Derszoger: “Of course we must not forget our brethren who proudly served the Kaiser in the Great War. When the Nazis took power in Germany, these fine Yidden would proudly display their Iron Cross earned for great valor and service to the motherland. The arriving SS Officer, undoubtedly, would sob and reminisce with the German Jewish war hero and give him a friendly pat on the back before moving on.”
A very good friend of mine has a great-grandfather who died fighting for the Germans in WW1 and the family received the Iron Cross. When his son (my friends grandfather) was sent to Buchenwald his mother (the widow) presented the Iron Cross to the SS and he was released.