On the other hand, the SS were elites. I believe he was forced into the Wehrmacht, but to join the SS you had to have distinctions.
“On the other hand, the SS were elites. I believe he was forced into the Wehrmacht, but to join the SS you had to have distinctions.”
By that time the SS was taking anyone and everyone - and not all were volunteers.
You could be a half-Jewish Nazi doctor who performed experiments on people in concentration camps: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Eppinger
You could be a Nazi spy and Jewish: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephanie_von_Hohenlohe
You could be a member of the SS and of Jewish descent:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emil_Maurice#Conflict_with_Himmler_over_Jewish_heritage
And then you have something like the reverse happening as well: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/aug/06/judaism.secondworldwar
When it comes to race and ethnicity things were often more complicated in Nazi Germany than some people realize.
Early in the war this was true, but later in the war many were indeed drafted into the SS.