Gender: boy
School:
Gymnasium and high school for boys
Gymnasium and high school students were typically between 14 and 20 years old. A gymnasium student in September 1941 was likely born between 1921 and 1927.
The gymnasium and high school for boys was located on Otylii. The street name was changed to Ottilienstrasse when German occupation began in 1939. See
www.lodz-ghetto.com for a map of Otylii and the rest of the Lodz ghetto.
Stage 1: Identity
Student's Given Name:
JONATAN GELLER
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 5/16/2013;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
john2013
Birth Date:
1927-00-00
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 5/16/2013;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
john2013
Ghetto Street Address:
Kreuzstrasse, 9, 15
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 5/16/2013;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
john2013
User Comment:
When i searched for J. Geller only three people came up and only one was a boy born between the years 1921 and 1927. The name was Jonatan Geller born 1927 and lived at KREUZ 9 15.
Expert Reviewer Comment:
I agree!
Approver Comment:
I agree this is the only boy who might have signed this name in the album, as everyone else would have been too old or too young to attend Gymnasium in 1941. Have you found any additional information on Jonatan or his family in the next stages?
Stage 2: The Ghetto
Father's Name:
Abram Jakub Geller
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 5/16/2013;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
john2013
Mother's Name:
Gitla Laja Geller
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 5/16/2013;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
john2013
Birth Date:
1927-04-08
Source: Lodz Ghetto Work Identification Cards
Status: Submitted 5/16/2013;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
john2013
Worker #:
66861
Source: Lodz Ghetto Work Identification Cards
Status: Submitted 5/16/2013;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
john2013
Ghetto Street Address:
Kreuzstrasse, 9, 16
Source: Lodz Ghetto Work Identification Cards
Status: Submitted 5/16/2013;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
john2013
Employed at:
Talon-Abteilung, Lodz Ghetto, Poland
Source: Lodz Ghetto Work Identification Cards
Status: Submitted 5/16/2013;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
john2013
User Comment:
Jonatan Geller worked in the Lodz ghetto at "Talon-Abteilung" and he worked as a "Bote." His worker number was 66861 and according to his card he lived at Kruesz 9 flat 16, and was born on 8 April 1927. I found living at the same address Abram Jakub Geller born 1896 and Gitla Laja born 1898.
Expert Reviewer Comment:
Wow! Great job finding his worker ID Card!
Approver Comment:
Excellent work! I'm glad you were able to find his ID card. We know that he was working as of August 1943, per the back of the card--have you been able to find any additional information on him in the next stages?
Stage 3: Labor Camps
No research performed on this stage
Stage 4: Auschwitz & Beyond
No research performed on this stage
Stage 5: Liberation & After
Student's Given Name:
Jonathan GELLER
Source: World Jewish Congress
Status: Submitted 10/23/2013;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
john2013
Sibling's Names:
Luba Geller
Source: Catalogue of Survivor Testimonies (Visual History Archive of the USC Shoah Foundation Institute)
Status: Submitted 10/23/2013;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
john2013
Birth Date:
1927-00-00
Source: Sh'arit ha-pl'atah
Status: Submitted 10/23/2013;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
john2013
Place of Birth:
Lodz, Poland
Source: Sh'arit ha-pl'atah
Status: Submitted 10/23/2013;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
john2013
Liberated at:
Bavaria, Germany
Source: Catalogue of Oral History Archives (USHMM)
Status: Submitted 10/23/2013;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
john2013
Displaced Person at (Last Residence):
St. Ottilien, Germany
Source: Sh'arit ha-pl'atah
Status: Submitted 10/23/2013;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
john2013
User Comment:
Sorry I don't know why I submitted this stage when I wasn't done. I found Jonatan in the Survivors database and it says he was born in 1927 in Lodz Poland. His last location was St. Ottilien, Germany. I also found him in the Shoah Fondatioan Testimonies under Jonathan Geller. It says he was the son of Abram Jakub Geller and Gitla Laja Geller and it also says he was liberated in Bavaria, Germany. It also says he was in Auschwitz, Kaufering Lager I, Kaufering Lager IV, and Kaufering Lager VIII.
Approver Comment:
Excellent work! You may add the information about Auschwitz and the Kaufering camps to the appropriate fields on stage 4, listing the Shoah Foundation testimony as your source. Thank you for helping to complete Jonatan's record; we'd love it if you could complete a biography for him as well.
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