Monseratations
Now that is a mouthful.....
Here is another interesting piece of Citizenship trivia.
With Germany defeated and the majority of the men and young boys in captivity in the Soviet Union or in allied camps there was a severe shortage of labour to rebuild the country. It is well known that women cleaned up most of the rubble but also an influx of migrant workers. Many from Turkey eventually bringing their families and settling down in Germany. German law would not allow them to become citizens because they could not link their past to a former German National. Thus a whole generation was born in Germany and had no country. Not Turkish and unfortunately not German. At least that used to be the way....along came the World Cup.....and lo and behold a non-citizen born in Germany with Turkish parents became one of Germany's finest "strikers".... to play and represent Germany you had to be a German citizen..... voila.... the rules change and political will via Soccer results in a change in the Law to accept those who were born in Germany to be "eligible to apply" for Citizenship. Ah you have to the wording of Law....eligible does not necessarily mean entitled to....
Who says Soccer is not important.
cheers
Mike
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