Re: German harps and star of david

[Joe and Cass Leone <leone@xxxxxxxx>]

On May 21, 2004, at 12:17 PM, Doug Tanner wrote:

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> So, I've yet to hear what sounds to me like the true story behind the
> star of david on pre-war hohner harps.   Anybody know what they think 
> is
> the real story??
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> Doug Tanner
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> - I would be very interested in this also. I used to work with a bunch 
> of guys who were all Bavarian-American. Don't know why they used THIS 
> term but they were all Catholic. (I understand Germany is about 20-25% 
> Catholic and most come from Bavaria). I also was under the impression 
> that the area was not as wealthy as other parts of Ger. With names 
> like Schreckengost, Steigerwaldt, Groetenthatler, Hemmrich, I suppose 
> I trusted their stories as "plausible".
     The info I got was that there were very few Jewish people in 
Bavaria and those that were, where along the Rhine river's industrial 
belt. Since Trossingen is IN the belt, there exists a possibility that 
Hohner was Jewish. I, however, remember hearing/reading that this is 
not so, and therefore wonder just exactly WHY the 6 pointed star IS on 
their early products. You would have thought that Hohner would bring 
this to light, but maybe (just maybe) they view it as either 
"deminimus" OR a can of Pandora worms. :)  inquisitive in the 
swamp....smo-j