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Title:	Jacob Waizman provisional identification card for civilian internee of Buchenwald, 1945.
Summary note:	This is the identification card issued to Jacob Waizman (Jakub Wajcman) upon his liberation from Buchenwald concentration by the U.S. Third Army. It bears his prisoner number, dates of internment, fingerprint, and signature. The item is accompanied by funeral programs for he and his wife Paula, and a photocopy of their marriage certificate.
Source of Acquisition:	Donated by Rose Schiller, 2011.
Biographical/Historical note:	Jacob Waizman (Jakub Wajcman) was born on April 5, 1920 in Poland. In 1939, he and his parents while residing at Zawiercie were forced into a ghetto after the Nazi invasion. They were later sent to Auschwitz where Jacob's parents perished in the gas chamber. Jacob was sent to various work camps for forced labor and was ultimately located at Buchenwald. He was liberated on April 11, 1945 by the 6th Armored Division of the U.S. Third Army. After his liberation Waizman returned to Poland where he met his wife Paula, who had also been a concentration camp survivor. The couple immigrated to the United States in 1949 and after a brief time in New York City moved to Des Moines in May of 1950. Waizman worked at the Hotel Fort Des Moines and a local restaurant prior to his employment as an assistant engineer with the Des Moines Public Schools. He was a member of the Des Moines Jewish Federation and Beth El Jacob Synagogue, and spoke throughout central Iowa about his Holocaust experiences. In the mid-1980s he was interviewed as part of the Des Moines Holocaust Survivors Project and a copy of his video testimonial is housed with the records of that project in the special collections of the State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines.
Subject(s):	Waizman, Jacob -- 1920-2009. Buchenwald (Concentration camp) World War, 1939-1945 -- Concentration camps. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Sources. Holocaust survivors -- Iowa.
Author:	Waizman, Jacob, 1920-2009.
Format:	1 item (1 folder)
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990058659900202771 20160714132233.0 110420i19451945xx 000 0 ger d ‡a(IaU)005865990IOW01 ‡a(OCoLC)713565650 ‡aHDM‡cHDM‡edacs ‡aHDMF ‡aMS129 1 ‡aWaizman, Jacob,‡d1920-2009. 10‡aJacob Waizman provisional identification card for civilian internee of Buchenwald,‡f1945. ‡a1‡fitem‡a(1‡ffolder) ‡aNo restrictions on access. 8 ‡aThis is the identification card issued to Jacob Waizman (Jakub Wajcman) upon his liberation from Buchenwald concentration by the U.S. Third Army. It bears his prisoner number, dates of internment, fingerprint, and signature. The item is accompanied by funeral programs for he and his wife Paula, and a photocopy of their marriage certificate. ‡aJacob Waizman provisional identification card for civilian internee at Buchenwald, 1945, Special Collections, State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines. 1 ‡cDonated by‡aRose Schiller,‡d2011. 1 ‡nA video testimonial of Jacob Waizman can be found in the Des Moines Holocaust Survivors Project records, Special Collections, State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines. 1 0 ‡aJacob Waizman (Jakub Wajcman) was born on April 5, 1920 in Poland. In 1939, he and his parents while residing at Zawiercie were forced into a ghetto after the Nazi invasion. They were later sent to Auschwitz where Jacob's parents perished in the gas chamber. Jacob was sent to various work camps for forced labor and was ultimately located at Buchenwald. He was liberated on April 11, 1945 by the 6th Armored Division of the U.S. Third Army. After his liberation Waizman returned to Poland where he met his wife Paula, who had also been a concentration camp survivor. The couple immigrated to the United States in 1949 and after a brief time in New York City moved to Des Moines in May of 1950. Waizman worked at the Hotel Fort Des Moines and a local restaurant prior to his employment as an assistant engineer with the Des Moines Public Schools. He was a member of the Des Moines Jewish Federation and Beth El Jacob Synagogue, and spoke throughout central Iowa about his Holocaust experiences. In the mid-1980s he was interviewed as part of the Des Moines Holocaust Survivors Project and a copy of his video testimonial is housed with the records of that project in the special collections of the State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines. 0 ‡aMaterial in German and English. 10‡aWaizman, Jacob‡d1920-2009. 20‡aBuchenwald (Concentration camp) 0‡aHolocaust survivors‡zIowa. 0‡aHolocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)‡vSources. 0‡aWorld War, 1939-1945‡xConcentration camps. Des Moines Historical Library Manuscripts [Location: N20/6/8 Box: SM15 Folder 3] DM Des Moines Historical Library MANU Manuscripts [Location: N20/6/8 Box: SM15 Folder 3]