Gender: girl
School:
School #8B
School #8 was a school for girls in Lodz. The students in #8b attended classes in the afternoon. Most students were between 9 and 15 years old, meaning that they were born between 1926 and 1932.
School #8b was located at Ulica Limanoskiego 26. The street name was changed to Alexanderhof when German occupation began in 1939. See
www.lodz-ghetto.com for a map of Ulica Limanoskiego and the rest of the Lodz ghetto.
Stage 1: Identity
Student's Given Name:
Mina Orensztajn
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 4/18/2012;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
jgm4489
Birth Date:
1929-08-03
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 4/18/2012;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
jgm4489
Ghetto Street Address:
LItzman, 22, Lodz Ghetto, Poland
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 4/18/2012;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
jgm4489
Holzstrasse, 9, 10, Lodz Ghetto, Poland
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 4/18/2012;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
jgm4489
User Comment:
I conducted a search for the name "Mania Orensztajn" requesting an exact match, however; there were no nmaes that turned up. A fuzzy search Gave the name "Mania Urensztajn," could the student's "U" have been mistaken for an O? She is the right age having been born in 1933. My fiding and request for approval is submitted on the basis of this question.
(the name Urensztajn is not listed in the Student list)
After considering the comments provided by the ushmm and additional research I have come to the agreement that the child is mostlikely Mina because of her birthday
Approver Comment:
I agree that Mina is a more likely match than Mania. As you suggest, she would have been the right age to have signed the album for school #8b in the fall of 1941. Good luck in the next stages!
Stage 2: The Ghetto
Father's Name:
Alter Leib Orensztajn
Source: JewishGen.org (Lodz Ghetto List)
Status: Submitted 4/19/2012;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
jgm4489
Mother's Name:
Ruchla Orensztajn
Source: JewishGen.org (Lodz Ghetto List)
Status: Submitted 4/19/2012;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
jgm4489
Sibling's Names:
Johanna Orensztajn
Source: Jewishgen.org (Lodz Ghetto List)
Status: Submitted 4/19/2012;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
jgm4489
User Comment:
As requested I have listed the data base used on Jewishgen.org. You have to create a user account (free) in order to use the resources, and there is a lot of sifting through the information, but once you locate the student and the address, simply match the address to other poersons listed in the data base. It's an excellent tool quick and easy to use to give these children their lives back in some way.
Approver Comment:
I agree you have found Mina's family. JewishGen's Lodz Ghetto database is built on the same collections as the Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants database available through our site, but I'm glad the tool in JewishGen worked well for you.
Stage 3: Labor Camps
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Stage 4: Auschwitz & Beyond
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Stage 5: Liberation & After
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