Posted on 09/11/2024 6:24:20 AM PDT by Brian Griffin
Bernhard Weiss was the Jewish police chief of Berlin who modernized German law enforcement...
He went to law school, and then volunteered for the military and served in World War I, one of only a few Jewish officers in the German army. For his bravery he received the nation’s highest military honor, the Iron Cross First Class.
During the years of the Weimar Republic (1918 to 1933) Bernhard led the effort to transform the Berlin police department into an effective and humane “citizens force.” He created the first modern forensics department, using the latest technology in microscopes, polygraphs and hematology.
He was particularly proud of the rate of murders solved: 97%.
Bernhard fought Goebbels in court, suing him for slander an astounding forty times. He won every single suit, but each time Goebbels found money to pay the fines and went right back to smearing the police chief.
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Amazing story - thanks for posting.
He wasn’t the only Jew to be commissioned as an officer i the German Army in World War 1:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Gutmann
It’s a blog.
Why not post the whole thing right here?
The August Benda character in the Babylon Berlin series is based on him.
Really. My grandfather was a German officer in WWI and Jewish. His father was an officer in the Prussian (? Can’t recall) military.
Hitler’s own LT in his unit was German.
I don’t think it was uncommon, at all.
“Hitler’s own LT in his unit was German.”
I know what you meant..,jewish. My recollection from readings is that he was a good man/officer and Hitler respected and protected him going forward.
Minor correction. Germany's highest military honor in WW I was the Pour le Merite.
Sorry, yes “Jewish”. Use a phone. Between quickcorrect, small print, and anticipatory AI finishing my phrases, I type all sorts of stupid things lately.
BTTT
Is that the same thing as the Blue Max? My great grandfather got that for Prussia (not exactly Germany)
You ain’t alone mate😀
The doctor who treated Hitler’s mother was Jewish and was protected by Hitler.
It is.
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