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Werner Goldberg: “The Ideal German Soldier”
Werner Goldberg (Oct 3, 1919) was a german who was of part jewish ancestry, who served briefly as a soldier during World War II and whose image appeared in a german newspaper as "The Ideal German Soldier"
His image appeared in the Berliner Tageblatt as "The Ideal German Soldier", and was later used in recruitment posters and propaganda for the Wehrmacht.
On 1935 Nuremberg classed persons with three Jewish grandparents as Jewish; those with two Jewish grandparents would be considered Jewish only if they practiced the faith or had a Jewish spouse. Therefore Werner Goldberg was considered an “Aryan” German by Nazi authorities because of his German non-Jewish mother.
He took part in the invasion of Poland on Sept 1, 1939. Shortly after the beginning of the War, Goldberg’s photograph appeared in the Sunday edition of the Berliner Tagesblatt newspaper with the caption “The Ideal German Soldier”; the photograph had been sold to the newspaper by the official army photographer. It was later used on recruitment posters.
In 1940 following the Armistice with France, Goldberg was expelled from the army under Hitler’s order of April 8, 1940 which stated that all 1st degree Mischlinge were to be expelled from the military.
In Dec 1942, Goldberg’s father was admitted to the Bavaria Hospital. The Gestapo however raided the hospital and sent him to a Jewish hospital which had been requisitioned by the Gestapo for use as prison, from which Jews were taken and sent to Auschwitz. On Christmas Eve, gambling that the guards would be drunk or absent, Goldberg took his father from the hospital. Mr. Goldberg was soon back in the hands of the Gestapo and in April 1943 was summoned for deportation, but Goldberg told him not to show up and he was again saved. He became the only member of Goldberg’s family to survive the war.
Goldberg died in Berlin on Sept 28, 2004, age 84 in Berlin, he was survived by his wife Gertrud Goldberg, and three children.
Werner Goldberg (Oct 3, 1919) was a german who was of part jewish ancestry, who served briefly as a soldier during World War II and whose image appeared in a german newspaper as "The Ideal German Soldier"
His image appeared in the Berliner Tageblatt as "The Ideal German Soldier", and was later used in recruitment posters and propaganda for the Wehrmacht.
On 1935 Nuremberg classed persons with three Jewish grandparents as Jewish; those with two Jewish grandparents would be considered Jewish only if they practiced the faith or had a Jewish spouse. Therefore Werner Goldberg was considered an “Aryan” German by Nazi authorities because of his German non-Jewish mother.
He took part in the invasion of Poland on Sept 1, 1939. Shortly after the beginning of the War, Goldberg’s photograph appeared in the Sunday edition of the Berliner Tagesblatt newspaper with the caption “The Ideal German Soldier”; the photograph had been sold to the newspaper by the official army photographer. It was later used on recruitment posters.
In 1940 following the Armistice with France, Goldberg was expelled from the army under Hitler’s order of April 8, 1940 which stated that all 1st degree Mischlinge were to be expelled from the military.
In Dec 1942, Goldberg’s father was admitted to the Bavaria Hospital. The Gestapo however raided the hospital and sent him to a Jewish hospital which had been requisitioned by the Gestapo for use as prison, from which Jews were taken and sent to Auschwitz. On Christmas Eve, gambling that the guards would be drunk or absent, Goldberg took his father from the hospital. Mr. Goldberg was soon back in the hands of the Gestapo and in April 1943 was summoned for deportation, but Goldberg told him not to show up and he was again saved. He became the only member of Goldberg’s family to survive the war.
Goldberg died in Berlin on Sept 28, 2004, age 84 in Berlin, he was survived by his wife Gertrud Goldberg, and three children.
