Citizenship Certificate

Held by

Montreal Holocaust Museum via Canadian Jewish Heritage Network (incl. Alex Dworkin Canadian Jewish Archives)

Dates

March 18, 1955 (indexed as 1955)

Level

item

Extent

Citizenship Certificate : paper : Printed ; Ht: 20 cm x W: 25 cm

Scope & content

Form with details typed-in, b&w photo attached, embossed stamp from the United States District Court of the District of New York, U.S. Certificate of Naturalization for Rosa Zabejinski, born May 24, 1885 in Russia. Narrative: Gregory Hirsch Braude (donor’s father) was born in Smorgon, near Riga, Latvia, on May 23, 1900. Between that time and 1920, his family had moved to Berlin, Germany. Vera Braude, née Zabejinski, was born in Moscow, Russia, in 1908. In 1920, Vera’s family moved to Berlin, Germany. Gregory met Vera Zabejinski (born on June 23, 1908, in Moscow) at a masked ball in 1929 and then got married. They remained in Berlin until the spring of 1938 and moved to Paris, France. Their daughter, Marina was born there on January 17, 1940. Around 1941, Gregory, Vera, their daughter Marina, and Johanan (one of Gregory’s elder brothers) escaped Paris towards Marseilles. Then they were smuggled out to Lisbon, Portugal. While in Lisbon, the family got visas for Cuba and left for Havana aboard the Serpa Pinto. They remained there for approximately six months. The family later moved to New York City after Gregory got a visa for the United States. He and Vera had a son, Alexander, in New York in 1946. In New York, Gregory and Johanan established a business, Braude Brothers Leather Tanning Corporation, while Vera was an artist and a homemaker. Vera’s parents, Rosa Zabejinski (née Belkin, on May 24, 1885) and Gregory Zabejinski (born on March 23, 1879), had joined them in Paris, while her sister, Rufina ("Ina"), hid in a fishing village in France. Rufina had married Marc Beaucourt, a non-Jewish Frenchman. Rufina’s in-laws, the Beaucourt, had arranged to build a hidden room behind their daughter Lydie’s room for Rosa and Gregory to hide into.

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Document

Genealogy

Immigration / naturalization

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THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICAORIGINALTO BE GIVEN TOTHE PERSON NATURALIZEDCERTIFICATE OF NATURALIZATIONNo. 7421006Petition No. 654300Rose ZabejinskiUNITED STATES OF AMERICASOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ss:Rose Zabejinski then residing at 840 West End Avenue, New York, N.Y.William V. O'Connell Clerk U.S. District CourtDEPARTMENT OF JUSTICEPersonal description of holder as of date of naturalization: Date of birth May 24, 1885 sex female complexion medium color of eyes grey color of hair grey height 5 feet 0 inches weight 110 pounds visible distinctive marks none married status married former nationality RussiaI certify that the description above given is true, and that the photograph affixed hereto is a likeness of me.(Complete and true signature of holder)Be it known that at a term of the District Court of the United States held pursuant to law at New York City on March 18, 1955intends to reside permanently in the United States (when so required by the Naturalization laws of the United States), had in all other respects complied with the applicable provisions of such naturalization laws, and was entitled to be admitted to citizenship, thereupon ordered that such person be and she was admitted as a citizen of the United States of America.In testimony whereof the seal of the court is hereunto affixed this 18th day of March in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and fifty-five and of our Independence the one hundred and seventy-ninthRead automatically; may contain mistakes.

Language

English

Harvested

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