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I work in two main areas – ethnic Germans’ citizenship and Jewish German citizenship. Particularly on the intersection of Czech and German citizenship issues, primarily regarding Sudetendeutsche, and on Jewish citizenship in all forms, with a special interest in Czechoslovak Jews.
If one of your parents, grandparents, great-grandparents was a German citizen, ethnic German or an ethnic German of Jewish heritage or religion, you might be eligible for German citizenship. I have prepared Feststellung, StAG 5, Art. 116(2) and StAG 15 cases.
If one of your parents, grandparents, great-grandparents was a Czech or Czechoslovak citizen of German or Jewish nationality, you might be eligible to claim German citizenship. I have worked on Benes Decree cases, including re-opening them, and on Kindertransport cases.
If your ancestors were included on the so-called Volkliste, you might be also eligible for German citizenship.
If your ancestors were Czechoslovak citizens of the Jewish religion, you might be eligible for both Czech and German.
I can evaluate your case, and if the outcome is positive, we can work together on making your case.
Please send a description of your case to [email protected] for a complimentary consultation.
My writings on the citizenship topics:
Navrácení občanství bývalým občanům České republiky podle § 31 odst. 1 zákona č. 186/2013 Sb. o státním občanství České republiky – návod a vzor prohlášení [Restoration of citizenship to former citizens of the Czech Republic under § 31(1) of Act No. 186/2013 Coll., on the Citizenship of the Czech Republic – guidance and declaration template], Harvard Law School Blog, 1/2014, Now available at the Columbia Blogs page.
Návod jak získat zpátky občanství ČR pro bývalé občany ČR ve formátu docx a vzor prohlášení [Instructions on how to regain Czech citizenship for former citizens of the Czech Republic in docx format and a declaration template], mimeo, 1/2014, Now available at the Columbia Blogs page.
Ceskoslovenske federalni a ceske nebo slovenske socialisticke obcanstvi [Czechslovak and Czech or Slovak Socialist Citizenship], Harvard Law School Blog, 12/2014, Now available at the Columbia Blogs page.
Jüdisches Eigentum und die Frage der deutschen und tschechoslowakischen Staatsangehörigkeit im ehemaligen Sudetenland [Jewish property and the question of German and Czechoslovak citizenship in the former Sudetenland], Harvard Law School, mimeo, 2018.
The Last Chance for Czechoslovak Jews of German Nationality, forthcoming, email for a copy, 2023.
German-speaking Jews and Deutsche Volkliste, German Citizenship Claims, in review, email for a copy, 2024.
Zhodnocení poslaneckého návrhu 585 měnící zákon 186/2013 Sb. o státním občanství České republiky, limited circulation for now, June 2025.
Právní postavení dětí osob, které ztratily občanství smlouvami o naturalizaci, případ československých občanů, Sep 2025.