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"[…] it turns out that being a Nazi, does not save you from the Nazis." That depended on your level of devotion, I suppose. See e.g. Emil Maurice, he was a Jew
by hh3k0 9y ago
"[…] it turns out that being a Nazi, does not save you from the Nazis."
That depended on your level of devotion, I suppose. See e.g. Emil Maurice, he was a Jew and a founding member of the Schutzstaffel (SS member #2).
"Hitler compelled Himmler to make an exception for Maurice and his brothers, who were informally declared 'Honorary Aryans' and allowed to stay in the SS."
More: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emil_Maurice https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emil_Maurice
- nl 9y agoIt's worth noting that only a letter from Hitler himself saved him. It's easy to imagine how many Jews had similar views but didn't have Hitler's personal protection and ended up dead.
- qohen 9y agoSee e.g. Emil Maurice, he was a Jew One of his great-grandfathers was Jewish; he was not.
- watwut 9y agoYeah, these are less puzzling when you realize that nazi defined Jewishness by blood and thus many assimilated people who considered themselves Germans and believed same things as other Germans got catch in net too.
- jgtrosh 9y agoThe Mischling test checked for one grandparent of Jewish confession. Even Nazis would not consider him the same way they did their victims.
- artificial 9y agoWhich was oddly less strict than in the American South where one drop of Black blood was enough to make you not White. As far as determining blood mixing in the Reich the Mischling Test was used and if you had 3 grandparents who were Jewish that made you Jewish. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-drop_rule https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-drop_rule https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mischling_Test https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mischling_Test I totally was reading this thread last night and didn’t refresh before posting, I didn’t see the post below.