Following the history session, I thought we could go back to Sara and her husband-to-be, Ludolf Marx and see how they came by their family names. Imperial DecreeLegacies of Love: My Great-Grandmother's WWII Triumph is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.
Thanks for reading the blog. Jews were not allowed to use place names such as Berlin or Berliner, Hamburg or Hamburger as in from Berlin or from Hamburg. However this seems to have been widely flouted given there are plenty of Jewish families with such names including Oppenheim and Kissinger.
You mentioned that some Jews took as their surname place names, which was contrary to the edict. What were the stipulations in the edict for Jews' names?
Thanks for reading the blog. Jews were not allowed to use place names such as Berlin or Berliner, Hamburg or Hamburger as in from Berlin or from Hamburg. However this seems to have been widely flouted given there are plenty of Jewish families with such names including Oppenheim and Kissinger.
You mentioned that some Jews took as their surname place names, which was contrary to the edict. What were the stipulations in the edict for Jews' names?