User Comments:
When looking at the information, according to the history, there was a massive importation to Lodz Ghetto, and the camp during this time might have been shut down and SZAJA MOSZEK KLAJMAN, may not have been a full time student. It says he was a Träger, and the translation is carrier, so due to the fact that the camp may have closed, he may have been turned into a carrier due to this. Just as well I've included another name SZAJA MOSZEK KLAJMANN, which I think could be another person similar or the SAME person, because their birthday is the same, but there is no information to gain any knowledge as of yet.
Approver Comments:
I agree. It is very likely that these two entries are for the same person. The birthdays are exactly the same and the name spelling is nearly identical. Also, I believe you are correct that when the schools were closed, Szaja was likely employed as a Trager (or possibly he worked at the same time that he attended school). Good job. (FYI - There was also a young man whose name is entered in the database as Szmul Kalman Kalman. It is possible that this is a typo and his name was Szmul Klaman. His occupation is listed as "student" and he was born in 1926. So, there is a slim possibility that he was the album signatory, too. For the moment though, I think it is very likely that you have correctly identified our research subject.) Now, while I think you are correct in assuming that Szaja Klajman was the student who signed the album, I'm not nearly as confident that he was born in Wloszczowa, Poland. I looked at the source which you cited. It lists a Moszek Klajman, but there is no Szaja Klajman listed. Either way, without birth dates, it is difficult to make any direct connection between the Moszek listed there and the Szaja Klajman recorded in the Lodz ghetto database. For this reason alone, I am going to mark your entry as "possible" rather than "confirmed."
