Split decision on restored German citizenship

Discovery Notebook

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Bundesfassungsgericht in Karlsruhe
Out-of-wedlock exception led to reversal of Article 116 definition of "descendants"
  • Mar 11, 2024

The more inclusive definition of the word "descendant" in Article 116 of the German Basic Law,…

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Police notification of revoked citizenship
The dilemma for stateless Jews after July 14, 1933
  • Dec 15, 2023

Our Ringels were not in the more dire situation of families like the Landaus
Download Joanne's "Split Decision" article
  • Dec 23, 2020

Most of the saga of our family's German citizenship restoration was unfortunately not recounted…

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Hermann Ringel with daughter Helga on the Kurfürstendamm in the early 1930s
Our German-Jewish birthright
  • Jul 23, 2018

In another chapter of this book, my sister Joanne describes how she was able to reclaim our…

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Rzeszow domicile document obtained by Hermann Ringel
Hermann Ringel’s citizenship status
  • Jul 23, 2018

Now let’s take a step back and look at the citizenship question for the Ringel family members in…

Lani found Hermann's grave October 2007
  • Apr 11, 2012

Lani and Bill and I were so fortunate to have a chance to visit Berlin. It was the Toussaint…

Here are the numbers for U.S.-Germany migration—771 in 2010
  • Apr 11, 2012

Joanne found this interesting link about German migration from an Israeli perspective. …

Why is this night different from all other nights?
  • Apr 11, 2012

I am happy to be posting, finally, starting with these wonderful photos I found, while looking…

Willkommen: Walter opines on citizenship opportunity
  • Apr 08, 2012

Obviously, a lot has happened to all of us in the last week or so since I called the German…

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Towns in West Prussia where Jews adopted the Wohlgemuth surname in 1812
Search for Isaak Wohlgemuth centers on West Prussian towns from 1812 citizenship list
  • Apr 08, 2012

I recounted in the previous post how I discovered that we have been using the wrong name for our…

Slate article: "German Again—An American Jew reclaims her father's lost citizenship"
  • Apr 07, 2012

It is taking longer than expected to post the next Wohlgemuth installment. In the meantime,…

Germany and restored citizenship
  • Apr 06, 2012

Joanne and Walter have been talking for some time about the possibility of Helga's descendants…

Citations

Authors
Stanley L. Ruby(21) Chien-Shiung Wu(18) Emil Jan Konopinski(9) Brice M. Rustad(8) Allan Franklin(7) James S. Allen(7) R. E. Marshak(4) R. P. Hudson(4) Otto Kofoed-Hansen(4) Leon Lidofsky(4)
Subjects
beta decay theory(21) angular correlation(21) Rustad-Ruby experiment(17) mössbauer effect(17) beta spectrum experiment(14) Mössbauer spectroscopy(12) parity nonconservation(12) synchrotron radiation(8) V–A theory(8) weak-force unification(7)
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