Overview
- Description
- The collection consists of three prewar photographs depicting Hans Wijsman of Bloemendaal, the Netherlands in his military uniform. He is pictured with his father and other unidentified individuals. Hans was a Dutch prisoner in Buchenwald from 1943-1945.
- Date
-
inclusive:
circa 1935-circa 1939
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, gift of Willem Dicke
- Collection Creator
- Hans H. Wijsman
- Biography
-
Hans Wijsman (1919-2002) was born Johan Hendrik Wijsman on October 3, 1919 in Bloemendaal, the Netherlands. He served with the Dutch Calvary before World War II. After his unit was disbanded, He fled the Netherlands in 1943 with the intention of going to England. He was arrested on September 13, 1943 crossing the Pyrenees from France to Spain and detained in a prison. He was deported to Buchenwald on October 30, 1943. Hans was a forced-laborer at a quarry, and developed gangrene on his leg. He was liberated by the United States Army on April 11, 1945. Hans was reunited with his father after the war, and had a career in business. He was married to Elisabeth Frederika Leendertz and had two stepsons, Willem and Derk.
Physical Details
- Language
- Dutch
- Genre/Form
- Photographs.
- Extent
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1 folder
- System of Arrangement
- The collection is arranged as a single file.
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- The Museum has made reasonable efforts but is not able to determine the copyright status of some or all of the material(s) in this collection, or identify and/or locate the potential copyright owner(s). The Museum therefore places no restrictions on use of this material, but it cannot provide any information to the user about the status of the copyright(s). The user is solely responsible for making a determination as to if and how the material may be used.
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Military personnel.
- Geographic Name
- Netherlands.
- Personal Name
- Wijsman, Hans.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
-
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2019 by Willem Dicke, stepson of Hans Wijsman.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-11-07 11:10:50
- This page:
- http://collections.ushmm.org/search/bookmarks/irn709566
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