User Comments:
Majer's Work Identity Card confirms his birthdate and address in the ghetto. The card is stamped 16 Feb 1944 so we know he survived until at least that time. He had been working since Feb 22 1943 (aged 10!) as a trainee fitter in electrical engineering works if my translation is correct. He looks very young in his photo.
Trying to piece together Majer's family has a couple of puzzles. The other ORNERs at the same address on the ghetto with residence Holz Strasse 23 are Rachmil Berek born 1925, Szejwa Liba born 1927 and Chaim Josek born 1931. There are 2 additional ORNERs living in the same ghetto address, but their residence is given as Drewnowska 23, suggesting that they did not live with Majer and his siblings before the ghetto, or there was a move that was only recorded for some of the family. The 2 additional ORNERs are Rachmil Icek (same birthdate so likely the same person as Rachmil Berek) and Abram Icek born 1901, who died 20/07/1942. The other person living there from Drewnoska 23 is Ruchla Rauchweiger maiden name ORNER born 1903 - an aunt possibly?
UPDATE on the above: Holz Strasse and Drewnowska are the same street according to the Lodz Street Database: http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/lodz/streets-index1.htm. The Nazis renamed it Holz Strasse, so the above are clearly the same family.
Approver Comments:
I think you've found Majer's family members.
From the labor card, we learn that he worked at the Elektronische Abteilung. Since we know he was still alive and working in February 1944, there's a chance he was still in the ghetto later that year--what can you find about him in the next stages?
Nice work pairing up Drewnowska and Holzstrasse as the same street.
