Germany never permitted a German who merely happened to be a Jew

Evidence

Could one be a German who just happened to be a Jew, just as the narrator desires to be a German with Turkish and Jewish ancestry? The historical answer is clearly no. — Ivan Davidson Kalmar, Derek Penslar, Orientalism and the Jews, 770 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: To be deemed a Jew was a legal exclusion, not a self-ascription. — Dirk Braunstein, Adorno’s Critique of Political Economy, 1496; German society defined Jewishness as a bodily essence no assimilation could erase; German Jews could never be Germans who merely happened to be Jews — Ivan Davidson Kalmar, Derek Penslar, Orientalism and the Jews, 770 (+4 more)

Broader Connections

• German Jews could never be Germans who merely happened to be Jews #expands (0.95) — Ivan Davidson Kalmar, Derek Penslar, Orientalism and the Jews, 770