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Originally Posted by Mynydd
Imperator, most Argentinean Jews I've seen do not have Russian surnames, but German.
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Sure, the fact is in Russia a very high per cent of Jews bear German names, many simply changed German names to Russian-sounding ones to avoid Stalinist purges in the 30's and become more socially acceptable. For example, in my school class there were 3 Jews, two of them bearing German names. In the Soviet times having this kind of name prohibited you from taking certain job positions (officials, journalists, military, etc).