Dossier
restitution laws
Coverage of restitution laws in the Nexus archive.
- Number of Nazi victims’ descendants given German citizenship jumped 61% in 2025
In 2025, the number of Nazi victims' descendants granted German citizenship increased by 61%, with 12,000 people benefiting from restitution laws. It remains unclear how many recipients were Jewish, and one in five naturalized individuals that year was Syrian.