Student Profile: R. Mejer

Using the database, we found:

Ghetto Address: ALTMARKT 6 10

Ghetto Address: ZIEGEL 10

This leads us to believe that she changed location at some point.

Ginesza Mejer was born on July 25, 1929 and shares all of Rywka Rachela Mejer's address information so we believe that she is her younger sister.

Out of all the R. Majer/Mayer/Mejer/Meiers in the database, I think you've found the one who signed the album. (The only other possibility I see is Ruth Meier, born in 1921; the similarity of Meier and Mejer makes her a candidate, but she is listed in two records as a "Haustochter" and "Hausverwalter," rather than a student.) Born in 1925, Rywka would have been 16 in September 1941, an appropriate age to be attending Gymnasium. Good job!

Thanks as well for including her addresses in the ghetto. Why do you think she would have changed location?

I agree that Ginesza Mejer would be a female relative to Rywka--a sister or cousin--because of her age and the shared address. When I went to check your research, I discovered a Ginesza Meyer at Altmarkt 6 10 as well, also born in 1929 but listed as having been born on November 20. Either way, Rywka probably had a younger sister or cousin named Ginesza who was 11 or 12 in September 1941.

I'm going to mark this stage as "Confirmed"--great job and I'm looking forward to reading more of your research!

I agree that it is possible that Jankiel and Sura Mejer were Rywka Mejer's parents. Their dates of birth (1894 and 1896, respectively) make them an appropriate age to have had a child in 1925, and they are both listed at the same address as Rywka. Additionally, Sura and Rywka are both listed as having been deported on Transport 40/2, further suggesting a relationship between the two.

I'm going to mark this stage as "confirmed," but in the future, in the comment field please walk us through the steps you used to determine a student's parents so that your classmates can understand and respond to your train of thought. Thanks!

See you in stage 3!