Shanghai register of Polish citizens from 1934-1941 Szanghajski rejestr obywateli polskich z lat 1934-1941

Shanghai Ledger contains the records on Polish citizens kept by the Consulate of Poland in Shanghai in 1934-1943. The ledger was the supporting administrative tool for the diplomatic outpost as well as for the citizens, who settled in a given consulate jurisdiction. Based on the ledger, Polish citizens were able to apply for various documents and compensation. They could also be found more easily by their relatives and were able to get through all the formalities at the consulate faster. The ledger records the experiences of the citizens listed and the material evidence of the care and help provided by the Polish diplomatic and consular outposts in the Far East (Tokyo and Shanghai) after the outbreak of WWII. There are many Polish Jews among registered persons. Roughly 60% of the registrants are identified as Jewish, 34% as Roman Catholic, 3% as Orthodox, and 2% as Protestant. The copy of the ledger made in 2005 is also avaiable in The Library of Congress, along with index: https://www.loc.gov/rr/european/polref/polrefindex.html Digital copy online in pdf: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/service/gdc/scd0001/2012/20120822013le/20120822013le.pdf

Each ledger facing page consists of 13 columns. In addition to personal names, the ledger provides the following categories of information: date of registration; profession; religion; place and date of birth; marital status; permanent address in Poland and address of next of kin (rarely provided); place of residence in the consular district; documents on the basis of which the person is registered (generally passport); names and year and place of birth of wife and children; passport expiration date; comments (e.g., "emigrated to America"; "returned to Poland"; "died"). .Contains approximately 1600 entries.