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Citizenship application

Private. Not linked from any shared page. Not discussed with collaborators in Poland.

What it is

An application for Polish citizenship by presidential grant, resting on the family's four generations in Wieluń and on the work now being done in and for the town.

Structure of the case

Lineage. Documented from primary sources: the 1810 Krzepice list, the Praszka and Wieluń civil registers, the Wieluń book of permanent residents with the family's own pages, birth records for Szaja and six of his sons, the death record of 1 September 1939, and the 1939 English National Register catching the surname mid-change. Nothing rests on family memory alone.

Contribution. Research given freely to Polish institutions; collaboration with the Janusz Korczak Secondary School in Wieluń and with the cultural centre in Praszka; the donation of the only known photograph of the Wieluń Jewish cemetery to the Museum of the Wieluń Land at its own request; the 1929 directory study; proposed memorial plaques and multilingual trail signage; replica matzevot; and the book.

Where it stands (September 2026)

  • Lineage: as strong as this kind of case gets.
  • Contribution: real but young — the first visit was April 2026. Its strength is the quality of the evidence rather than its duration: the school's two public posts and the museum's unsolicited request were written before anyone thought of an application.
  • Eleven exhibits outstanding, mostly institutional letters confirming things that have already happened.

What would move it most

  1. A Polish-language publication in Wieluń, before the book.
  2. The four letters (museum, school, town office, Praszka).
  3. The signed collection agreement with the museum.
  4. A plaque or a sign in the street — something permanent — ideally by 1 September 2027.
  5. Documented study of Polish.

Documents

  • Civic contribution dossier (PL/EN)
  • Summary of the case (PL/EN)
  • Schedule of exhibits
  • Donation statement for the Zelda Krzuk photograph (PL/EN)

Note

The descent route is not available; this is a discretionary application. Legal advice is separate and stays with the lawyers.