Question

what does citizenship means to you and how french revolution and nazism defined citizenship

Answer 1

citizenship means the position or status of being a citizen of a particular country. Citizenship during the French Revolution

During the French Revolution, a distinction was made for a time between active and passive citizens. In 1791, the Legislative Assembly was chosen by a process of indirect election; the Electors of the Assembly were themselves elected by "active" citizens, male citizens whose annual taxes equalled the local wages paid for three days of labour. This disfranchised about half of the male citizens of France. Even higher economic requirements for the Electors and the members of the Assembly left only about 50,000 eligible men in a country of some 25 million people.

Citizenship during Nazi Germany (the Third Reich)

In Germany, citizenship was a valuable privilege that included the following:

1693: Rights to engage in business in a town.

1694: Protection under the law.

1695: Permission to reside in a town without being expelled.

Naturalization is the process of granting citizenship privileges and responsibilities to residents. Citizenship was usually extended by individual cities to certain of their inhabitants. National citizenship was rare until the German Empire of 1871. Those who received the rights to citizenship were recorded in citizenship books Only males of the middle or upper classes were granted citizenship, and only if they were born legitimately. Merchants and craftsmen were commonly granted citizenship.

The Nazi Party rescinded citizenship from any person in Nazi Germany that was not considered to be of the Aryan Race, such as German Jews, German Romani, German Slavs, and numerous other minorities in Germany. Citizenship became contingent on ethnic and "racial" lines. Additionally, the value of citizenship lessened since citizens had no direct or indirect effect (through representational voting) to determine policy. Only Nazi Party membership guaranteed a person political rights.