https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEkE4BZyu4Y
"Once unthinkable: At 103, Holocaust survivor Ruth Gruenthal has reclaimed the
German citizenship the Nazi regime stripped from her because she was Jewish.
After surviving Nazi persecution and rebuilding her life in the U.S., Ruth
became a psychotherapist and raised a family spanning four generations — many
of whom have now also reclaimed German citizenship.
Born in Hamburg in 1922, imprisoned in France, and forced to flee Nazi
persecution as a teenager, Ruth rebuilt her life in the United States, where
she lived for decades. But recent political developments, rising antisemitism,
and fears of growing authoritarianism in the U.S. have shaken her sense of
security.
Ruth is not alone. An increasing number of Jewish Americans with family
histories shaped by the Holocaust are applying to restore German citizenship —
not necessarily to leave, but to have a safeguard: the option to move to
Germany should conditions in the United States deteriorate further.
Germany allows victims of Nazi persecution and their descendants to reclaim
citizenship that was deliberately taken from them. In New York alone,
applications have more than doubled in recent years."
Via Susan ****
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
