On the road to ""racial purity"" Hitler encountered unexpected detours. The process was contradictory and confused even in the German military. Bryan Rigg reveals that a large number of German military men were classified by the Nazis as Jews or ""partial-Jews"" (Mischlinge), in the wake of racial laws first enacted in the mid-1930s.
On the murderous road to "racial purity" Hitler encountered unexpected detours, largely due to his own crazed views and inconsistent policies regarding Jewish identity. In this surprising work, Bryan Rigg reveals the untold story of Nazi racial laws and the men of Jewish descent serving in the German military. 95 photos.