Did Hitler exterminate only Jews from Maternal Jewish blood lines or did he also include CONVERTED reform Jews

Question

This is a serious question. I am confused because Orothodox/State of Irsael only recognized Maternal Jewish lines or those who converted Orthodox. Howver, during Hitler's reign there were Reform Jews who were converts...so how did he definine who was a Jew?

Answer 1

Anyone with even one Jewish granparent, maternal or paternal, was considered a Jew in Nazi Germany. There were a lot people who were considered Jews under this definition who were actually Christians. Converted Jews would have also been included for extermination.The Nazis believed Jews were a "sub human race", and not merely a religion. Hitler and the Nazis based their ideas in part on the writings of Madame H. P. Blavatsky.

Some think Hitler may have had Jewish ancestry himself, but this has never been proven. One of Hitler's nephews once blackmailed Hitler about a "family secret" and actually lived to tell about it and got a sizeable fortune to keep his mouth shut. He turned against Hitler and moved to England and eventually the U.S. where his children still live. It's possible the secret involved Hitler's Jewish ancestor. Hitler's religion seem to center around Germany as his god. If had a religion it would have been Odinism, not Judaism or Christianity or Satanism.

Answer 2

I don't think Hitler was very picky about his selections for the concentration camps. There were Jews, homosexuals, political enemies, Jehovah's Witnesses, etc.

You were a Jew if you refused to deny your Jewish faith. You were a Jew if your neighbor said you were a Jew, etc. Of course, a lot of your predicament might depend on the Nazi officer in charge of your neighborhood, or whether the neighbors secretly disbelieved the Nazi propaganda, or were friendly to the Jewish ethnic group. Probably, many non-Jews who lived in predominantly Jewish neighborhoods were taken to the camps as well, or they did some fancy explaining.

It was a harsh time with a harsh ruler. Jews were scapegoats in a broad political propaganda scheme. Hitler looked away as many of his Jewish friends and acquaintances left Germany during the Jewish persecution. One, in particular, was a Dr. Bloch, who had performed a mastectomy on his mother for breast cancer.

Hitler was a particularly twisted soul. Efforts to understand his prejudices and apparent prejudices, using reason alone, generally meet with great difficulties. Did he truly hate Jews, or were they just chattel for his political purposes, or both? It's hard to know.

Answer 3

I watched one time a Oscar winning foreign movie "Somewhere in Africa" and the very first time I realized that there is actually non-religious Jews too...like in many religion. What Hitler did was wrong...and he by no means was following the way of Jesus. Hitler was more into the teachings of Nietzsche.

Answer 4

Why is there any confusion? Who says that Hitler's criteria must be Judaism's criteria and vice versa?

According to the Nazis if someone was at least 1/8 Jewish on either the father or mother's side that was enough for them to be shipped off to the camps.

Answer 5

Hitler killed whoever he didn't like. Jews or not Jews.

Answer 6

Hitler also killed the mentally and physically challenged. He killed others whom he deemed imperfect too.

Answer 7

hitler WAS a jew. Why didnt he kill himself