I mean, if someone said they wanted to beat me up because I'm Catholic, I'd say, nope, not catholic anymore, **** Jesus, the Pope,etc.
2006-09-04 19:33:14 · 8 answers · asked by shane j 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
What? So, you were presumed Jewish unless you could prove otherwise? WTF?
2006-09-04 19:39:08 · update #1
No, if you are referring to life in Germany after 1941. In fact, being a Jew was a matter of heritage not religion. Some people born Lutheran and living for generations as Lutherans were considered Jews because their great grandmother was Jewish. Before 1941 being Jewish was not a death sentence, but they were not well like by the government types. their prospects were dim and they were encouraged to leave "greater" Germany. However, the degree of "Jewishness" thought to be unacceptable kept declining so more and more people who were not Jewish in any real sense were reclassified as Jewish as the years went on. Never trust a tyrant, you might be next.
2006-09-04 19:43:11 · answer #1 · answered by rehabob 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
NO
Someone only needed to have one Jewish grandparent qualify for the gas chambers.
The Germans did not care which religion a Jew might be practicing at the time.
2006-09-05 17:04:16 · answer #2 · answered by mo mosh 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, anyone of strong religious convictions, including many Christian priests, were rounded up as well.
And it wasn't a religious purge. It was an ethnic purge. And it's much harder to hide the fact that your family was Jewish. Physical appearance, last name, etc. Especially in a community where people were very insular and tended to marry primarily within the same community.
2006-09-04 19:48:02 · answer #3 · answered by coragryph 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anyone with Jewish heritage was rounded up. They did not care about their actual "religious" beliefs. Hitler even sent one train to the camps that had German veterns from WWI that were Jewish. He blamed them for the poor economic conditions in Germany
2006-09-04 20:09:37 · answer #4 · answered by mark g 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Watch the movie "Swing Kids" ...
It didn't work like that. If you had dark hair and eyes - your were a Jew...muslim, catholic, or not...you were a jew...you had to have documents stating specifically you were of Italian or Turkish ancestry - and then you were sent to the combat zone to fight.
For kids it was worse...always is...
2006-09-04 19:37:05 · answer #5 · answered by Warrior 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People who truly believe in their religion feel that it's a sin to deny their faith. In denying their religion, they'd be acting against their beliefs. And it wasn't only their choice of religion, but their appearance and ancestry that would determine their fates.
2006-09-04 19:44:22 · answer #6 · answered by MrUnderstood 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In hitlers germany, it didnt work like that, if you were a jew then you needed to be exterminated, crazy ideas from a crazy man.
2006-09-04 19:35:05 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You must be joking.
2006-09-04 19:38:59 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋