Mr. Wajzman Holds a Photograph of his Family while Standing Next to Wife

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Object ID

2014.1.388

Object Name

Print, Photographic

Date

7-10-1981

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Description

Front: Man, looking at camera, holds a photograph of a large family while wife at his side looks to Back: Handwritten information, 'Sender Wajzman and wife. Mindelle. Pic is all his relatives - only he survived holocaust, of the whole group. T. Robb 7-10-81'. 'Date Used JUL 12 1981' hand stamp below handwriting.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

Mr. Wajzman was born in Vilna, Poland in 1919. He was a Holocaust survivor who had been a prisoner in a concentration camp during World War II. He is pictured for a local newspaper holding a pre-World War II photograph of his family from Poland, all of whom were murdered during the Holocaust. He was the only member of his family to survive. He taught Yiddish in Florida for many years and served on the board of the South Florida Memorial Center before his death in 1996.

Dimensions

8 x 10"

Keywords

Wajzman, survivor, Pre-Holocaust, Pre-War

Subcollection

Post

Recommended Citation

"Mr. Wajzman Holds a Photograph of his Family while Standing Next to Wife" (1981). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2014.1.388.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/1329

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