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List of Nazis of non Germanic descent

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List of Nazis of non-Germanic descent, including notable people in Nazi German service, such as Schutzstaffel members, who were of non-Germanic descent. Notably, there were several high-ranking Nazis of Jewish descent. There were also many of Slavic descent. See Nuremberg Laws for further information on the status of non-Aryan people in Nazi Germany.

Cambridge University researcher Bryan Rigg noted that there were two field marshals and fifteen generals (two full generals, eight lieutenant generals, five major generals) who were Jews or of Jewish descent. Rigg estimated that there were 150,000 men of Jewish descent that served German armed forces during World War II. 1,671 have been identified (as of 2010). The German army personnel office in January 1944 knew of 77 "high-ranking officers of mixed Jewish race or married to a Jew" serving in the Wehrmacht. All 77 had received a declaration from Hitler that they were "of German blood". Hitler personally issued German Blood papers to mischlings (mixed Jewish) for their continuing service.

  • Miervaldis Adamsons, Latvian, SS-Hauptsturmführer
  • John Amery, British fascist, Hungarian Jewish grandmother
  • Paul Ascher (1899–1941), German naval commander, Jewish
  • Johannes Blaskowitz, German general, Germanised Slovenian descent
  • Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski, Prussian, SS-Obergruppenführer, Kashubian nobility
  • Hermann Baranowski, German Nazi, SS-Oberführer, Germanised Polish descent
  • Žanis Butkus, Latvian, SS-Hauptsturmführer
  • Karl Chmielewski, German Nazi, Germanised Polish descent
  • Leonardo Conti, Swiss, Reichsgesundheitsführer, Italian father and German mother
  • Richard Walther Darré, German Nazi, SS-Obergruppenführer, Huguenot father
  • Pierre Daye, Belgian Rexist
  • Léon Degrelle, Belgian Rexist
  • Georges Delfanne, Belgian Rexist
  • Jean Denis, Belgian Rexist
  • Jacques Desoubrie, Belgian–French Gestapo
  • Hans Eppinger, Austrian, SS doctor, half-Jewish
  • Jef François, Flemish, SS-Obersturmführer
  • Andrejs Freimanis, Latvian
  • Roberts Gaigals, Latvian, SS-Obersturmführer
  • Rūdolfs Gaitars (1907–1945), Latvian, SS-Obersturmführer
  • Nikolajs Galdiņš, Latvian, SS-Obersturmbannführer
  • Adolf Galland, German, Luftwaffe general, Huguenot ancestry
  • Wilhelm-Ferdinand Galland, German, Luftwaffe ace, Huguenot ancestry
  • Horst Gettner, lieutenant, Jewish
  • Bernd Gallowitsch, Austrian, Luftwaffe ace, Germanised Slavic descent
  • Eugen Garski, Wehrmacht, Prussian
  • Peter Gilow, Wehrmacht, Germanised Sorbian descent
  • Gordon Gollob, Austrian, Luftwaffe, mixed ancestry
  • Alfred Gorski, Germanised Slavic descent
  • Artur Gorski, Germanised Slavic descent
  • Ferdinand Gosewisch, Germanised Slavic descent
  • Alfred Grislawski, German, Luftwaffe ace, Germanised Ruhr Polish
  • Fritz Gromotka (d. 1945), German, Luftwaffe leutnant, Silesian
  • Heinz Guderian, German, Wehrmacht general, Prussian
  • Odilo Globocnik, Austrian Nazi, Germanised Slovene descent
  • Eugen Hadamovsky, German Nazi, paternal Germanised Czech descent
  • Walter Hollaender, colonel, Jewish
  • Richard Isczinsky, Wehrmacht Oberfeldwebel, Germanised Polish descent
  • Otto Iwannek, Wehrmacht Obergefreiter, Germanised Slavic descent
  • Edgar Jacoby, colonel, Jewish
  • Bronislav Kaminski, Russian, Polish father and German mother
  • Erich Kempka, German Nazi, SS-Obersturmbannführer, Ruhr Polish descent
  • Karl Kloskowski, German Nazi, Germanised Polish descent
  • Horst Kopkow, German Nazi, East Prussian
  • Berndt Lubich von Milovan, German Nazi, East Prussian
  • Halim Malkoč (1917–1947), Bosnian volunteer, SS-Obersturmführer, Bosnian Muslim
  • Erich von Manstein (1887–1973), German, Wehrmacht Generalfeldmarschall, paternal Prussian Kashubian
  • Hans-Joachim Marseille, German, Luftwaffe ace, paternal Huguenot descent
  • Victor Matthys, Belgian Rexist
  • Emil Maurice, German Nazi, Jewish great-grandfather
  • Christian de la Mazière, French Nazi
  • Erhard Milch, German Nazi, Jewish father (reclassified as Aryan by Adolf Hitler)
  • Martin James Monti, American defector to the Nazis, SS-Untersturmführer, Swiss Italian father and German mother
  • Joachim Mrugowsky, German Nazi, Germanised Polish descent
  • Kārlis Mūsiņš, Latvian
  • Karl Nicolussi-Leck, Austrian Nazi, Tyrolian
  • Franz Novak, Austrian Nazi, Germanised Carinthian Slovene descent
  • Heinz Nowotnik, German Nazi, Germanised Polish descent
  • Walter Nowotny, Austrian, Luftwaffe ace, Germanised Slavic descent
  • Alois Obschil, German Nazi, Germanised Czechoslovak
  • Horst von Oppenfeld, captain, Jewish
  • Hermann von Oppeln-Bronikowski, German, Wehrmacht Generalmajor, Germanised Slavic descent
  • Horst Ohrloff, German, Wehrmacht Oberleutnant, Silesian
  • Robert Olejnik, German, Luftwaffe Oberleutnant, Ruhr Polish
  • Georg Olschewski, German, Kriegsmarine Oberleutnant, Ruhr Polish
  • Helmuth Orlowski, German, Luftwaffe Major, Germanised Slavic descent
  • Ernst Orzegowski, German, Luftwaffe Fahnenjunker-Feldwebel
  • Harry Paletta, German Nazi, West Prussian
  • Helmuth von Pannwitz, Lusitian nobility
  • Wladimir von Pawlowski, Austrian Nazi, Germanised Carinthian Slovene descent
  • Oskars Perro, Latvian, SS-Obersturmführer
  • Alexander Piorkowski, German Nazi, Germanised Polish descent
  • Arthur Pisk, Ordnungdienst police commander, Jewish
  • Harry Polewacz, German Nazi, Germanised Polish descent
  • Hermann Potschka, Austrian Nazi, Germanised Moravian descent
  • Felix Przedwojewski, German Nazi, Germanised Polish descent
  • Paul Otto Radomski, German Nazi, Germanised Slavic descent
  • Lothar Rendulic (1887–1971), Austrian, Wehrmacht Generaloberst, Croatian ancestry
  • Bernhard Rogge, admiral, Jewish
  • Pio Filippani Ronconi, Italian
  • Jazep Sažyč, Belarusian
  • Fritz Scherwitz, German Nazi, Jewish
  • Baldur von Schirach, Wendish nobility
  • Helmut Schmidt, former German chancellor, lieutenant, Jewish
  • Hermann Senkowsky, Austrian Nazi, Germanised Carinthian Slovene descent
  • Otto Skorzeny, Austrian Nazi, Germanised Polish descent
  • Alexander Stahlberg, colonel, Jewish
  • Josef Swientek, German Nazi, SS-Standartenführer, Silesian
  • Lothar Swierzinski, German Nazi, SS-Unterscharführer, Ruhr Polish descent
  • Lauri Törni, Finnish
  • Alfred Trzebinski, German Nazi, Germanised Polish descent
  • Erich Wasicky, Austrian Nazi, Germanised Carinthian Slovene descent
  • Emil Wawrzinek, German Nazi, Silesian
  • Helmut Wilberg, Luftwaffe general, Jewish
  • Udo von Woyrsch, German Nazi, SS-Obergruppenführer, Bohemian noble descent
  • Johann Zemsky, Luftwaffe Hauptmann
  • Johannes Zukertoft, general, Jewish
  • Karl Zukertoft, general, Jewish
  • Felix Zymalkowski, German, Kriegsmarine Korvettenkapitän, Germanised Polish descent
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