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AshkeNazi Jews who had intermarried into broader European society (especially in urban, educated, or more assimilated circles) were more likely to have non-Jewish parents or grandparents, which under the Nuremberg Laws could place them in the Mischling categories (“half-Jew” or “quarter-Jew”).
Many Mischlinge came from assimilated, middle-to-upper-class Jewish families (bankers, lawyers, professionals).
Mischlinge weren’t just passive survivors; some were shapers of the Nazi war machine, particularly in the Luftwaffe and medical establishment. Milch and Wilberg are the clearest “influential” examples inside the regime.
While most Mischlinge were gradually excluded from top political leadership after the 1935 Nuremberg Laws, some remained in significant positions, especially in the military and bureaucracy, due to talent, usefulness, or patronage.
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