mischling
Noun
Meaning
Mischling (plural Mischlings or Mischlinge)
(chiefly historical) In certain (especially Nazi) racial theories, someone of mixed race, especially one who is partly of Jewish descent.
mischling
Alternative letter-case form of Mischling
Synonyms
Examples
The Nuremberg Laws classified people as Jews (Volljuden) if they had three or four Jewish grandparents, and as mixed blood ( Mischling ) if they had one or two.
Germans with three or more Jewish grandparents were defined as Jews, Germans with one or two Jewish grandparents were deemed Mischling (mixed-blood).
I keep thinking about the great books last fall…Commonwealth, The Mothers, Mischling.
September 27th, 2016 Ha- well thanks for the warning on Mischling…definitely not the kind of book I can handle right now!