Hermine Diebolt explains that passports, as we understand them today, have only been around for about 100 years, developed after World War I to regulate border crossings.
Post-Brexit, UK citizens have lost their European identity and many are applying for German citizenship to regain rights they once held in the EU.
The requirement for official identification started during the war, aiming to streamline the approval process for travelers and authenticate their identities amid a plethora of documents.
As empires fell and nations formed in the aftermath of World War I, the concept of citizenship emerged, shifting identities from subjects to national citizens.
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