Summary
Official certificate of Nationality issued to Nicolae Condurateanu in 1947, while he was in a Displaced Persons camp in Germany. The certificate confirms his Romanian nationality.
Nicolae Condurateanu was a Romanian who was placed in a POW camp during World War II in Germany. He met his wife Barbara, also a Romanian, when she caught the wrong train and ended up in a German Displaced Persons camp, where Nicolae was Barbara had spent World War II in a Russian POW camp and was meant to have been on a train back to Romania. The couple married in 1948 at the A1 Heetre Camp and immigrated to Australia in 1950, where Nicolae worked in a Tea factory and Barbara at the Four and Twenty Pie factory. They had no family in Australia and had to rely on each other for support eventually purchasing a house and establishing a life in their new country.
Physical Description
Foolscap paper document written in Romanian. The document has several Romanian stamps in the top left corner and a small black and white photograph of Nicolae in the top right corner.
More Information
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Ms Carla Lolicato, 16 May 2002
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Place & Date Issued
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Issued To
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Inscriptions
CERTIFICAT [Extensive text in Romanian]
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Classification
Migration, Processing - planning & departure, Identification
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Overall Dimensions
21 cm (Length), 15 cm (Height)
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Keywords
Displaced Persons, Immigration, Migrant Camps, Migrant Hostels, Migrant Reception Centres, Romanian Communities, Romanian Immigration