‚I am the son of a Nazi and I fought in the IDF‘ – Dr. Bernd Wollschlaeger, the son of staunch Nazi and admired German World War II hero, converted to Judaism and fought for the IDF. This is his story. | Israel Newsstand

“My father was a Nazi. I fought in the IDF.
”These were the words of Dr. Bernd Wollschlaeger, the son of staunch Nazi and admired German World War II hero Arthur Wollschlaeger.
Despite this difficult reality, his growing love and fascination with Judaism during his youth led Wollschlaeger to convert, move to Israel and join the IDF.
For Wollschlaeger, his past was something that was always difficult to talk about but it was when his then-teenage son asked him about who his grandfather was that he realized the time had come to reconcile these two worlds.