Editing Alexander Grothendieck (section)

=== Citizenship ===
Grothendieck was born in [[Weimar Republic|Weimar Germany]]. In 1938, aged ten, he moved to France as a refugee. Records of his nationality were destroyed in the [[third Reich|fall of Nazi Germany]] in 1945 and he did not apply for [[French citizenship]] after the war. Thus, he became a [[Statelessness|stateless]] person for at least the majority of his working life and he traveled on a [[Nansen passport]].{{sfn|Douroux|2012}}{{sfn|Cartier|2004|loc=p. 10, footnote 12}}{{sfn|Kleinert|2007}}<!--Note: Douroux 2012's 1971 date is incorrect; given Cartier's other statements, 1981 (i.e. during the 1980s) is more credible (see Cartier 2001, p.&nbsp;393: "...an absurd trial in 1977 due to a 1945 regulation that made it a misdemeanor to meet with a foreigner," indicating that Grothendieck did not have French nationality in 1977.--> Part of his reluctance to hold French nationality is attributed to not wishing to serve in the French military, particularly due to the [[Algerian War]] (1954–62).{{sfn|Cartier|2004}}{{sfn|Kleinert|2007}}{{sfn|Cartier|2001}} He eventually applied for French citizenship in the early 1980s, after he was well past the age that would have required him to do military service.{{sfn|Cartier|2004}}