"If you lived in Nazi Germany, they would have hauled you off to a concentration camp just like any other Jew. Don't think that because your mother isn't Jewish that that would have protected you."
What do you make of that?
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It depends on what the other half was. If a German was half Jewish, they were classified as a "Mischling," which means something like "mixed." Mischlings weren't sent to concentration camps. If a German was only a quarter Jewish, they had the same rights as full Germans. However, Slavs with any Jewish ancestry were just classified as Jews. So if you're half Russian, half Jewish, you'd have been arrested.
@flipper1966 Yeah, but not for being part Jewish. It was usually for things like speaking out against the government, which was illegal for anyone. There was talk of plans to sterilize half-jewish Mischlings, but that never happened, possibly because of the war.
