Articles written by Gabrielle Selz

Gabrielle Selz|May 2, 2014

SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. (JTA)-Four years ago, I applied to re-obtain German citizenship on behalf of my son and myself. Neither of us was born in Germany. I was born in sunny California and my son on Long Island. But I had learned that under the German Constitution, "Former German citizens who between Jan. 30, 1933 and May 8, 1945 were deprived of their citizenship on political, racial or religious ground and their descendants shall on application have their citizenship restored." I called my father... Full story