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German Jews, non-German Jews and people who weren't actually Jewish but were considered Jewish by the Germans.
Wasserburger can be a German Jewish name, but like all German Jewish names, it can be used by both Jews and non-Jews.
In effect, Jews and people of Jewish origin were deprived of German citizenship.
In the 1920s Berlin had a Jewish population (in the sense of religious Jews) of about 140,000 which was about a quarter of Germany's Jews. Obviously, if you include people of Jewish origin you get a higher figure.The German-speaking city with the largest Jewish population was, however, Vienna (the capital of Austria).
It's a German name, a lot of Jews have German names because the Jews who lived in the German Principalities were required to buy German last names from the Princes. Any Jewish name in the German language obviously is a German name adopted by the Jews. Additionally, the Jewish language of Yiddish is a dialect of Old German.
No, the Germans treated Jews as non-human.
Because Adolf Hitler told them that the Jews were enemies and there were dangers involved in being labeled 'a friend of the Jews'.
German names are usually for people of German descent, and Jewish names are usually for people of Jewish descent. Many Jewish surnames originated in Germany and are shared by both Germans and Jews.
It could be both - Jewish names and German names are often similar and it could be that your ancestors were both Jewish and German (Jews living in Germany).
Jews in modern Germany have all of the same rights as non-Jewish Germans and freely and openly practice their religion. There are approximately 119,000 German Jews.
Tony Wohlmuth has written: 'La Partida' -- subject(s): Biography, German Jews, Immigrants, Jewish Refugees, Jews, Jews, German, Persecutions, Refugees, Jewish
He had claimed that the German or Aryan race was superior and Jews were inferior. But not JUST Jews- all other races too. Durring that time, the German people were told that the Jews where the bad guys. ____ See the related questions.