Germany to restore Jewish names to phonetic alphabet

• Date: 30 March 2021
• Published date: 30 March 2021
• Author: JERUSALEM POST STAFF
• Publication title: Jerusalem Post, The: Web Edition Articles (Israel)

The phonetic alphabet is used by many countries when spelling out words, such as calling out "a as in alpha," with many having devised their own.

The famous model is the one used by NATO. The German model uses names, such as "w as in Wilhelm." Those deemed too Jewish were taken out and replaced with others.

Adolf Hitler and his Nazi Party changed Germany's own alphabet in 1934, about a year before he grabbed power as chancellor.

As an example, the Nazi Party subbed out the letter D for Dora instead of David and the letter N as Nordpol instead of Nathan, the German website DW reported.

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