Feldrabbiner (Zigeuner)

A feldrabbiner in Zalaegerszeg, Hungary observed SS Haupsturmführer Joseph Stieglitz oversee the deportation of a village of Zigeuner to Poland. Realizing Stieglitz was also a Jew, the rabbi approached Stieglitz. He suggested Stieglitz count his blessings, reminding him that the Jews had been just as oppressed as the Zigeuner, and that Hitler could have easily persecuted the Jews as the Zigeuner. He concluded that Stieglitz could as easily have been boarding the train. Angry, Stieglitz reminded the Feldrabbiner that they were both good Germans, and that if the Feldrabbiner continued to speak this way, Stieglitz would turn him over to the SD. Cowed, the Feldrabbiner retreated, and Stieglitz lit a cigarette.