Ministry of the Interior of the Reich and Prussia 
 
 
 November 2, 1935 
 
 
 Regarding the regulations to the laws of Reich citizenship and Protection of the Blood 
 I. Comparison of the views of Dr. Wagner and of the Ministry of Interior. 
 
 
 The purpose of the regulation is the elimination of the mixed race by creating as harsh demands on the protection of purity of the German blood as the political interests of the Reich and the people can bear. 
 
 
 Both versions are in agreement that quarter-Jews are to be considered to belong to the German side, they differ however on the treatment of half-Jews. In Dr. Wagner’s view the half-Jews should belong to the Jewish side, whereas the version of the Ministry of Interior suggests such a definition according to the life style so that for example those who belong to the Jewish religion or are married to Jews would be included among the Jews, while the larger part of half-Jews be treated as what they really are, i.e. in some regards counted as Germans, and in many other parts of life -- as unequals. 
 
 
 Dr. Wagners version is mainly based on race-biological considerations; it has therefore the advantage of counting a larger part of half-Jews as Jews than the the Ministry of Interior version. However, as Dr. Wagner’s outlook does not consider many other aspects, it leads to disadvantages and dangers for the German people, that are prevented by the outlook of the Ministry of Interior. These disadvantages should have more weight than the race-biological consideration of Dr. Wagner’s version. 
 
 
 1. Race-political dangers. 
 A half-Jew is to be regarded as a greater danger than the full Jew, because in addition to Jewish traits, he also has many Germanic ones. This is not the case with the full-Jew. 
 Jewry in the Reich (around 600,000) would be strengthened by another 130,000 (200,000 are married to Germans), that is by over a fifth of its present count. This would not only add to them in numbers, but also in Germanic genetic mass... 
 
 
 2. Maintaining a mixed race 
 Legislation that counts half-Jews as Jews effects only the legal status and does not change the sociological situation and the one defined by blood which are the actual aims of the legislation. Jewry will reject the half-Jews in numerous cases, or the half-Jew will reject his inclusion in Jewry. This definition can not be forced upon them. 
 This creates an especially dangerous situation, as the half-Jews are not really included in the Jewish people, but are stuck between the two races. The half-Jews who have no homeland become desperados with all the dangers this identity implies. Their intelligence and their especially developed capabilities, resulting mostly from careful upbringing, make them into born leading groups of enemies of the state. In Dr. Wagner’s version Germans by birth married to Jews and one-quarter-Jews would be added to this group. 
 
 3. Maintaining the Source of Unrest 
 The half-Jews defined as Jews are practically faced with no options. Contrary to the Jews, they can hardly emigrate, as the foreign countries regard them as Germans and not as Jews. They can hardly acquire a profession in Germany, as only Jewish professions are open to them, and in vocational training they will by passed over by full Jews. 
 
 4. Defense-political considereations 
 Of the 200,000 half-Jews, around 100.000 are male. 40-45,000 of them are presently in the ages that are being drafted into the army. Out of the remaining, around 30,000 youngsters will eventually reach that age. 
 Although Dr. Wagner’s version includes half-Jews who are married to Germans in the group to be drafted, they will soon be exempted from the army because of their advanced age. Their age does not permit their being drafted for active service anyway. Those unmarried, that is the large number of the younger ones, will not be taken by the army according to Dr. Wagner’s version, as well as all the youngsters who will eventually reach drafting age. The same goes for the full-Germans married to Jewesses and the one-quarter-Jews... 
 
 5. Economic Considerations 
 a) The wider the definition of Jewish identity, the more the limitation of Jews in the economy by special treatment becomes difficult... 
 b) Whereas half-Jews up till now were only pushed out of positions in the framework of the Civil Service Law etc., Wagner’s version would expel them from positions in the building of the economy as well. So far they had still maintained their positions because of the lack of appropriate replacements. This would add a further burden on the economy. 
 c) Wagner’s version would imply that half-Jews, Germans counted as Jews and one-quarter-Jews, would be unable to employ German maids. This would add another several tens of thousands maids to the unemployed. 
 
 6. Tearing apart families 
 The Wagner version by means of legislation tears apart siblings according to their being single or married to Germans. The Ministry of the Interior Version avoids this undesirable situation, because the criteria to define half-Jews as Jews are uniform and apply for the whole family. This will be true without exception for the criterion regarding the Jewish religion. But even the more rare question of marriage of half-Jews to Jews will only be applied when the whole family tends towards Judaism. 
 The Problem of the Half-Jewish Veteran Soldiers. 
 
 It will be impossible, even with Wagner’s version, to circumvent the decision of the Führer and Chancellor of the Reich to exclude half-Jewish former soldiers who had fought at the front. Otherwise we would find ourselves in a situation where half-Jews, who had fought for Germany at the front, are treated worse than foreign full-Jews who fought against Germany, but who today are living in Germany protected by international treaties. This would undoubtedly give anti-German propaganda an important weapon. 
 Further increase in suicides 
 
 The majority of mixed marriages are between German men and Jewish women. The (half-) Jewish children of these marriages however feel they totally belong to the German nation by their education, family tradition and Christian faith, and reject Judaism. The mental burden of being declared Jewish would be especially hard and significant. One would have to expect a sharp increase in suicides for this reason. The impact of such developments on countries abroad should not be taken lightly. 
 
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 The Ministry of Interior version does in no way include the half-Jews in the German people. It puts them in the group of the mixed race ( Mischlinge ), not in the group of Germans. It treats the part of half-Jews who are not to be defined as Jews, as Germans only in what regards marriage, so as to accomplish the main goal which is to have the mixed race disappear as soon as possible. 
 It is only the version of the Ministry of Interior that is in accordance with the race-biological facts: Jews are treated as Jews, mixed blood are treated as mixed blood and those of German blood are treated as people of German blood. 
 This version provides a definition of the Jew that has no loopholes. It includes only the half-Jews who without doubt tend towards Judaism among the Jews. The creation of a clear definition of the Jews that would not need to be adjusted in the future is a necessity, because this definition will effect many areas of life and legal status, and many different government agencies will have to work with it.