Immigrants seeking a German passport will in future have to answer questions about Jewish life and the country’s commitment to the state of Israel as part of the standard written citizenship test.
Applicants will have to answer questions such as what a Jewish house of prayer is called, when the state of Israel was founded and why Germany has a special responsibility for it.
The penalty for denying the Holocaust, up to five years in prison, is also among the new questions. As is what cities have the largest Jewish communities in Germany, Berlin and Munich.
Nancy Faeser said the test was designed to stop people who do not have German values getting a passport
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The changes follow a surge in antisemitic attacks and abuse in Germany since the October 7 attacks by Hamas on Israel and the subsequent Gaza war. Nancy Faeser, the
