2. other groups (jews, italians, lithuanians)
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LEARNING INTENTIONS
• Describe the other three main groups that migrated to live in Scotland
• For each group describe key facts e.g. where they lived, jobs they did
Although the Irish were the main immigrant group to Scotland, they were not the only ones. Smaller numbers
of Jews, Lithuanians and Italians settled here too.
Jewish immigration
Large number of Jews moved from Poland and Russia.
Most Jews who moved to Scotland did so
because of religious persecution.
A pogrom is a massacre of an ethnic group. Jewish pogroms were a problem in the Russian Empire and
later in Nazi Germany.
The Jews who came to Scotland mostly settled in
Glasgow.
Many of the Jews worked in the so-called ‘sweated trades’ such as clothes making. Many Scots felt
these immigrants reduced their wages.
Lithuanian immigration
Many Lithuanians moved to Scotland, en route to the USA
Thousands of Lithuanians moved to
Scotland.
They did to escape persecution and high
taxes in their homeland.
Most came to Scotland first because this was
cheaper than travelling straight to the USA.
There were large Lithuanian communities in
Lanarkshire and Ayrshire.
Most of them worked in mines and the iron and
steel industries too.
Some Scots worried Lithuanians were taking
jobs and lowering wages.
Italian immigration
Many Italians moved to Scotland, around the early-1900s.
Many Italians were also attracted to Scotland too,
from different parts of Italy.
They were attracted by the chance to escape the poverty found in their
home country. They lived all across Scotland, including Ayrshire.
Italians made money by opening up shops and cafes selling ice cream
and fish and chips.
Some religious Scots did not like the fact that these shops opened on Sundays.
Others liked the alternative to alcohol.