You could invest in a company if u made one or make a job
Inexpensive amusements included backyard games, puzzles, card games, and board games such as Monopoly, which was introduced in 1935. Even the national pastime, baseball, changed profoundly during the Great Depression.
An escape from a place indeed requires money as it consists travelling. And also, making an escape is not easy. There are many officials who keep an eye on everything so it is a risk. Other than that, usually someone who has to escape, takes someone's help who in turn asks for a price. Which, in this case, the Jews had no wealth with them.