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Old 1st July 2005, 14:29
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Re: Jewish airmen in WWII

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Originally Posted by Ruy Horta
Like so many questions it will probably be solved by a visit to the archives.
If Rigg can find these figures for the German Armed Forces, it can only be easier for the majority of other combattants*.
Not so simple. For example in the available PAF personal documents, religion was more than often not recorded. I am currently tracing roots of a one airman (pure marketing ) and checked within local archives - they have nothing as well.
I have neither possibility, knowledge nor will to do an extensive searches in foreign archives. I am just curious and did not expect such a quite weird reaction.

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According to Rigg p. 66
1914-18
Germany
100.000 soldiers
3.200 officers
12.000 casualties
Austro-Hungarian
300.000 soldiers
n/a officers
25.000 casualties
Those seem pretty high numbers but need to be compared with general population. Also, they do not show disposition of the men.

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According to Rigg's research (table 5 p.64) there was a surprisingly high number of Jews and Mischlinge who served in the Wehrmacht.
97 Jews
967 Half Jews
607 Quarter Jews
1671 Total
5 Jews served with the Waffen-SS
1 Jewish Admiral
3 Half-Jewish Admirals
11 Half Jewish Generals!!
Hmm, frankly those numbers seem too low for me, but they are interesting anyway. Milch and Heinkel are not included I suppose.

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An interesting book that anyone with an interest in this subject should have read.
Yes, I think so - I am waiting for it.
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