Official Opinion of the 33rd Police Precinct 
Done at Berlin, April 10, 1861 


Dr Karl Marx arrived here on March 1, 1861.° After he had declared that he wished 
to settle here and obtain the status of a Prussian citizen by naturalisation, he gave the 
following information as to his personal situation: 


I was born on May 5, 1818, at Trier in the Prussian Rhine 
Province, profess the Evangelical religion and am legally competent 
according to the laws of my previous homeland. I have resided in 
England for the last twelve years, supported myself there by 
literary work and have not been aided by public relief funds. I have 
several times been under investigation because of political press 
prosecutions and refer to the existing files for my conduct. I have 
not applied to any other Prussian authority for naturalisation or 
domiciliation and have never been rejected in this respect. In this 
connection, I have been notified that failure to report an 
investigation made of me or my dependents as well as incorrect 
data concerning my situation in general, or failure to report an 
application for naturalisation made to another Prussian authority 
will entail the cancellation and the withdrawal of the certificate of 
naturalisation, that the decision as to my application for domicilia- 
tion regardless of the declaration of the municipal authorities and 
acceptance of the filing fees, is made exclusively by the Royal Police 
Presidium, and I am therefore to refrain before obtaining the 
naturalisation and domiciliation certificates from any steps what- 
soever to establish myself. 


a The document is obviously incorrect here: Marx came to Berlin on March 17, 
1861.— Ed. 


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I have not yet rented any dwelling place of my own here—I have 
found lodging with Dr Lassalle, Bellevuestr. No. 13—and_ will 
support myself and my family by my literary work. 

My income comes to about 2,000 reichsthaler; neither I nor my 
wife have any property. 

With respect to my military status, I am already exempt from all 
service in the army because of my age. 

I have no decorations. 

T request: 

that the certificate of naturalisation be issued me and that I be 
permitted to take up residence here. 

Read aloud, accepted, signed. 


Dr Karl Marx?