Nechama Vaisman diary

Identifier
irn524188
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2010.264
Dates
1 Jan 1942 - 31 Dec 1943
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Russian
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn524188

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

  • Nechama Vaisman

Biographical History

Nechama Ioanovna Vaisman (Anna Ivanovna Weisman, 1924-2009) was born on January 28, 1924 in Mogilev-Podolsky (Mohyliv-Podilskyi, Ukraine). She graduated from high school on the eve of the Romanian and German occupation of the city in July 1941. She and her parents tried to evacuated, but they were forced to return to live in the Jewish ghetto until liberation in March 1944. After the war she resumed her studies, married Zyunya Perelman, and had a son named Yuli Perelman.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Polina Perelman donated the Nechama Vaisman diary to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2009. Polina Perelman is the granddaughter of Nechama Vaisman.

Scope and Content

The Nechama Vaisman diary consists of a photocopy of the handwritten diary of Nechama Vaisman, originally of Mogiliev-Podolski, Ukraine, written between January 1942 and July 1943 while Vaisman was confined to a ghetto.

System of Arrangement

The Nechama Vaisman diary is arranged as a single file.

Subjects

  • Jews--Ukraine.
  • Mohyliv-Podil's'kyĭ (Ukraine)

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.