YMMV / Shtetl Days

• Alternate Character Interpretation: How much hegemony does the Third Reich have in this story? Are they a globe-spanning empire that has succeeded in the Final Solution? Or are they a dying tyranny whose residents don't question it out of a fear of being murdered by the state? The murderous insecurity of the SS officer implies that it might be the latter.
• Spiritual Successor: To In the Presence of Mine Enemies by the same author. Both stories deal with a secret "Jewish" community in a world ruled by Nazis, albeit from completely different angles. The protagonists of Enemies are crypto-Jews hiding from the Reich by pretending to be Aryans; however, the "Jews" in Shetl Days are ethnic Germans who have adopted Jewish traditions and culture and are Hidden in Plain Sight as certified Aryans whose job is to pretend to be Jewish.