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5. That sounded like an odd name for a German, so I looked him up

His name was Hirschfeld (no “i” ), born in what is now Poland, and died in France in 1935, so probably Jewish. Considering the times, he was fortunate to get out of Germany when he did.

I find it significant that less than a million Jews lived in Germany in 1933, probably around 600,000 so way less than 1% of the population of Germany. Even in that relatively small population, they were a diverse group, from Orthodox to fully assimilated non-practicing. So the Nazis created their main propaganda scapegoats out of a segment of the population that quickly grew to be far smaller in number than the Nazis themselves.

Some threat, huh? Just like “libbruls” and “kommanists.”