would i have survived???

Question

ok you know how hitler killed jews and didnt killl blue eyed tall blondes.. well im tall blue eyed and blonde but my dad is jewish.. so would i have survived the holocaust?? im just wondering and a little bored so.. would i?

Answer 1

Only if you had fled!

Answer 2

To be truly Jewish, your mother would have to be Jewish. Same thing with Native American blood. My grandfather was Jewish, grandmother was Roman Catholic.

During WWII, Opa (grandfather) had to wear a Star Of David. My mother, aunts and uncles didn't have to. My family is from The Netherlands. At that time, postcards were sent out to young men, aged 17 and up, requiring that they report for service to The Reich. My favorite uncle was called to Germany to work on roads. Instead, he was supposed to help make mass graves in a Concentration Camp. His escape is another story.

My mother went to Parochial school during this time. She still remembers when her friend, a beautiful, blue-eyed blonde, was taken. The girl was Jewish, but her family thought she was safe in this school. She was never heard from again. This memory haunts my mother. She still hears this girl's cries in her dreams, nearly sixty years later.

So. The answer to your question is... you could have been safe, but only if your family was not practicing Judaism. Or, as my family did, you did not harbor deserters or Jews.

As an aside, my Dutch family lived around the corner from Ann Frank's family. There are hundreds of brave Dutch families who sheltered deserters and Jews in their homes. Please think about them. Very few wrote stories about their experiences. To me, what my family went through was a very important message about freedom.

Just thank your lucky stars that you are in a position of freedom and technology to ask this question. We have the freedom to meet in this way because of the bravery and sacrifice of countless people.

I hope this helps answer your question.

Answer 3

You probably would've survived the holocaust if they hadn't have known your dad was a jew, like if you didn't live with him and they believed you were pure caucasion. It's funny how only blue eyed blondes were saved in that time when Hitler was short with dark hair and eyes....thats makes no since to me.

Answer 4

Only if you kept the fact you were Jewish a secret. Sorry, RIP.

Answer 5

yes, because you had jewish blood. It wasn't about your hair or eye color, although it was a factor in determining Jew-ness.

Answer 6

I would say probably not. I'm sure the soldiers would have probably had their way with you, then they would have killed you to silence you. The Nazis were some horrible people.

Answer 7

No. Hitler would kill anybody who was a jew.

Answer 8

u would have died because u were a jew. Im sorry poor girl. lol

Answer 9

hard to tell since we weren't there but I'd guess that someone would 'rat you out' and that would be the end of you.

Answer 10

Maybe, if you said you weren't jewish..

Answer 11

doubtful