Jainism in Europe Mahavir and Nakoda Bhairavji Shrimad Rajchandra Mission Dharampur also have UK centres in Leicester, London and Manchester. Jainism A Way of Life by Vinod Kapashi Jainism in Europe The credit of introducing Jainism to the West goes to a German scholar Hermann Jacobi who translated some Jain literature and published it in the series 'Sacred Books of East' in 1884. In Europe, the largest Jain populations are in Britain with a population of about 25,000 (as of 2006). Jains living outside India belong to various traditions, Digambara, Shvetambara, Terapanthi, Sthanakvasi, Shrimad Rajchandra are all represented. In many cases, they gather
History of the Jews in France Front and communism. During World War II, the Vichy government collaborated with Nazi occupiers to deport numerous French and foreign Jewish refugees to concentration camps. By the war's end, only 75% of the Jewish population had survived the Holocaust. In the 21st century, France has the largest Jewish population in Europe and the third-largest Jewish population in the world (after Israel and the United States). The Jewish community in France is estimated to be 480,000–550,000, but depends on the adopted definition. French Jewish communities are concentrated in the metropolitan areas of Paris, which has the largest population; Marseille, with the