Need help with getting a birth certificate

Obtaining Documents

My grandmother was a German citizen born in Schrimm, Posen in 1941. We do not have a copy of her birth certificate, but we do have expired German passports and ID cards. I am unsure if I need to go through a Standesamt or Poland to request her birth certificate from since one of her ID cards says “Schrimm/Warthegau,” which I understand to have been part of Germany at the time. Does anyone know how to proceed?

Posted Apr 9, 2026, 8:05 PM UTC

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