Werner Goldberg

 

In 1939 the Berliner Tagesblatt Newspaper showed this picture with the caption "The Ideal German Soldier" ("Der ideale deutsche Soldat").

This “Ideal German Soldier” according to the Nazi Newspaper was in fact Werner Goldberg, a Jew.

Goldberg was born on October 3, 1919 in Berlin, Germany to a Jewish Father and a Christian Mother.

Under the 1935 Nurenberg Laws Goldberg was classified as a “Mischling” (or “Half-Breed.”

On December 1, 1938 Goldberg joined the German Army (as he was required by Law to do.)

He took part in the German Invasion of Poland in September 1939.

It was at this time that Goldberg’s picture was printed in the Nazi Newspaper as the stereotypical Aryan German Soldier (despite the fact that he wasn’t Aryan according to the Nazis.)

After the Fall of France in May 1940 Hitler ordered all Mischlings out of the German Army.

Goldberg saved his Father from Deportation twice and they survived the War.

After the War, Goldberg served 20 years in the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin (Berlin House of Representatives) in West Berlin from 1959-1979.

Werner Goldberg died in Berlin, Germany on September 28, 2004 at the age of 84.

Goldberg was survived by his Wife Gertrud Goldberg, and their three Children.