Termination of Polish Citizenship
Shoreshim has obtained a list of almost 1,500 names of Jews who - in order to emigrate - had to renounce their Polish nationality. This took place prior to the year 1939. Only a limited amount of information from this material is being made available to the general public and can be searched below. The info includes:
Last name: This sometimes includes the maternal surname if the individual's parents were not officially married.
First name:
Date and place of birth:
Parents:
Note: the original documents contain a lot more additional information which is sure to be of great interest to genealogists. For example, the originals include:
Destination: This is the country or town where the individual intends to emigrate to. They include South Africa, England, Israel, France, Germany, USA, and a whole host of other countries.
Occupation:
Comments: These have a date followed by a comment such as: 'changing surname to ...', 'deprived of Polish citizenship..', 'Married to...' etc.
Photographs: Many of the documents include old black-&-white or sepia photographs of the applicant and his family.
The original documents contain a lot more additional information which is sure to be of great interest to genealogists. Check our FAQ utility to see how to obtain copies of the original document - and hence ALL of the information.
