NOVANEWS
The Untold Story of Nazi Racial Laws and Men of Jewish Descent in the German Military
Bryan Mark Rigg
528 pages, 95 photographs, 6 x 9
Modern War Studies
Cloth ISBN 978-0-7006-1178-2, $29.95
Military service book of “half-Jew” Hermann Aub
“Half-Jew” Horst Geitner was awarded both the Iron Cross Second Class and the Silver Wound Badge. |
This photo of “half-Jew” Werner Goldberg, who was blond and blue-eyed, was used by a Nazi propaganda newspaper for its title page. Its caption: “The Ideal German Soldier.” |
“Half-Jew” Commander Paul Ascher, Admiral Lütjens’s first staff officer on the battleship Bismarck; Ascher received Hitler’sDeutschblütigkeitserklärung.(Military awards: EKI, EKII, and War Service Cross Second Class.) |
“Quarter-Jew” Admiral Bernhard Rogge wearing the Ritterkreuz; he received Hitler’sDeutschblütigkeitserklärung.(Military awards: oak leaves to Ritterkreuz, Ritterkreuz, samurai sword from the emperor of Japan, EKI, and EKII.) |
“Half-Jew” Johannes Zukertort (last rank general) received Hitler’sDeutschblütigkeitserklärung. |
“Half-Jew” Colonel Walter H. Hollaender, decorated with the Ritterkreuz and German-Cross in Gold; he received Hitler’s Deutschblütigkeitserklärung. (Military awards: Ritterkreuz, German-Cross in Gold, EKI, EKII, and Close Combat Badge.) |
“Half-Jew” and later Luftwaffe General Helmut Wilberg; Hitler declared him Aryan in 1935. (Military awards: Hohenzollern’s Knight’s Cross with Swords, EKI, EKII.)
“Half-Jew” and field-marshal Erhard Milch (left) with General Wolfram von Richthofen. Hitler declared Milch Aryan. He was awarded the Ritterkreuz for his performance during the campaign in Norway in 1940.
General Gotthard Heinrici, who was married to a “half-Jew,” meeting Hitler in 1937.