THE TELEGRAPH: Germany is to offer citizenship to tens of thousands of 'war children' fathered by Nazi soldiers in France during the Second World War.
The move is being offered in recognition of the suffering of those who became known as the "bastards of the Boche" and often suffered discrimination
The German interior ministry said the move was a "symbolic gesture to make up for past wrongs" suffered by the children who are now in their 60s.
A spokesman said: "The German government is aware of the difficult fate of the French 'war children' accommodate those who want to apply for German citizenship. We will act generously with applications. For example, we will not levy fees."
The German foreign ministry has worked "intensively" with its French counterpart on the subject, he added.
Nevertheless, each of the offspring would have to apply for German citizenship individually, he said. >>> | Thursday, February 19, 2009
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