Student Profile: Jankel Posomanik

The best match I could find for Jankiel Posomanik was JACHIEL LEJB PASMANIK who was born on 2 Jan 1932 and lived at Rembrandtstrasse 7 flat 55 and Franzstrasse 19. Given the similarities in the names and being born in the correct years I believe Jachiel is Jankiel. He also appears in the databse as JECHIL LAJB PASMANIK with the birth year 1933 and living at Franzstrasse 19 flat 7 and Nuedstadt 5 and moved on 30 Nov 1942 to Rembrandt.

I agree this is the most likely person to have signed this name in the album. We also know that he was still in the ghetto in September 1941, since he moved in November 1942, meaning that he could have been attending school when the album was signed.

There were two other children living with Jachiel and they were Chaja born 25/01/1931 and Akiwa born 25/04/1936. There were four adults living in the house and they were ICYK MEIR born 24/04/1878, WITLA RACHELA born 20/12/1883, GEDALIE born 14/06/1905, and CHANA BRUCH born 14/05/1905. Based on the ages of the people in the house I believe Icyk was the grandfather to the children, Gedalie was the father (son to Icyk), Chana was the mother (wife to Gedalie) and Witla was perhaps the grandmother and wife to Icyk. However, since she has Przysucha it's possible she was some other relative and came to live with the family in the ghetto.

I also found Jachiel in the Lodz Work Cards as Chil Lajb born 02/01/1933. I couldn't find anymore information in the following stages for Jachiel or his family. I did, however, find two pages of testimony via Yadshem for Khil Pasmanik and it states he was the son of Gedalyahu and Brakha Rorman in Lodz, Poland. This was submitted by his aunt Rakhel Eizenberg. There was also one submitted for Gedalyahu by Rakhel and it states his father was Mayer Icchak. The second testimony I found was for Yekhiel born to Gedalia and Khana nee Rorman in Lodz, Poland. This one states he was murdered in 1942 in Auschitwz. This was submitted by his cousin Mina Volfshtein. I'm certain that both testimonies are relevant to the Jachiel I've been searching.

I agree that both testimonies look like a good match for the Jechiel you've been tracking. I'm curious about the nicknames: do you think he went both by Jankel and Chil? I'm also curious about the assertion that he was murdered in Auschwitz in 1942, if he was still in the ghetto as late as November 1942.