Reclaiming Grandfathers Citizenship
Over the past two weeks or so I've been collecting documents necessary to apply to have my grandfather's German citizenship reinstated for myself, as his was stripped during WW2 for his Jewish heritage. I am an Australian citizen.
Specifically, the law reads: Former German citizens who[,] between January 30, 1933 and May 8, 1945[,] were deprived of their citizenship on political, racial, or religious grounds, and their descendants, shall on application have their citizenship restored. They shall be deemed never to have been deprived of their citizenship if they have established their domicile in Germany after May 8, 1945 and have not expressed a contrary intention.[1] My grandfather escaped to Switzerland in 1936, served for the British army throughout the end of WW2 and finally became a British citizen in 1947. He lived outside of Germany from 1936 onward and never returned to reclaim his citizenship and did not become a citizen of any other country (this would mean he would renounce any potential claim to a German citizenship) until 1947. He was classified as stateless until the time of becoming a British citizen. The full thread where it all comes together (I began trying to prove that I was a British citizen actually) can be found here: http://britishexpats.com/forum/immig...escent-909103/ But I'm posting a thread here as it's the relevant forum and I'm about to formally lodge my application. I'm hoping that this might be of resource to future possible secret Germans who are going to go through the same process. I am submitting the following certified documents (I've got them in this order, but I don't think it's relevant, but I also have quite a few more documents than required).
I should either be lodging it today or early next week (so last week of February, 2018). I'm prepared to have to wait around 18 months apparently. Will post eventual updates here. It's been very surreal to discover these details about my grandfather. Cheers! |
Re: Reclaiming Grandfathers Citizenship
Please do update. Highly interesting.
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Previous thread
http://britishexpats.com/forum/immig...escent-909103/ |
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Interesting. I am sure others would like to hear of any outcome.
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Doesn't ".... if they have established their domicile in Germany after May 8, 1945 and have not expressed a contrary intention. ....", in the first paragraph you quoted, mean you have to be living in Germany? :unsure:
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Originally Posted by Pulaski
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Doesn't ".... if they have established their domicile in Germany after May 8, 1945 and have not expressed a contrary intention. ....", in the first paragraph you quoted, mean you have to be living in Germany? :unsure:
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I didn't know this was possible. Please update us if you are able to get one.
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Re: Reclaiming Grandfathers Citizenship
Just a quick update, I've finally sent away the form and documents as of today (9/3/18).
Had to wait to get a birth certificate for my father, even though he is the 'non-German' side, I saw that in the Handbook for this process it recommended birth certificates for any parent. Will update original post to reflect complete list of submitted documents and the date. |
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Amazing story and history ... good to hear how you get on.
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Originally Posted by bougti
(Post 12623717)
Basically, no. I believe it might be possible if your mother or father have german nationality and that they forgot to register your birth with the german embassy. Also you have to prove you have close ties with germany. Just having german great grandparents doesn't even come close to meeting the necessary criteria.
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Re: Reclaiming Grandfathers Citizenship
Originally Posted by bougti
(Post 12623717)
Basically, no. I believe it might be possible if your mother or father have german nationality and that they forgot to register your birth with the german embassy. Also you have to prove you have close ties with germany. Just having german great grandparents doesn't even come close to meeting the necessary criteria.
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Originally Posted by Tweedpipe
(Post 12623815)
You're in dangerous territory contradicting info supplied by BritInParis........
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Re: Reclaiming Grandfathers Citizenship
Originally Posted by Thairetired2016
(Post 12623907)
Based on an article I recently read in a German paper, it is easily possible based on the given background. I never heard of the requirement "having a link to Germany" .
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Any update on this?
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