Talk:Hans Karl von Winterfeldt
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My boyfriend's surname is Winterfeldt. He claims to be from a family of German generals, and the article seems to confirm that. However, he is Jewish, and there is no mention in the article of General Winterfeldt's being Jewish, which, if true, seems worthy of remark considering Jewish persecution in European history. Any ideas on this?
[edit] Winterfeldt's "main vision"
The article states:
his [Winterfeldt's] main vision was a united German Empire under a protestant Emperor.
I think this statement is nothing more than a doubtful conjecture. Neither Frederick the Great nor any of his Generals intended to become "protestant Emperors" of any empire. They were Prussian nobles to whom the Prussian reason of state was far more important than any notion of nationality. Moreover, questions of religion were of second importance to them, too. Consequently, I think the mentioned statement is nonsense, regardless of whether it stems from some edition of Encyclopædia Britannica, or not. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.149.12.163 (talk) 10:14, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
