Rather somber moment, opening the e-mail from a citizenship client, and it says:
I have also attached the transportation records for my great-great-grandfather’s 1941 deportation from Hamburg to Lodz and his 1942 death record.
That really puts into perspective some of my other cases.
The Happy Hermit 
Hi Andreas, My name is Diane and I live in Chicago Il. My mothers only sister (my mother died in 2003 in Chicago) died in Dusseldorf August 7, 2015. I was notified by the courts in Dusseldorf and was NOT in her will. I am the only living relative and I have wrote to the courts only wishing to receive belongings from my Grandmother and Grandfather and Aunt, such a photo’s, Birth certificates, and all inportant papers. They wrote me back the 3 names in the will and I have wrote to these 3 people and I have gotten no response. Any ideas as to how to get them to respond to my wish? I am just heart broken.
My E-mail address is
Byrdnest968@gmail.com
Hello Diane,
legally, there is nothing that can be done.
As a niece, you are not protected by forced heirship.
(And even if there had been, the right would have expired 3 years after your aunt’s death.)