Waisman worked, along with thousands of other Jews, at an armament factory called HASAG that the Nazis took over during their invasion of Poland. Jews could own land and businesses and hold positions in politics, the military, and in universities.вЂќ In 1941, Robbie and his family were forced into a ghetto. Though he was very young at the time, Waisman says that before the Polish leader, JГіsef PiЕ‚sudski, died in 1935, Jews and their communities were relatively well accepted and greeted with peace: вЂњJews had rights. Waisman was born on Februin SkarЕјysko-Kamienna, Poland, where around 2,500 Jews lived. This essay will emphasize that Robbie Waisman sees his sacred duty and role as an educator of people, especially children, to help prevent future genocides. Another figure this essay will explore is Leon Bass, a liberator of Buchenwald and one of RobbieвЂ™s closest friends. This contribution will quickly summarize WaismanвЂ™s life before the Holocaust and his experience during it, and then discuss several themes that are explored WaismanвЂ™s testimonies and writings such as, liberation, education, and intergenerational trauma. In reaction to a Holocaust denier in 1983, Waisman felt he needed to speak out about his experiences and educate students about the Holocaust, as he believes Holocaust education is his sacred duty.

After coming to Canada, Waisman did not talk about his experiences during the Holocaust for 30 years, except to his children after he felt they were ready. He adopted a new first name, Robert, and eventually immigrated to Vancouver. Angry at the world and filled with thousands of questions, he and the other victims could not explain why they had been subjected to the atrocities at the hands of the Nazis.

Robbie Waisman, born Rumak Waisman, was barely fourteen years old when he was liberated from the Buchenwald concentration camp on April 11, 1945.

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