official document

Application for Palestinian Citizenship — cover page

1945 from Haifa between Änne Berger , Chaim Berger 19 pages

Transcription — English

GOVERNMENT OF PALESTINE
DEPARTMENT OF MIGRATION

APPLICATION FOR PALESTINIAN CITIZENSHIP

Name of applicant: BERGER (handwritten)
(Applicant's name as entered)
Original name in full (if changed): ANNE / OPPENHEIMER (handwritten)

Name of applicant's wife: (field not filled)
Maiden name: OPPENHEIMER (handwritten)

FOR USE BY C.I.D.
File No.: [handwritten entries]

No. of file rejected

FOR USE BY HEADQUARTERS OFFICE
1. Checked with (a) background records (b) health records (c) Special List [?]
2. Application checked by: [handwritten]
3. Approved by: [handwritten]
4. Serial Number of certificate of naturalization issued:

[Handwritten notation in margin: NR/L/L/O?]

[Barcode: 3220/075-מ]
[STAMP: FILE NO 3220/075-M]

Historical context

This is the cover sheet of Änne Oppenheimer Berger's Palestinian citizenship application file 3220/075. The form identifies her as Anne Oppenheimer (later married name Berger), a German Jewish refugee seeking Palestinian citizenship. The file barcode and stamp confirm this is the official Department of Migration record. This document marks the beginning of her naturalization process under Palestinian law in the mid-1940s, following her arrival in Haifa in January 1940.