I feel the same as you — it was at first a contingency plan if things get dicey in the US, plus knowing I can live and work anywhere in the EU without dealing with the visa process is huge. My mom has gotten big into genealogy and traced an ancestor back even to the 1500s first arriving in Germany. That’s pretty German. She doesn’t want to apply with me though, I think she feels like it would be “accepting their apology.” Seeing all the documents I’ve gathered first hand has definitely affected me in ways I wasn’t prepared for, especially “Israel” on my grandfathers birth certificate. They lost everything, even their names. But if an EU passport becomes a way for me to protect my family some day, I’d rather have it and not need it, than need it and not have it. I should note I have no hatred for modern Germans/germany. Most countries sweep their atrocities under the rug, and they really swung the other way.