By the by, Admiral Lutjens grandmother was Jewish. Does anyone happen to know which side of the family, mothers or fathers.
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Doc Ben Stancati
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This is something that grew up in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and echoed in Germany under Wilhelm ii. And of course Hitler himself was Austrian.hammy wrote:
It is from catholic Austria that most of the anti-semitism seems to have initially sprung , certainly many of the Final Solution's leading active players were Austrians by origin , and the latterday Mr Georg Haider's appearance on the political scene in the "new" Austria in recent times had British ears pricked for the renewed stamp of jackboots for a while .
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Even more to the point, I don't think he would have been appointed to the all important KM personnel office, which oversaw officer selection, assignment, and promotion, if he was at all suspect. To a very real degree, Luetjens, as head of this office was the guiding hand for the officer corps of the rapidly expanding Kriegsmarine. At any rate, his naval service began in 1907 when he entered the Imperial Navy as a cadet. He was well decorated as a torpedo boat and destroyer commander in WW1 and appears to have been quite highly thought of as a professional naval officer.I cant see anyone whose loyalties would even be suspected of being possibly divided , being given any high command position , still less major operational command at the outset of a war by a bunch of paranoid thugs like dear Adi and the rest of them . I cant see it , sorry .