{"id":313488,"date":"2026-01-29T03:00:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T03:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/what-prompted-ruth-gruenthal-to-take-this-step-at-the-age-of-103-dw-news\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T03:00:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T03:00:19","slug":"what-prompted-ruth-gruenthal-to-take-this-step-at-the-age-of-103-dw-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/what-prompted-ruth-gruenthal-to-take-this-step-at-the-age-of-103-dw-news\/","title":{"rendered":"What prompted Ruth Gruenthal to take this step at the age of 103? | DW News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/XEkE4BZyu4Y\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"What prompted Ruth Gruenthal to take this step at the age of 103? | DW News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XEkE4BZyu4Y\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Once unthinkable: At 103, Holocaust survivor Ruth Gruenthal has reclaimed the German citizenship the Nazi regime stripped from her because she was Jewish.<br \/>\nAfter surviving Nazi persecution and rebuilding her life in the U.S., Ruth became a psychotherapist and raised a family spanning four generations \u2014 many of whom have now also reclaimed German citizenship.<br \/>\nBorn in Hamburg in 1922, imprisoned in France, and forced to flee Nazi persecution as a teenager, Ruth rebuilt her life in the United States, where she lived for decades. But recent political developments, rising antisemitism, and fears of growing authoritarianism in the U.S. have shaken her sense of security.<br \/>\nRuth is not alone. An increasing number of Jewish Americans with family histories shaped by the Holocaust are applying to restore German citizenship \u2014 not necessarily to leave, but to have a safeguard: the option to move to Germany should conditions in the United States deteriorate further.<br \/>\nGermany allows victims of Nazi persecution and their descendants to reclaim citizenship that was deliberately taken from them. In New York alone, applications have more than doubled in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>#holocaustsurvivor #germancitizenship #usa #trump <\/p>\n<p>For more news go to: http:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/<\/p>\n<p>Follow DW on social media:<br \/>\n\u25baInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baTikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/deutschewellenews\/<br \/>\n\u25baTwitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/dwnews<\/p>\n<p>F\u00fcr Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/dwdeutsch<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Once unthinkable: At 103, Holocaust survivor Ruth Gruenthal has reclaimed the German citizenship the Nazi regime stripped from her because she was Jewish. 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