Cambridge University researcher Bryan Rigg, who served in the U.S. Marines and as a volunteer in the Israeli army, researched the subject after he discovered his own Jewish ancestry............ estimates there were about 60,000 soldiers with one Jewish parent and 90,000 with a Jewish grandparent in the Wehrmacht, including....................
2 field marshals, 15 generals, 2 full generals, 8 lieutenant generals, 5 major generals, commanding up to 100,000 troops.
In over 20 cases, Jewish soldiers were awarded Germany's highest military honor, the Knight's Cross.
One Jewish field marshals was Erhard Milch, deputy to Luftwaffe Chief Hermann Goering.
Jews also served in the Nazi police and security forces as ghetto police (Ordnungdienst) and concentration camp guards (kapos).
In fact, "half-Jew" Werner Goldberg, who was blond and blue-eyed, was hailed by Nazi propaganda as "The Ideal German Soldier."
Many senior officers with Jewish ancestry serve Hitler himself.
2 field marshals, 15 generals, 2 full generals, 8 lieutenant generals, 5 major generals, commanding up to 100,000 troops.
In over 20 cases, Jewish soldiers were awarded Germany's highest military honor, the Knight's Cross.
One Jewish field marshals was Erhard Milch, deputy to Luftwaffe Chief Hermann Goering.
Jews also served in the Nazi police and security forces as ghetto police (Ordnungdienst) and concentration camp guards (kapos).
In fact, "half-Jew" Werner Goldberg, who was blond and blue-eyed, was hailed by Nazi propaganda as "The Ideal German Soldier."
Many senior officers with Jewish ancestry serve Hitler himself.
