Because it's becoming a repeat question: Jewishness was not merely a question of religion or culture in the eyes of the Nazis - they were among the first to qualify Jewishness as a matter of blood and ancestry. Therefore it was more than possible to be Jewish and something else seen as undesirable, like a Jehovah's Witness, as one was of Jewish ancestry but religiously a Jehovah's Witness.
For another example, see Martin Niemoller (of the famous piece "First They Came..."). He was a firm antisemite and initial supporter of Hitler and the Nazis. His objection came in two pieces - first, that the Nazis were interfering in the Lutheran church (among others), and that his objection to Jews was primarily religious - he partly gained the ire of the Nazis by strenuously defending Lutherans of Jewish ancestry.
musKholecasualty on December 6th, 2025 at 03:38 UTC »
So much effort to hate
YourMumsBumAlum on December 6th, 2025 at 03:56 UTC »
How can a career criminal not be a repeat offender? "I'm a career criminal, but only the one time"
ncc74656m on December 6th, 2025 at 04:13 UTC »
Because it's becoming a repeat question: Jewishness was not merely a question of religion or culture in the eyes of the Nazis - they were among the first to qualify Jewishness as a matter of blood and ancestry. Therefore it was more than possible to be Jewish and something else seen as undesirable, like a Jehovah's Witness, as one was of Jewish ancestry but religiously a Jehovah's Witness.
For another example, see Martin Niemoller (of the famous piece "First They Came..."). He was a firm antisemite and initial supporter of Hitler and the Nazis. His objection came in two pieces - first, that the Nazis were interfering in the Lutheran church (among others), and that his objection to Jews was primarily religious - he partly gained the ire of the Nazis by strenuously defending Lutherans of Jewish ancestry.