Wiener Homenrolle: Historical treasures for citizenship applications
Wiener Homenrolle: Historical treasures for citizenship applications
The focus is on the "home role" in Vienna, a historical document that emerged from conscription sheets and serves to review Austrian citizenship. These handwritten index cards, which go back until after the Second World War, contain extensive information about people such as work, place of residence and descent. Particularly challenging for the MA 35 employees is deciphering the entries that are often written in Kurrzrift, as the head Eva Horak explains. In view of the multitude of over 1.5 million documents, the "home role" is now digitized to facilitate access. So far, around 320,000 index cards have been recorded digitally, whereby the entire project should be completed by the end of the year, as shown in the report ofCitizenship request from foreigners
Current statistics show that around a third of the Viennese population is not owned by Austrian citizenship. A study by the City of Vienna, carried out with the Commission for Migration and Integration Research, showed that 39 percent of the foreigners surveyed would like to acquire Austrian citizenship. The main reasons are the feeling of belonging and the desire for a safer stay. Access to the right to vote is also an important motive for potential applicants, according to the study by An essential part of the debate about citizenship is the proposal to simplify naturalization law and allow double citizenships. This could encourage more people to make an application. Study author Max Haller points out that Austria has strict requirements for the acquisition of citizenship compared to other countries, which affects the integration opportunities of immigrants.
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