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Lives of Hitler's Jewish Soldiers: Untold Tales of Men of Jewish Descent Who Fought for the Third Reich (Modern War Studies (Hardcover)) Hardcover – March 3, 2009

by Bryan Mark RIgg (Author)
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  • Series: Modern War Studies (Hardcover)
  • Hardcover: 328 pages
  • Publisher: University Press of Kansas; 1 edition (March 3, 2009)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0700616381
  • ISBN-13: 978-0700616381
  • Product Dimensions: 6.1 x 1.2 x 9 inches
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5.0 out of 5 starsIncludes Details on Full-Blooded Nazi-Spared German Jews
By Jan Peczkis on October 4, 2009
Format: Hardcover
In this sequel to his HITLER'S JEWISH SOLDIERS, Rigg focuses on individuals' experiences. WARNING: The descriptions of the carnage at the Russian front are graphic, and may be upsetting to the sensitive reader.

Rigg reminds the reader that racial Nazi ideology and Nazi officials decided who was Jewish; self-identifications and self-repudiations of Judaism did not. Tens of thousands of Christians of Jewish origin, most of whom didn't feel Jewish, were murdered by the Nazis as Jews. (p. 17). According to the Nuremberg laws, a Jew was anyone who had three or four Jewish grandparents. A half-Jew (1st Degree Mischling) had two Jewish grandparents and a quarter-Jew (2nd Degree Mischling) had one Jewish grandparent. (p. 12). According to the Halakah (rabbinical law), more than half of the 2nd-Degree Mischling were Jews. (p. 13).

Some of the interviewees acknowledge once admiring Hitler, as for the extensive employment opportunities created by his Autobahn program. (p. 79). The interviewees served in the armed forces as German patriots. (e. g., p. 57). Rigg considers the Yiddish term Goy to be derogatory. (p. 14).

While it is true that the majority of the German Jews and Mischlinge interviewed by Rigg escaped persecution by concealing their background or being fortunate to serve under officers that disregarded it, there were also quite a few of them known and spared by top Nazi officials and re-labeled Aryans. Hitler did this with the stroke of a pen. (p. 13). In his Chapter 3, which is on those who received the Deutschblutigkeitserklarung (declaration of German blood), Rigg wrote: "No fewer than twenty-one generals, several admirals, and one field marshal of Jewish descent served with Hitler's consent.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsRequired for Anyone Trying to Understand the Holocaust and Even Jewish Law
By Jon Gordon on September 11, 2009
Format: Hardcover
As most of us know, every now and then we actually encountered a teacher somewhere along the line who really did leave us with something to think about after the course was over and such was the case of history Professor Moshe Gershovich for me. Educated at Tel Aviv and Harvard universities, in teaching Holocaust studies at the University of Nebraska, Professor Gershovich said that his goal was to teach about the Holocaust dispassionately, objectively, and analytically. While I did not fully understand that pedagogy at the time, particularly with respect to the carnage of the Holocaust, I eventually got Professor Gershovich's point. Dispassion and analysis are critical and it would be difficult, if not impossible, to find anything more valuable than Bryan Mark Rigg's The Lives of Hitler's Jewish Soldiers documenting his seminal research of men of Jewish ancestry, or Mischlinge, fighting for Hitler's Third Reich in furthering that goal.

The book, which essentially is a sequel to Rigg's first book, Hitler's Jewish Soldiers: The Untold Story Of Nazi Racial Laws And Men Of Jewish Descent In The German Military (Modern War Studies), presents case studies of individuals who had served in Germany's armed forces and analyzes generally, the common experiences, perceptions, and attitudes of the Mischlinge, while delineating many experiences that where exclusive to particular individuals upon which the study focused. The commonalities, however, were fascinating, especially when considered within the context of Hitler's reign of power from 1933, with the Nazis' ascension, to 1945, when Hitler put a bullet in his brain.Read more ›
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4.0 out of 5 starsFascinating Study In A Subject Not Very Well Known
By AFN1000 on December 28, 2009
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Bryan Mark Rigg's writing style takes a subject that very few people knew existed and writes a fascinating book that is literally hard to put down. I read his other book, Hitler's Jewish Soldiers, which explained many of these same stories but in less detail. This book is better. The individual stories are fascinating. There are more photos though poorly copied and difficult to see the detail. The text more than makes up for the poor photo quality. The individual stories read well and after a while you seen the trend of the mischling soldier: Duty, honor, loyalty to ones country and family and more importantly courage. These soldiers were incredibly brave men who thought that by serving they could restore their individual rights within the Third Reich and protect their families. Sadly they were mistaken by thinking since they acted with honor so would Adolf Hitler.

The only part of the book that I didn't like was the last chapter of Mischling soldiers that helped other jews. It just seemed to be an introduction of Rigg's last book, Rescued From The Reich. It's not poorly written per se just a chapter that actually had only two examples of the Mischling soldiers helping two individuals. The first story just seem to be there to justify the second story, which Rigg's wrote in his thrid volume so you want to get the book. I think I will pass on his last book since I now know the story from this volume.

Overall it was well written and obviously well researched and certainly worth getting if you're interested in the holocaust or WWII.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 starsGreat service, fascinating book!

This book's subject matter is rather interesting. In fact this is the kind of book which many of your typical brick and mortar stores don't sell.

Published 20 months ago by Lou
5.0 out of 5 starsunknown history amazingly revived

Startling accounts and interviews of German Jewish solders who served under the evil Third Reich, which targeted Jews for complete annihilation. Read more

Published on February 15, 2014 by Barry E. Tracy
5.0 out of 5 starsHidden History

How about this one for the WWII know-it-alls?

Very well-written/researched, brilliant in that it tells the 'Mischling' story---finally. Read more

Published on February 2, 2014 by Swan Crest Ridgerunner
4.0 out of 5 starsgood but repetitive

If you have read the first 100 pages of this book, you have received about 90 percent of the content. However, I found that content to be fascinating. Read more

Published on February 21, 2012 by Michael Lewyn
5.0 out of 5 starsawesome book about a touchy subject.

These are many true stories told about half jewish and quarter jewish men who served in the third reich. Read more

Published on October 24, 2010 by Michael Dobey
5.0 out of 5 starsBest Conclusion of any history of holocaust

Bryan Rigg makeds history come alive. This is a vital book on WW11 Germany. John logue BA History Ohio Stat 66

Published on September 17, 2009 by John W. Logue
5.0 out of 5 starsJEWS----- A PROBLEM IN NAZI GERMANY????

Matters dealt with in the volume have been well known for quite some time. But for me, the personal details discerned by this Author lent an almost incredulous aura to the... Read more

Published on September 13, 2009 by James E. Girzone
5.0 out of 5 starsStandard Rigg excellence in research and methodology

Once again Bryan Rigg has succeeded in presenting a book that details the actions and lives of men who, by clear definition of Nazi policy as established by the 1935 Nuremberg... Read more

Published on July 11, 2009 by Colin D. Heaton
5.0 out of 5 starsA Unique Perspective

Lives of Hitler's Jewish Soldiers provides a unique insight into a fascinating and, of course, tragic element of the Holocaust that is generally untold. Read more

Published on April 23, 2009 by Lawrence J. Burian
5.0 out of 5 starsAN IMPORTANT STUDY OF HUMAN NATURE

This book brings the reader face to face with the Jewish soldiers who fought in Hitler's armed forces. Read more

Published on March 4, 2009 by Peter

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