In Nazi Germany, people who had at least three grandparents who were Jewish were considered Jews. They were deprived of citizenship, the right to hold public office, and the right to serve in the army.
However, if there were only one or two Jewish grandparents, the person was considered a half-breed and was referred to as a mischlinge.
Thousands of mischlinge served in the German army as soldiers and officers, some of them in the general staff. At one time German newspapers published a picture of the ideal German soldier - a blue-eyed blond with a helmet. This soldier was Werner Goldberg, whose father was a Jew.
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