• volcel_olive_oil [he/him]
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    7 months ago

    some-controversy

    german jewish last name

    is this a thing, btw? I always thought it was just that german last names got associated with jews due to the holocaust targeting jews from germany. are there actually certain names specific (or at least overrepresented) among german jews?

    • Barabas [he/him]
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      7 months ago

      Because Austria-Hungary and Prussia banned patronyms in favour of family names in the 18th century, so Jews in the area adopted German surnames.

      Also that Yiddish is largely based on German.