[swarthyguy]

Well just take the Nazi/Wannsee Conference definition for a Jew. SOmething like if your great grandmother was jewish so were you...

[swarthyguy]

Also I think that most Jews up until Nazism really took over, tended to think of themselves as German first. How German Jewish WWI veterans could not believe that they would be treated the way they eventually were.

[LarryLied]

Well just take the Nazi/Wannsee Conference definition for a Jew.

You can also take the definition of a Jew spelled out in Israel's right of return. Or whether these soldiers would have been eligible for reparations if they had gone to the camps instead of enlisting or being drafted in the Wehrmacht. In both cases the answer is yes, they are Jews. So if the state of Israel considers them Jews, who is to say they were not? Could be some of their kids even live in Israel after having been granted citizenship based on their heritage.