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Did not know that. Interesting.

[Cronos]

Karl's father was Herschel Mordechai who was in what is now western Germany. When this part was taken over by the Prussians (who were pretty much against Jews in government), Herschel converted to Lutheranism and became Heinrich Marx (this was before Karl was born)

So Karl was born and baptised a Lutheran but of Jewish descent with Jewish grandparents (his mother's father was a rabbi)

This Jewish heritage is the reason why 19th and 20th century anti-semitism colored communism as a Jewish plot

I don't see any way how his Jewish heritage influenced his political beliefs more than growing up in an industrialised nation except that Karl Marx was smart, brilliant even and that would be from Jewish heritage I believe -- but even the smartest people can act stupidly