You are entirely correct, EagleJCS. When the German forces first reached Poland (in 1939) and later the fringes of the Soviet Union (during Operation Barbarossa), there was an orgy of bloodletting by local anti-Semites who shot Jews out of hand before the SS even arrived to march people off to concentration camps.

MacSpadger, your theory about Jewish Gordons in the Baltic states may be entirely correct. But I would be interested to know where the Jewish Douglases came from.
And just to confuse the matter further, there is an Indian family in South Africa that has the surname Gordhan. Our current Finance Minister is Pravin Gordhan.
Regards,
Mike