Originally Posted by silam

I am interested in applying for citizenship to Poland. My grandmother was born there, but we have been unable to find a copy of her birth certificate. It is highly likely it was destroyed in the war. She is a naturalized US citizen but has never formally renounced Polish citizenship (not that she probably even knows she could still be considered a Polish citizen).

As her birth certificate is a document that is necessary to gain my Polish citizenship, has anyone been able to work around this due to the sheer numbers of documents destroyed in the war? I will talk with the consulate when my time frees up a bit, just try to see if anyone else has had experience with this issue first.