Certificate of Citizenship document holder

The certificate holder was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2014 by the Estate of Wesley Zineski 

Certificate of Citizenship document holder 

overall: Height: 8.750 inches (22.225 cm) | Width: 3.750 inches (9.525 cm) 

United States Certificate of Naturalization document holder. The certificate was issued to Wesley Cosimer Zineski in 1953. The holder is part of a collection documenting the experiences of the Zyzniewski family before, during and after WWII. The Zyzniewskis were a Catholic family from Łódź who were active in the resistance. Wieslaw Zyzniewski (later Wesley Zineski) and his mother Janina were arrested by the Gestapo in February 1942 for their political activities and first sent to Radgoszcz. In October 1942 they were sent to Auschwitz, where Janina died in January 1943. Wieslaw was sent to Buchenwald in March 1943 where he was liberated by the US Army in April 1945. 

No restrictions on access 

Restrictions on use. Copyright may be retained by the Estate of Wesley Zineski. 

Leather document holder embossed with the words"Certificate of Citizenship/United States of America"