Gender: boy
School:
School #13B
School #13 was a school for boys in Lodz. The students in #13b attended classes in the afternoon. Most students were between 10 and 15 years old, meaning that they were born between 1926 and 1931.
School #13 was located at Ulica Franciszkańska 29. The street name was changed to Franzstrasse when German occupation began in 1939. You can read more about the schools on Franciszkańska at
http://www.lodz-ghetto.com/the_schools_and_collective_prague_IV.html,26.
Stage 1: Identity
Student's Given Name:
Lajb Besterman
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 12/24/2012;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
mgsmallman
Birth Date:
1927-00-00
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 12/24/2012;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
mgsmallman
Ghetto Street Address:
Ludendorf, 7
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 12/24/2012;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
mgsmallman
Reiterstrasse, 15, 15
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 12/24/2012;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
mgsmallman
User Comment:
An exact search for L* Besterman, born within the time parameter of 1930 +/-5 years turned up only Lajb Besterman. In addition to the minor variation on spelling in the first name, Lajb was also born in 1927, which would have made him the right age to have attended School #13B.
Approver Comment:
I agree. We often see Lajb and Lejb as analogues of one another (as well as Laib and Leib), so these names point to the same person.
Stage 2: The Ghetto
Father's Name:
Mordka Besterman
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 12/24/2012;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
mgsmallman
Mother's Name:
Estera Rywka Besterman
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 12/24/2012;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
mgsmallman
Sibling's Names:
Majta Besterman
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 12/24/2012;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
mgsmallman
Moses Besterman
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 12/24/2012;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
mgsmallman
Zyskind Besterman
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 12/24/2012;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
mgsmallman
Deported / Transferred:
1942-09-29
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 12/24/2012;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
mgsmallman
User Comment:
I found multiple people who lived at the same addresses as Lajb. He lived with his father (Mordka, b. 1888), his mother (Estera Rywka, b. 1891), and his siblings Moses (b. 1922), Zyskind (b. 1925), and Majta (b. 1930).
There is no information listed regarding the fate of either Estera Rywka or Zyskind. Moses was deported on September 12, 1942, on which date there was a deportation to Chelmno. Mordka died of currently unknown causes on May 3, 1942. Both Majta and Lajb were deported on September 29, 1942, but there is no deportation listed in Secondary Sources associated with that date, so at this point theeir fate remains uncertain.
Approver Comment:
Thank you for adding this additional information. I hope we will be able to find out what happened to Lajb as additional information becomes available.
Stage 3: Labor Camps
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Stage 4: Auschwitz & Beyond
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Stage 5: Liberation & After
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