Originally Posted by
Flying Lawyer
The Deutsche Reich never seized to exist. It was controlled by the four powers, however, it still was Germany. So this does not constitute a problem at all.
The reason I brought up the question of "who would have issued travel documents in 1947" is that certain official documents were issued by the occupying powers rather than the German authorities in those days. I know this because I have seen documents that were issued to my father.
My thinking was that maybe
jugnage's father was issued German documents in error by an Allied officer who didn't know any better. ("Born in Germany? Must be German!")