Sources

ID card applications (wnioski o dowód osobisty)

Polish ID card applications (and earlier citizenship booklets) are particularly valuable in proceedings for the confirmation of Polish citizenship. Each application contains a photograph, personal data, parents’ names, a history of registered addresses, and the applicant’s handwritten signature. They are held in state archives.

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A 1960s Polish ID card application form filled by hand with a black-and-white photograph attached.
A Polish ID card application from the 1960s.