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Many applications for German citizenship by people who would not have been considered German nationals today, had the deprivation of citizenship not taken place, were rejected. Those rejected included those born before 1 April 1953 to a German mother (descent was only from the father), or to a parent born before that date to a German grandmother.
The distinction between the meaning of the terms citizenship and nationality is not always clear in the English language and differs by country. Generally, nationality refers a person's legal belonging to a country and is the common term used in international treaties when referring to members of a state; citizenship refers to the set of rights and duties a person has in that nation. [4]
If a person, or their qualified descendants, receives restored citizenship under Article 116 par. 2 of the Basic Law (Grundgesetz), which states that former German citizens who between 30 January 1933, and 8 May 1945 were deprived of their German citizenship on political, racial, or religious grounds may re-invoke their citizenship (as if it ...
Enshrined in the German constitution since 1949, Article 116 (2) of the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany grants former German citizens who were persecuted and their descendants ...
Germany plans to ease citizenship rules under legislation approved Wednesday by the Cabinet, a project that the government contends will bolster the integration of immigrants and help an economy ...
German lawmakers on Friday approved legislation easing the rules on gaining citizenship and ending restrictions on holding dual citizenship. Parliament voted 382-234 for the plan put forward by ...
Jus sanguinis (English: / dʒ ʌ s ˈ s æ ŋ ɡ w ɪ n ɪ s / juss SANG-gwin-iss [1] or / j uː s-/ yooss -, [2] Latin: [juːs ˈsaŋɡwɪnɪs]), meaning 'right of blood', is a principle of nationality law by which nationality is determined or acquired by the nationality of one or both parents.
German law at the time recognized an almost unlimited right of return for people of German descent, [30] of whom there were several million in the Soviet Union, Poland and Romania. [31] Germany initially received around 40,000 per year. In 1987, the number doubled, in 1988 it doubled again and in 1990 nearly 400,000 immigrated.