Did communist Poland really allow dual citizenship? I'd have thought this would be a case where getting out of the Eastern bloc was a one-way trip, at least until 1989.
I don't think communist Poland allowed dual citizenship, but they allowed emigrants to the US to travel back there for at least a short visit. I had a roomie in med school (early 90s) whose parents emigrated from communist Poland to the US in the late 60s. They used to go back to Poland for a couple of weeks every 2-3 years.
Her parents both became US citizens and renounced Polish citizenship - but I'm honestly not sure whether that was a Polish requirement or a US one.
If he has at least one Jewish grandparent, and has the paperwork to show for it (which, with a Jewish uncle living in Israel, is probably a foregone conclusion), he can obtain a Jewish citizenship pretty much automatically as per the Law of Return. Adoption is unnecessary.
"He's already old enough to have his own political opinions, and probably wouldn't want to serve in the military."
This language makes me question whether OP has done their goddamned homework on Jewish people in Poland, or the political situation in Israel in the 1980s. (Before or after 1982? Before or after the First Intifada? These things matter.) ("USSR" is secondary here; there are reasons that Jewish persons who'll forgive Germany and German people still refuse to forgive Poland and Polish people.) Strong language used because quite bluntly, if OP has failed to do so then OP is liable to fall into antisemitic tropes. If OP has projected from the present situation and their personal opinions to the 1980s without a second thought, OP probably has internalized
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See also, though note the specifics would've been different in the 1980s. In particularly the Na'aleh program (for teen making aliya without their parents) only started in 1992. However, reading up on the history of the na'aleh program may be a good starting point.
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Her parents both became US citizens and renounced Polish citizenship - but I'm honestly not sure whether that was a Polish requirement or a US one.
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"He's already old enough to have his own political opinions, and probably wouldn't want to serve in the military."
This language makes me question whether OP has done their goddamned homework on Jewish people in Poland, or the political situation in Israel in the 1980s. (Before or after 1982? Before or after the First Intifada? These things matter.) ("USSR" is secondary here; there are reasons that Jewish persons who'll forgive Germany and German people still refuse to forgive Poland and Polish people.) Strong language used because quite bluntly, if OP has failed to do so then OP is liable to fall into antisemitic tropes. If OP has projected from the present situation and their personal opinions to the 1980s without a second thought, OP probably has internalized ( ... )
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