Talk:Werner Buchholz

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German versus American[edit]

Opening statement: "Dr. Werner Buchholz (born October 24, 1922 in Detmold, Germany) is a noted American computer scientist." If he is German-born (and has what sounds like a German name, therefore probably German parents), to what extent is he American? Did he emigrate from Germany to the US, and, if so, when? At what age? I think this would be very relevant information to have in a biographical article. leevclarke (talk) 17:29, 8 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

by the way, Buchholz is a jewish Surname. He is jewish/american. "Due to the growing anti-Semitism in Detmold in 1936, the family moved to Cologne." "With the help of the Jewish community in Toronto, was released in 1941 and was able to visit the University of Toronto" "His parents were killed in 1942 (Julius) and 1944 (Elsa) in a concentration camp Litzmanstadt (Lodz)." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.232.60.63 (talk) 00:28, 9 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I very much doubt he was born American. (With his father being Julius Buchholz and his mother Elsa's birthname being Hellwitz?) So he is most likely born German, and I don't see any sourcing of him changing nationality. That's not to say he didn't, that's to say the opening statement is unsourced. -- 145.228.61.5 (talk) 10:53, 3 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The German WP states his nationality as "German-American", citing Wolfgang Lassmann, Jens Schwarzer: Wirtschaftsinformatik. Gabler Verlag, 2006, ISBN 3409127259. I do not have access to that book. -- 145.228.61.5 (talk) 10:57, 3 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

"Buchholz is a Jewish surname"

Well upon looking at the other people with the surname Buchholz I don't see anyone else with that name being Jewish and it is categorized as a German language surname but not a Jewish one. The source that designates him as being Jewish does not seem to work so it would be better to cite another one. — Preceding unsigned comment added by HBBorges (talk • contribs) 01:56, 11 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Easy first step to check the "<Germanic name> is a Jewish name" claims: dastelefonbuch.de. In this case, the 4,775 land-line listings (White Pages only) would suggest a substantial Gentile population of BUCHHOLZes out there. But that would be original research, I suppose. Roger.Lustig (talk) 02:17, 28 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]