Talk:Wolfgang Fürstner

Jew?
I just took a tour of the Olympic Village. The very well-informed tour guide who has done a lot of research on the facility said that it was just a rumour that Fürstner had been Jewish. All Wehrmacht personnel were checked for Jewish family history in 1934. Certainly someone in such a high profile position would not have escaped discovery until such a late date. It does not sound unreasonable that he really was fired for the damage caused to the village. This seems to have been quite significant and the Nazis might well have felt that their reputation as a professional and efficient host was at stake. It would have been quite humiliating for the leaders of the "New Germany" if the guests at this high-visibility event had arrived at a badly damaged facility.

An alternative explanation is that he committed suicide because his wife had cuckolded him with a friend.

Also, the Google Books link for the source given for this claim is broken.Drow69 (talk) 18:37, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

Fürstner's grandfather was born Jewish
Fürstner's paternal grandfather was born Jewish, but had converted to Christianity. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:204:C804:D260:396F:5443:4239:FF84 (talk) 19:26, 11 August 2016 (UTC)