Chana Batista papers

Document | Accession Number: 2001.197.1

Consists of a registration certificate; issued in Czestochowa, Poland, on 14 January 1944, attesting to the fact that Eugenia Koziarska (in reality Sara Rozen; now: Chana Batista) was a Catholic and resided with Henryk and Gertruda Zielonka and a copy photograph bearing the image of Gecel Rozyn (or Rozen), the donor’s father, who was murdered in the Buchenwald, Germany, concentration camp in 1945.

Date: issue: circa 1938-1944 January
Language: Polish
German
Genre/Form: Certificates.
Extent: 1 folder
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum collection, gift of Chana Batista

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Document Creator: Chana Batista
Biography: Chana was born in 1938 in Czestochowa and her mother tried to find a hiding place for her, without success. Chana was picked up in the street by a Polish man and saved by the Zielonka family. Guta Rozen was executed with hospital patients in the fall 1944 and her husband Gecel died during the death march from Buchenwald in April 1945; Czestochowa, Poland; circa 1935.
Topical Term: Hidden children (Holocaust)
Personal Name: Rozyn, Gecel.
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2001 by Chana Batista.
Conditions on Access: No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use: No restrictions on use
: Record last modified: 2021-05-25 15:05:49
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Contains materials documenting the experiences of Chana Batista and her family during the Holocaust. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.