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Brexit pushes British Jews to seek German passports
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleBritain’s upcoming departure from the European Union is pushing numerous British Jews to seek German passports, decades after they and their antecedents were stripped of their nationality by the Nazis.
According to The Telegraph newspaper, the number of British Jews applying for German citizenship “spiked sharply” in the wake of the June 23 vote to leave the EU, up from the usual 20 or so applications of this kind per year.
Germany’s Basic Law states that any Jewish person, or a descendant thereof, who lost German nationality as a result of Nazi laws is entitled to have it restored.
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