Gender: boy
School:
School #2
School #2 was a religious school for boys in Lodz. Most students were between 8 and 15 years old, meaning that they were born between 1926 and 1933.
School #2 was located at Ulica Jakuba 10. The street name was changed to Rembrandtstrasse when German occupation began in 1939. You can read more about Ulica Jakuba at
http://www.lodz-ghetto.com/sw_jakuba_street.html,24.
Stage 1: Identity
Student's Given Name:
Josef Mendel Mintus
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants Database, Vol. 1-4 & 5
Status: Submitted 12/1/2010;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
jmquig
Birth Date:
1931-02-09
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants Database, Vol. 1-4 & 5
Status: Submitted 12/1/2010;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
jmquig
Approver Comment:
This looks to be the student who signed the album. The birthdate makes him the appropriate age to have attended School #2 in 1941, and the name is an exact match.
Please note that Josef lived at Hirtenweg 27, #3, and Zietan 24.
I'll look forward to seeing what you find in Stage 2!
Stage 2: The Ghetto
Father's Name:
Abram Wolf Mintus
Source: Hospital, Labor, Deportation, and Administrative Records from the Lodz Ghetto
Status: Submitted 11/17/2010;
Possible
| Researcher:
jmquig
Mother's Name:
Idesa Mintus
Source: Hospital, Labor, Deportation, and Administrative Records from the Lodz Ghetto
Status: Submitted 11/17/2010;
Possible
| Researcher:
jmquig
User Comment:
It appears that Josef Mintus had 2 siblings living in the ghetto with his parents and him; their names (I think) were Mindla Mintus (b. March 8, 1925), and Dawid Mintus (b. February 27, 1926). Mindla died in the ghetto on March 23, 1944. Josef's mother also died in Lodz on September 15, 1943 from pulmonary tuberculosis. I was also able to figure out that the family was originally from Warta, Poland.
Approver Comment:
I agree on both counts--Abram and Idesa are of the appropriate age to have been Josef's parents. Next time, it would be great if you could go through in the comment box exactly how you decided that these two were Josef's parents, just so your classmates and I can follow your thought process.
How did you discover the family was from Warta?
Stage 3: Labor Camps
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Stage 4: Auschwitz & Beyond
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Stage 5: Liberation & After
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