Talk:Ernst Moritz Hess/GA1

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Reviewer: Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs) 20:29, 4 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I'll get to this shortly.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 20:29, 4 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Part Jewish should be hyphenated as it's a compound adjective.

• Done. Prioryman (talk) 00:25, 8 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Had Hess's father renounced Judaism?

• No, it was his mother who was Jewish, as the article says. Presumably she converted, though the sources don't spell that out. Prioryman (talk) 00:25, 8 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Then how did he have four Jewish grandparents?--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 01:52, 8 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• That's a very good question. The source says explicitly that he had four Jewish grandparents. I can't explain the contradiction except to suggest that perhaps his father had previously converted to Protestant Christianity, which would explain Hess's own religious affiliations. I don't have a source for that, though. Hess's father doesn't appear in the story at all except for his parentage so he evidently died before his own religious heritage became an issue. Prioryman (talk) 07:58, 8 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Then add a note to that effect to the article. Layout the evidence and say that nothing is known for certain about his parent's religion, etc.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 10:57, 8 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Well, I can't say that "nothing is known for certain" since someone obviously does know - it's just that the sources don't spell it out. I've added a note to that effect. Prioryman (talk) 19:40, 8 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• What was Hess's rank when he enlisted? Promotion to Lieutenant 4 years later seems remarkably slow, especially for someone who was decorated with the EK1.

• I'm afraid I don't have that information. I agree that it seems very slow but I don't have any further details - none of the sources I've seen mention it. Prioryman (talk) 00:25, 8 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Is there a link of some kind that more fully explains the Frontkämpfer-Privleg?

• Unfortunately not on the English Wikipedia; there's one at de:Frontkämpferprivileg which I'll translate when I have a bit more time. Prioryman (talk) 00:25, 8 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Can you add a sentence then on the privileges associated with that in general?--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 01:52, 8 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• OK, done. Prioryman (talk) 19:40, 8 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• No spaces between text and m-dashes.

• Done. Prioryman (talk) 00:25, 8 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• This sentence is awkward: Hess's Jewish mother Elisabeth and sister Berta believed that his protection also extended to them and did not comply with the restrictions imposed on Jews, but were mistaken in this belief.

• I've reworded this. Prioryman (talk) 00:25, 8 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• No DABs
• Images properly licensed.
• The Washington Post link is dead and needs to be fixed.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 21:06, 7 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Now fixed. Prioryman (talk) 00:25, 8 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]