What was life like for "Mischlings" (people of mixed Jewish ancestry) in n**i Germany

Question

I'm trying to find out about first degree Mischlings in n**i Germany. What was life like for them, how were they thought of and treated, etc.?

Any information would be helpful. Thank you very much!

Answer 1

An good book to read on this subject is 'Mischling - Second Degree' by Ilse Koehn. It's Koehn's account of growing up as a 'mischling' before and during the war, and it's fascinating to say the least.

Answer 2

The situation of people who were in a racial sense half or quarter Jews, and of Jews who were married to non-Jews, was more complex. Under the Nuremberg Laws of 1935, their status had been left deliberately ambiguous. Heydrich announced that "mischlings" (mixed-race persons) of the first degree (persons with one or two non-Jewish grandparents and who identified as Jews or practised Judaism), would be treated as Jews. This would not apply if they were married to a non-Jew and had children by that marriage. It would also not apply if they had been granted written exemption by "the highest offices of the Party and State." Such persons would instead be sterilised. "Mischlings of the second degree" (persons with one Jewish grandparent) would be treated as Germans unless they were married to Jews or mischlings of the first degree, or had a "racially especially undesirable appearance that marks him outwardly as a Jew," or had a "political record that shows that he feels and behaves like a Jew." Persons in these latter categories would be deported even if married to non-Jews. from: the minutes of the Wannsee Conference, January 1942

Answer 3

I'm not really educated on life in n**i Germany..but from what I know if you had any jewish in you you were treated the same as the fully jewish people.  

Answer 4

A recent book about Misclings-- simply fascinating

Rigg, Bryan Mark, "Hitler's Jewish Soldiers: The Untold Story Of n**i Racial Laws And Men Of Jewish Descent In The German Military" (Modern War Studies), University Press of Kansas, 2004