User Comments:
I searched for individuals with the last name Wajs, first initial A, and there were two males who were born within the correct time frame to have attended the Gymnasium and high school for boys: Abraham Wajs and Abram Mendl Wajs. Though they both were the correct age, I believe that Abraham Wajs was the A. Wajs who signed the album, because Abram Mendl Wajs's occupation is listed as schuchmacher, not schuler (student). Moreover, Abram Mendl Wajs died on 30 Sept 1941, just 7 days after the album was signed, making it highly unlikely that he was the A. Wajs who signed the album.
Approver Comments:
A few comments:
1. I think either of these boys could have signed this name in the album. Abram Mendl Wajs died in October 1941, over a month after the signing of the album, and Abraham Wajs did not live long after that, either.
2. Occupations are rarely strong indicators of whether someone was a student--we've seen a number of people who are listed as another profession who are the most likely candidate to have signed the name in the album.
What do you think?
