Roma obtains fake papers in order to pretend to be a Christian woman called Cecylia Szarek. Although she loses her husband and only child, Bruno, she does survive the war and moves to the United States.
In order to deceive others about her true identity, Roma obtains counterfeit papers and adopts the alias Cecylia Szarek. Despite this ruse, she loses her loved ones but finds a way to survive and ultimately find refuge in the United States.