Template:Did you know nominations/Ernst von Manstein

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The result was: promoted by Vincent^LUFan (talk) (Kenton!) 05:15, 26 December 2018 (UTC)

Ernst von Manstein

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• ... that despite being persecuted as a convert to Judaism in Nazi Germany Ernst von Manstein was given a full military funeral with uniformed SS pallbearers? "the Nazis staged a funeral service for him: his casket, wrapped in the Nazi flag, was carried by uniformed SS men, and buried in the municipal cemetery." (Yad Vashem) (NB: for the Yad Vashem source you need to click on his name in the article which brings up further information) "The Nazis appropriated his body and buried him in a city cemetery with full Nazi military "honours", covering the coffin with the swastika flag." (Jewish Quarterly)
  • ALT1:... that 16 years after the body of Ernst von Manstein was seized and given a Nazi funeral he was reburied next to his wife in a Jewish cemetery? "The Nazis appropriated his body and buried him in a city cemetery with full Nazi military "honours", covering the coffin with the swastika flag ... efforts were made to have Manstein's remains transferred to the Jewish cemetery ... Ernst von Manstcin finally came to his eternal rest, alongside the grave of his beloved wife, on 22 May 1960." (Jewish Quarterly)

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Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 10:23, 17 November 2018 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: I would suggest "convert to Judaism" as "Jewish convert" is ambiguous. But wow! sounds too crazy to be true. Catrìona (talk) 13:12, 17 November 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for the review Catrìona, I have changed the hook as you suggested - Dumelow (talk) 14:55, 17 November 2018 (UTC)