Hi
I wondered if anyone had ever been the following situation when applying for German citizenship, and can maybe offer some pointers on how I can investigate with the German authorities.
The scenario is that my partners grandfather was German and left German in 1938 as a child as a result of his father being persecuted by the Nazi's (they aren't Jewish, they were Christian and highly critical of the Nazi's). The grandfather ended up in Paraguay where he had a son (my partners father) and six months after my partners fathers birth, the whole family emigrated to England.
We believe that my partners father, although being born in Paraguay travelled on a German passport and was somehow recognised by the German state as a citizen. The problem is that he passed away in 2013, and we don't have his old passport or any further documentation proving he was a German citizen. My partners father naturalised in the UK after my partners birth. Whilst we have a copy of the naturalisation certificate, it doesn't state from what country he was 'naturalising away from', if that makes sense!
We believe that if we had a copy of his passport, or proof of his registration as a German citizen, then we could apply directly for a passport. Without this we will have to go down the two year route of applying via descent. Has anyone been in this situation before and could offer up some advice?
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