It's a logical assumption--but this happens to be an exception. In
Germany, for example, Jews were in practice kept out of the officer
corps from 1885 till the beginning of World War I:
https://academic.oup.com/leobaeck/article-abstract/17/1/19/1081020/Prussia-s-Army-and-the-Jewish-Reserve-Officer?redirectedFrom=PDF
In Austria, by contrast, the officer corps was pluralistic and a path to
acceptance for members of ethnic minorities. See Istvan Deak, Beyond
Nationalism: A Social and Political History of the Habsburg Officer
Corps 1848-1918
https://global.oup.com/academic/product/beyond-nationalism-9780195045055?cc=gb&lang=en&
Jim
On 01/08/2017 00:23, mike.office wrote:
> Hi
>
> Thanks for explaining that, Cornel. I'd assumed that the standard
> anti-Semitism of the day would have militated against gaining a commission
> in the Army. Mind you, thinking about it, the French, of course, had
> Dreyfus- though hardly a shining example of a successful military career.
>
> Best wishes
> Mike
>
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> Subject: [Cz-L] Austrian Army
>
> Hi! Being Jewish was common in the K&K Officer community. For a start,22% of
> the Reserve Officers were Jewish and there were Jews of all ranks all the
> way to the top. Best,Cornel.
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