No, it didn't work this way. Not at all. One had to be declared a Honorary Aryan (or just a German) through connections and/or special merit. About which: things like merely WWI medals and such was not enough.
And the Soviet Jewish often-atheists were usually not even interned, or processed in any way, but just shot out of hand.
(On one occasion Himmler was personally disturbed by witnessing a blonde blue-eyed Jewish boy being led to be shot in Ukraine. But he said "I can't do anything for you.")
There were still 4000 Ethnic Ashkenazi living in Berlin by the end of the war, they were allowed to live there despite being “Jewish” because they were either employed by the Nazis,allowed through marriage, or like you said, “scientists”.
No, it didn't work this way. Not at all. One had to be declared a Honorary Aryan (or just a German) through connections and/or special merit. About which: things like merely WWI medals and such was not enough.
And the Soviet Jewish often-atheists were usually not even interned, or processed in any way, but just shot out of hand.
(On one occasion Himmler was personally disturbed by witnessing a blonde blue-eyed Jewish boy being led to be shot in Ukraine. But he said "I can't do anything for you.")
There were still 4000 Ethnic Ashkenazi living in Berlin by the end of the war, they were allowed to live there despite being “Jewish” because they were either employed by the Nazis,allowed through marriage, or like you said, “scientists”.