According to his WW2 Draft Registration Adolph Polkowitz was born in Orosweg, Hungary 7/26/1889.
Used following to get record above. I also examined census records, where he is listed w/Dora and Sidney & Janice.
http://search.ancestry.ca/During turn of 20th century Oroszveg was a village of 940 people, predominantly German, Hungarian and Rusyn (Ruthenian). The filial Jewish kahal was in Munkacs. The village was located in Munkacs jaras/district > Bereg megve (county) > Kingdom of Hungary, Austro-Hungarian Empire. During Interwar Period (1920-1938) this region was part of Czechoslovakia. After WW2 was attached to SSR Ukraine until 1991, when Ukraine became independent. Today the village is called Kopynivtsi (Копинівці) > Mukachevo raion/district > Zakarpatska oblast/region > Ukraine, latest zip code 89631.
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http://www.rtrfoundation.org/results.php?townName=MUKACHEVOArchives:
Jewish Historical Institute
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Warszawa 00-090 Poland
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РАЦС Мукачівського міськрайонного управління юстиції
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