1.0Jewish Telegraphic Agencyhttps://www.jta.orgadminhttps://www.jta.org/author/adminrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="Bcygp68Qtr"><a href="https://www.jta.org/archive/applicants-for-citizenship-must-be-able-to-prove-twenty-years-residence-in-germany">Applicants for Citizenship Must Be Able to Prove Twenty Years Residence in Germany</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.jta.org/archive/applicants-for-citizenship-must-be-able-to-prove-twenty-years-residence-in-germany/embed#?secret=Bcygp68Qtr" width="600" height="338" title="“Applicants for Citizenship Must Be Able to Prove Twenty Years Residence in Germany” — Jewish Telegraphic Agency" data-secret="Bcygp68Qtr" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> The Federal Council has adopted a new regulation requiring that applicants for naturalization as German citizens must be able to prove twenty years continuous residence in Germany. This provision excludes from German citizenship the majority of the East European Jews in Germany who have settled in the country since the war. The new regulation does […]https://www.jta.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/jta-long-logo-bw.jpg600315