Claim: In 1947, the Beit Eshel, with Holocaust survivor pioneers from Austria (a landlocked East Alpine country in the southern part of Central Europe), Czechoslovakia, and Germany, had a population of over 100.
Evidence: In 1947 the village had a population of over 100. The pioneers of Beit Eshel were Holocaust survivors from Austria, Czechoslovakia, and Germany. Austria (/ˈɒstriə/ (listen), /ˈɔːs-/; German: Österreich [ˈøːstɐʁaɪ̯ç (listen)), officially the Republic of Austria (German: Republik Österreich, listen (help·)), is a landlocked East Alpine country in the southern part of Central Europe.