Posts by JulianSki

JulianSki

23 Jun 2023

Law / Polish Citizenship and Passport; "The child shall acquire Polish citizenship at birth when...)" [3]

I was researching recently and I found this law recently that I am quite curious about.

According to the Polish Citizenship Act under Article 14, it states: "The child shall acquire Polish citizenship at birth when: 1) at least one of the parents has Polish citizenship"

Now I am born and raised outside of Poland but both my mother and father were born and raised in Poland and therefore would have citizenship. By this law of citizenship, would this make me a citizen of Poland? And therefore would I be eligible to get items such as a Polish passport and the such?

I am most curious about this and any help is appreciated :)

JulianSki

13 Aug 2022

Genealogy / Researching The Polish Armed Forces in the East (Polskie Siły Zbrojne na Wschodzie) [NEW]

Hello,
I am researching my grandfather who was a Podporucznik in the Polish army in the USSR and fought with them during WWII. I have had trouble figuring out his military past and I'm wondering if anybody here has any idea on how to research a soldier from that army. Files, Records, Medals, Etc, Anything that would help.

If you do find something that would help me in researching my grandfather then I will be really thankful and glad. :)

JulianSki

27 Jul 2022

History / Polish military uniforms - collar markings [74]

I thank your interest but it seems that I have solved my own mystery!
My rechecking of this thread had led me to try some hard researching of my own and while I was looking through family photographs I rediscovered these 2 photos. By seeing the rankings on his shoulders I have discovered that he held the rank of Podporucznik during his time in the war making him an officer! Though you didn't help directly, I thank you Pawian for re-sparking my interest in finding out my Grandfather's story. :)

JulianSki

26 Jul 2022

History / Polish military uniforms - collar markings [74]

I apologise for the bad quality of the photograph because I only have 1 photo of him in uniform which is this one and its unfortunately been lost in my family's collection. But I appreciate the response and its further insight of what happened to my grandfather during the war.

JulianSki

28 Jun 2022

History / Polish military uniforms - collar markings [74]

Hello, This a photograph of my grandfather. From the information that I know about him, He fought in the Polish-Soviet army in WW2 as a cavalry soldier. Any help with identifying his rank from this photograph or any other info would be very appreciated.

:)