komi
10 May 2018
History / Questions re: Polish passports during interwar period [4]
I just had a couple questions regarding details of Polish passports during the Second Polish Republic (aka interwar Poland).
Firstly, for foriegn-born people of Polish descent who went to Poland to get citizenship, was their place of birth on the passport written in Polish or a foreign language? For example, in the case of a returning Pole who was born to immigrants in New York, would their birthplace on the passport read "New York" in English or "Nowy Jork" in Polish?
Secondly, I know that under the Citizenship Act of 1920 Poles could lose their citizenship if they joined a foreign military without special Polish government consent (except during WW2 with Poles in places like the British army). Did this rule also apply to Poles who joined foreign police forces?
I just had a couple questions regarding details of Polish passports during the Second Polish Republic (aka interwar Poland).
Firstly, for foriegn-born people of Polish descent who went to Poland to get citizenship, was their place of birth on the passport written in Polish or a foreign language? For example, in the case of a returning Pole who was born to immigrants in New York, would their birthplace on the passport read "New York" in English or "Nowy Jork" in Polish?
Secondly, I know that under the Citizenship Act of 1920 Poles could lose their citizenship if they joined a foreign military without special Polish government consent (except during WW2 with Poles in places like the British army). Did this rule also apply to Poles who joined foreign police forces?