Overview
- Description
- The collection consists of a false birth certificate purchased by Michal Holzer for his daughter, Roma Drzewiecka Nitkowska as well as three copy photographs.
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Roma Nitkowska
- Collection Creator
- Roma Nitkowska
- Biography
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Roma Drzewiecka Nitkowska was born in Krakow, Poland on June 25, 1938. Her father, Michal Holzer, was an officer in the Polish Army and her mother, Hanna Lamensdorf Holzer, was a seamstress. In September 1939 her family fled Krakow to Lvov, Poland, under Soviet administration. Roma’s father purchased a false baptismal certificate for his daughter, foreseeing its future necessity. The family moved to a small village near Bialystok, Poland. Michal Holzer survived the war in the Soviet Union. Roma and her mother moved to Przemyśl in 1942 and lived there under false identity. After liberation in 1944, the reunited family lived in Krakow and in 1947 they moved to Warsaw, where Roma’s younger brother, Jurek Holzer, was born the same year. Roma married Jerzy Nitkowska in 1959. In 1969 and 1971, respectively, Roma’s brother and parents left Poland for Sweden and in 1983 Roma Nitkowska with her husband and son joined them in Stockholm, Sweden.
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Birth certificates. Photographs.
- Extent
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1 folder
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- Material(s) in this collection may be protected by copyright and/or related rights. You do not require further permission from the Museum to use this material. The user is solely responsible for making a determination as to if and how the material may be used.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1999 by Roma Nitkowska.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-03-04 15:27:27
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