re: #125 EmmmieG

Question I have wanted to ask:

In my genealogical research, I came across a Jewish conversion baptism. (Not my ancestor. I would probably claim him if he were.) The last name the man chose was atypical of the area, and stands out. While I was searching for my own ancestors, I could see his children being born, and his sons marrying and having children, etc. because of the last name.

Would they have been at risk during the Holocaust? The conversion was back in something like 1770, but as I said, the last name was not German sounding. Would his descendants have been singled out?

Always wondered.

Jews who converted to Baptist? I don’t know. Lots of things would depend, particularly if they helped Jews in any way. The Germans weren’t as helpful, say as the Dutch, as far as hiding or getting people out of the country.

But if they converted so long ago, they probably long lost any Jewish heritage by the time the 1940s rolled around.