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in reply to a message by Satu
Hi, Satu. I wonder if you can supply the info for this question?
I remember reading somewhere that, during the Third Reich, Hitler decreed that all babies born to German citizens could only be legally named from a special list of Germanic names. This list excluded names of foreign origin.
I know that Hitler instituted name laws for Jews during that time, requiring all female Jews to use the name "Sarah" after their name, and all male Jews to use the name "Israel" after their name.
I've been trying to find a copy of the "official" names list for German babies born in the Third Reich. Are you aware if such a name list exists?
-- Nanaea
I remember reading somewhere that, during the Third Reich, Hitler decreed that all babies born to German citizens could only be legally named from a special list of Germanic names. This list excluded names of foreign origin.
I know that Hitler instituted name laws for Jews during that time, requiring all female Jews to use the name "Sarah" after their name, and all male Jews to use the name "Israel" after their name.
I've been trying to find a copy of the "official" names list for German babies born in the Third Reich. Are you aware if such a name list exists?
-- Nanaea
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