Termination of Polish Citizenship

Note: This data has been temporarily removed as it is being transferred to the main JewishGen website.

Thanks to the effort and collaboration established between our researchers and the Kraków Archives, (branch II), the Kraków kehilalink has now obtained a list of almost fifteen-hundred 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. The limited information include:

• Surname - This sometimes includes the maternal surname if the individual's parents were not officially married.
• First Name
• Date and Place of Birth - The vast majority of these entries come from Kraków and the surrounding towns, but many other Polish towns (and a couple of non-Polish towns such as Antwerp and Hamburg) can be found.
• Other Family Members - This includes the names of the children and wife (including maiden name).

It must, however, be stressed that the original documents contain alot more information that 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. 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 either old black & white or sepia photographs of the applicant and his family.

Those wishing to obtain copies of the original document - and hence ALL of the information - should E-mail the Kraków Archives by clicking here.

Acknowledgments: The availability of this material is entirely due to the efforts exerted by the Kraków Archives in Grodzka Street.
The Kraków kehilalink extends its sincere appreciation to the archives staff. Thanks also to Miriam Romm who was instrumental in liaising with the Kraków Archives.