However, European antisemitism that arose in the 1930s in tandem with the large influx of Jewish soldiers to many southern towns during the War, brought a return of Jewish consciousness to many disappearing communities. This return of consciousness, I also found to be rather noteworthy as per our discussions in class, was witnessed not only in Alabama but in other Jewish communities located in the South as well. Ironically, many Jews in the North decided to migrate to Alabama to attend colleges like the University of Alabama because they found themselves being shut out of the education system since there was only a certain amount of Jews the education system could take in. "Many Jewish scholars who fled Nazi Germany were similarly shunned by prestigious northern universities and found employment in southern historically black colleges in places like Tuskegee" (jewishvirtuallibrary.org). Jewish people found themselves interestingly well treated in the South due to the fact that they were white and worked alongside African Americans. Throughout this time period, African Americans were identified by their race instead of their religious views. This group of disadvantaged and persecuted individuals allowed for the Jewish people to be far more embraced by the locals of Alabama.