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Daniel Atz
Born (1988-09-01) September 1, 1988 (age 37)
Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.
EducationLoyola University Chicago (BA)
Occupations
  • Entrepreneur
  • documentary producer
Known forFounder of LuxCitizenship
Websitedanielatz.com

Daniel Atz (born 1 September 1988) is an American-Luxembourgish entrepreneur and documentary producer. He founded LuxCitizenship in 2016, a consultancy that assists United States applicants for Luxembourgish citizenship by descent, and later launched Citizenship.EU. His work has been covered by outlets in Luxembourg, Germany, Brazil and Italy, often in the context of rising U.S. demand for European citizenship during the Trump era.[1][2][3][4][5]

Early life and education

Atz was born in Omaha, Nebraska. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in International Studies from Loyola University Chicago and a Certificate in Advanced Business Chinese from the University of International Business and Economics in Beijing. He also studied European business law at the École Supérieure du Commerce Extérieur in Paris.[1]

In 2014, Atz recovered Luxembourgish nationality through his great-grandmother, Marguerite Kruchten, who had emigrated from Esch-sur-Alzette to the United States after World War I.[6][1] In 2017, after an RTL Télé Lëtzebuerg broadcast about his work, a relative in Luxembourg recognised his great-grandmother in a photograph; the subsequent family reunion in Esch-sur-Alzette was documented by RTL.[6]

Career

Early career

Before founding LuxCitizenship, Atz worked at the Belgian-American Chamber of Commerce (BelCham), where he supported the entry of more than 200 Belgian small and medium-sized enterprises into the United States market.[7]

LuxCitizenship and Citizenship.EU

Atz founded LuxCitizenship in November 2016 to assist members of the Luxembourgish diaspora in reclaiming dual nationality.[8] As of 2024, the French-language daily L'essentiel reported that the firm had assisted more than 2,210 Americans in obtaining Luxembourgish citizenship.[8] He subsequently launched Citizenship.EU, an online platform that uses artificial intelligence to help users assess eligibility for citizenship by descent across the 27 European Union member states.

Media coverage and research

Atz has been profiled by L'essentiel in two dedicated articles, which described him as "building a bridge between America and Luxembourg".[1][8] He has been quoted in Luxembourg Times, Virgule, Contacto, Saarbrücker Zeitung, Lëtzebuerger Land and Brazilian outlets including CNN Brasil, typically in reporting on the increase in U.S. applications for European citizenship.[2][3][9][4][10][5] Several of these outlets have described the post-2016 rise in U.S. citizenship applications as a "Trump effect".[3][4]

Through the American Emigration Revue, a research and editorial project he founded in 2025, Atz has written on what he calls an "Exit Mindset" among Americans pursuing a second passport as a form of political "insurance".[3]

Documentary filmmaking

Atz produced the documentary Lëtzebuerger an Argentinien ("Luxembourgers in Argentina"), about 19th-century Luxembourgish emigration to Argentina. The film was released by Connaissance Films and premiered on 23 November 2025 at Ciné Utopia in Luxembourg City, where it was Luxembourg's official selection for the 10th European Arthouse Cinema Day.[11][12]

Institutional relations

In 2022, Atz was part of a delegation that visited Rio Negro (Paraná, Brazil), a municipality with a historical Luxembourgish-descendant community.[13]

Publications

  • The LuxCitizenship Study 2024: A study of the Luxembourgish dual nationals in the Americas (2024), listed by the Luxembourgish open-data portal data.public.lu.[14]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Recherche d'identité: Daniel Atz jette un pont entre l'Amérique et le Luxembourg" (in French). L'essentiel.
  2. ^ a b "More Americans applied for Luxembourg citizenship after Roe v Wade overturn". Luxembourg Times.
  3. ^ a b c d "Comment Donald Trump déclenche une ruée vers la nationalité luxembourgeoise" (in French). Virgule.
  4. ^ a b c "Trump-Effekt: Immer mehr Amerikaner wollen Luxemburger Pass" (in German). Saarbrücker Zeitung.
  5. ^ a b "Eleição em Luxemburgo, neste domingo (8), tem eleitorado e candidata brasileira" (in Portuguese). CNN Brasil.
  6. ^ a b "Daniel Atz: The man helping Americans claim Luxembourgish citizenship". RTL Today.
  7. ^ "European Cleantech Companies Face IP Hurdles When Expanding in U.S." CleantechIQ (archived). 2018.
  8. ^ a b c "LuxCitizenship: il aide les Américains à devenir luxembourgeois" (in French). L'essentiel.
  9. ^ "Efeito Trump: cada vez mais norte-americanos procuram cidadania luxemburguesa" (in Portuguese). Contacto.
  10. ^ "Article" (in German). d'Lëtzebuerger Land.
  11. ^ "Documentary tells of little-known hardships of Luxembourgers in 1880s Argentina". Luxembourg Times.
  12. ^ "En Abléck an d'Lëtzebuerger Communautéit an Argentinien" (in Luxembourgish). RTL Lëtzebuerg.
  13. ^ "Prefeitura de Rio Negro apresenta potenciais do município a uma comitiva de Luxemburgo" (in Portuguese). Click Rio Mafra.
  14. ^ "Sur la trace des Luxembourgeois outre-Atlantique" (in French). data.public.lu.


Category:1988 births Category:Living people Category:American people of Luxembourgish descent Category:People from Omaha, Nebraska Category:Loyola University Chicago alumni Category:American documentary film producers

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