Friday, January 23, 2004

Critique from Mom about Chrismukkah and thought about growing up a Mischling in Nazi Germany

Good luck !!!! Chrismukkah sounds good to me. Now you have to think of clever ornaments . Just talked to my sister. Surprise, surprise. She did not have much enthusiasm for the site. I suppose She fails to see the humor in the subject. I suggested a response on her part. As I said yesterday, be prepared for criticism. Stick with the original copy. Don't use Shiksa. Hate the word Shiksa ,its crude and not funny. At least that is my opinion, but then I also hate Mel Brooks humor. Also Opa Leo did not have a thick jewish accent ,it was german. The german Jews were totally assimilated and did not speak yiddish . Had some time to browse through the " half jewish" link. Under the category "Mishling" It states that having two jewish grandparents made you "erster klasse" (first class) under nazi law. I thought that it depended on which parent was jewish. I wanted to know if I was 1 st or second class, not that it matters anymore. As far as I know,Mischlinge were not deported ,they could not get a higher education,were not allowed into the Hitler youth; take part in the evacuation during the war bombings; etc.etc. The adults were not allowed to marry non jews or have any kind of relationship. (Rassenschande) If the non-jewish partner divorced the other,the jewish partner was deported. The adults male mischling would be drafted into the army and used as cannon fodder at the Russian front. The females had to give up what ever job they held and work under the watchful eyes of the S.S. Omi worked in a fish factory, Of course if some one denounced you , for whatever reason,the shipped you off to camp ( if you survived the interrogations.) I remember a young man who fled across the border when he was declared half. He had not known of his background . He was caught and shot. We lived in a town that had few jews. I did not know anyone like us. Maren has been trying to find people with similar experience ,since our story of survival has often been questioned. Opa Leo had us investigated , he thought we might have been collaboraters. Ironic.

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