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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.
  • Had Hess's father renounced Judaism?
  • 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]
  • 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.
  • Is there a link of some kind that more fully explains the Frontkämpfer-Privleg?
  • No spaces between text and m-dashes.
  • 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.