The Holocaust only happened after there was a viable functional Jewish settlement in Israel. Tel Aviv was founded in 1909 just to give you a sense of the infrastructure that existed.
Jews are not meant to live out their lives in exile
Jews are not meant to live out their lives in exile
It is why the false equivalence of jew and zionist is so bad. It aids the antisemites in erasing the many rich and vibrant jewish communities that existed in Europe.