Student Profile: Motek Kusmirek

Gender: boy
School: School #14A

RESEARCH CONDUCTED BY: JKessler Experienced Researcher
Stage 1: Identity
Student's Given Name:
Motek Kusmirak
Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Birth Date:
1929-06-09
Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Ghetto Street Address:
Mühlgasse, 29, 8, Lodz, Poland
Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
User Comments:

I found this information in the Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants database.

Approver Comments:
Good work! I agree this is probably the student who signed this name in the album. There's also a Motel Kusmirek, listed with the same DOB--do you think they might be the same person?
Stage 2: The Ghetto
Father's Name:
Szmul Kusmirak
Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Mother's Name:
Estera Kusmirak
Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Sibling's Names:
Lajb Kusmirak
Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
User Comments:

I found the parents by sifting through the Lodz Ghetto List (found from the Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants database) and looking for people with the last name Kusmirak who lived at the same address as Motek.  I found Szmul (born in 1900), Estera (born in 1893) and Lajb (born in 1926) all living with Motek at the same address (Muhl Gasse 29 Flat 8).  They all also had the same designation of "Origin: Zgierz).

Approver Comments:
I agree with these relationships.

I noticed an interesting pattern as I was replicating your research: all four are also listed with the last name Kusmirek, and living at Matrosenstrasse 18 8, with minor variations in their information (Szmul's birthdate is one day different across his records; Estera's is two months different; and Motek is listed as Motel). I think that all of these describe the same family, with Muhlgasse being their first address after their transport from Zgierz, and Matrosenstrasse their second address. What do you think? (Please do enter all the alternate names as well, if you agree they're the same people.)
Stage 3: Labor Camps
 
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Stage 4: Auschwitz & Beyond
 
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Stage 5: Liberation & After
 
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