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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The last time I checked, the parent had to still be a German citizen at the time of the birth. My DH similarly had parents born in Germany but they became US citizens before he was born, and I guess gave up their German citizenship. [/quote]

I don't think this is entirely true if you are Jewish. There are special rules for that. I know someone whose grandmother was Jewish and whose father (her son) was born during Nazi Germany. They moved to the US post war. He is applying for citizenship and seems to think he will get it. But there are some intricate rules about which dates, etc. It'a pretty case by case.

So OP yes your husband might have a shot at German citizenship and if so your kids would too.

I would not give up your American citizenship[/quote]
Any German citizen (and their descendants) who was persecuted by the Nazis has a claim to German citizenship. Austria has a similar path. Definitely check the subreddits, they are very helpful and full of information. The rules for persecutees (who needn't be Jewish) are completely separate from the ordinary rules for citizenship by descent, so make sure you are researching the correct path for you.[/quote]

DP. I feel like OP would have mentioned her MIL being in a persecuted group if it was the case? Jews were stripped of their citizenship in 1935. Two-thirds then emigrated. Of the remainder, 84% were exterminated either in camps or by the Einsatzgruppen. There are very few plausible avenues where the young child of parents in a persecuted group would have survived the entire war and left Germany only afterwards, sans a very intense story of being hidden or living under pretexts that OP should be privy to and would have presumably included in her post. [/quote]
I don’t know OP’s history, and many people are reading this for whom the information may be relevant. For Germany, the law restores citizenship to victims of Nazi persecution between 1933-1945. Victims didn’t have to die, they may have fled or been deported. It’s not limited to Jews or camp survivors and their descendants. For Austria, the time is 1933-1955, and for an idea of the scope you can see direct from the Austrian government below.  I don’t know why you’re so fussed about people having access to this information.

https://www.bmeia.gv.at/en/austrian-consulate-general-new-york/service-for-citizens/citizenship-for-persecuted-persons-and-their-direct-descendants[/quote]

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