Jews and other ethnicities

**Longbowman** · 10-12-2018, 10:30 PM

All four of my great-grandfathers fought in WWI, btw. Two in the British Army (one officer, one other ranks) and two in the Austro-Hungarian army (one officer, one other ranks). Fortunately they never fought each other - the Brits were on the Western Front, the Austrians on the eastern one, and they all survived.

**The Lawspeaker** · 10-12-2018, 10:33 PM

Originally Posted by Longbowman

All four of my great-grandfathers fought in WWI, btw. Two in the British Army (one officer, one other ranks) and two in the Austro-Hungarian army (one officer, one other ranks). Fortunately they never fought each other - the Brits were on the Western Front, the Austrians on the eastern one, and they all survived.

We can just be VERY thankful that the Netherlands remained neutral. I think that, given his age, my great-grandfathers would actually been mobilised but I haven't found anything about it.. yet. This army was absurd... even for 1914 standards:

**Peterski** · 10-12-2018, 10:36 PM

Originally Posted by Longbowman

Naturally prior to that, as with every nation, there had been ups and downs, too.

So what this guy says is not true?:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUlM2a2tsOM#t=3350

**Longbowman** · 10-12-2018, 10:37 PM

Originally Posted by The Lawspeaker

We can just be VERY thankful that the Netherlands remained neutral. I think that, given his age, my great-grandfathers would actually been mobilised but I haven't found anything about it.. yet. This army was absurd... even for 1914 standards:

My family is proud of its military service. BTW, I was incorrect - one great-grandfather (my father's mother's father) was in fact in the USA and avoided the draft. The other person I was thinking of was in fact my great-great-grandfather, who was a feldwebel in the Austro-Hungarian army.

**Longbowman** · 10-12-2018, 10:40 PM

Originally Posted by Peterski

So what this guy says is not true?:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUlM2a2tsOM#t=3350

He's correct that there was at least one spree of bloodthirsty massacres of the Jews - after the First Crusade - but many non-Crusaders did their best to prevent this, and this was also religiously-motivated, not ethnically-motivated.

**The Lawspeaker** · 10-12-2018, 10:40 PM

Originally Posted by Longbowman

My family is proud of its military service. BTW, I was incorrect - one great-grandfather (my father's mother's father) was in fact in the USA and avoided the draft. The other person I was thinking of was in fact my great-great-grandfather, who was a feldwebel in the Austro-Hungarian army.

I hope I will find out what was going on to my great-grandfathers at the time. I do know that my grandfather (father's side) fought in Indonesia after WWII. But he never spoke about it.