The law firm successfully conducted a case for confirmation of Polish citizenship for a descendant of Polish emigrants of Jewish nationality. Emigration took place in the 20s of the twentieth century and for this reason it was very clear that the ancestors of our client lived at all after Poland regained independence in 1918 on its territory. One of the evidence we referred to was the signature of the client’s father on the Polish Declarations of Admiration and Friendship for the United States.
The signatures of the Declaration were collected in 1926 all over Poland, both from representatives of central, church and military authorities and distinguished citizens, but also among students. About 5.5 million of them signed up, including our client’s father. The declaration, together with its signatures, had as many as 111 volumes and was handed over to US President Cavin Coolidge on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the US Declaration of Independence.
Currently, all volumes are scanned and available from the US Library of Congress website.