ZEMLJIŠTE ALEKSANDRA VAJSA, NEKADAŠNJEG STANOVNIKA BAČA I ŽRTVE NACISTIČKOG TERORA, POKLONJENO JEVREJSKOJ OPŠTINI NOVI SAD
Aleksandar (Šandor) Vajs rođen je 8. januara 1887. godine od roditelja Adolfa i Linke Vajs u Baču, tada u sastavu Austrougarske monarhije. Posle 1918. godine, to područje je postalo deo Kraljevine Srba, Hrvata i Slovenaca, a kasnije Kraljevine Jugoslavije.
Aleksandar je zajedno sa svojim polubratom Julijusom Vajsom izgradio i vodio uspešnu firmu za građevinski materijal. Bio je izuzetno posvećen poslu i svojim mušterijama, šaljući posebne poklone koje je lično pakovao najvažnijim klijentima, pretežno u Sloveniji. Voleo je život i svaki dan je započinjao čašicom šljivovice, kako je govorio, „samo da se malo zagrejem“.
DONATION OF LAND BELONGING TO ALEKSANDAR VAJS, FORMER RESIDENT OF BAČ AND VICTIM OF NAZI TERROR, TO THE JEWISH COMMUNITY OF NOVI SAD
Aleksandar (Sandor) Vajs was born on January 8, 1887 to Adolf and Linka Vajs, in Bac, then in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. After 1918, the area became part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, and later, the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.
Together with his half-brother, Julius Vajs, Aleksandar built and managed a successful building materials company. He was extremely devoted to the business and his customers, sending special gifts that he packed himself to his most important clients, located primarily in Slovenia. He enjoyed life and would start every day with a glass of šlivovic, to, as he explained, “just to warm me up“.
Slika 1: Sa leva na desno – Julius Vajs, Jolan Vajs (sestra Julijusa Vajsa), Aleksandar Vajs
Kao oficir austrougarske vojske u Prvom svetskom ratu, bio je zarobljen i poslat u logor za ratne zarobljenike u Vladivostoku. Nakon kapitulacije Rusije 1917. godine, poveo je svoje ljude na dvogodišnje putovanje kroz Sibir, pešice i na konjima, nazad u Evropu.
Figure 1: Left to right – Julius Vajs, Jolan Vajs (sister of Julius Vajs), Aleksandar Vajs
An officer of the Austro-Hungarian Army in World War I, he was captured and sent to a POW camp in Vladivostok. Upon the capitulation of Russia in 1917, he led his men on a two-year journey across Siberia back to Europe on foot and horseback.
Slika 2: Aleksandar Vajs (sedi, u sredini)
Aleksandar se oženio sa Alisom Herlinger. Alis je rođena 11. novembra 1898. godine od Karoline i Maksa Herlingera u Karlovcu. Imali su jedno dete, ćerku Veru, rođenu 4. juna 1925. godine. Aleksandar je bio aktivan član i značajan doprinosilac jevrejskoj zajednici.
Figure 2: Aleksandar Vajs (seated, in the middle)
Aleksandar married Alice Herlinger. Alice was born November 11, 1898, to Karolina and Max Herlinger in Karlovac. They had one child, Vera, born June 4, 1925. Aleksandar was an active contributor and member of the Jewish community.
Slika 3: Aleksandar Vajs i Alice (Herlinger) Vajs
Sa porodicom je deportovan u Bačku Topolu, a zatim u Aušvic. On i Alisa su ubijeni, dok je Vera preživela više logora robovskog rada. Nakon oslobođenja, Vera se udala za Mirka Brunera i živela u Beogradu. Imali su dvoje dece, Aleksandra i Vandu, koji su se kasnije preselili u Sjedinjene Američke Države. Jedini drugi član porodice Vajs koji je preživeo Holokaust je bio Ladislav (Menahem) Vajs, sin Julijusa Vajsa, čiji potomci žive u Izraelu.
Figure 3: Aleksandar Vajs and Alice (Herlinger) Vajs
He was deported to Backa Topola and then to Auschwitz, together with his family. He and Alice were murdered, but Vera survived multiple slave labor camps. After liberation, Vera married Mirko Bruner and lived in Belgrade. They had two children, Alexander and Vanda, who later moved to the United States. The only other Weiss family member to survive the Holocaust was Ladislav
(Menahem) Weiss, the son of Julius Vajs, whose descendants live in Israel.
Slika 4: Vera (Vajs) Bruner i Dr. Mirko Bruner
Godine 2025. Aleksandar Bruner i Vanda Bruner postigli su dogovor sa Jevrejskom Opštinom Novi Sad da dve parcele poljoprivrednog zemljišta koje su pripadale Aleksandru Vajsu budu u vlasništvo Opštine, za dobrobit njenih članova.
Figure 4: Vera (Vajs) Bruner and Dr. Mirko Bruner
In 2025, Alexander Bruner and Vanda Bruner agreed with the Jewish Community of Novi Sad that two tracts of agricultural land, which had belonged to Aleksandar Vajs, would be the Community’s property for the benefit of its members.
