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Submitted by Maor Brodski

Information Picture Question
Category: Translation - German
Approval Date: 8/16/2026 3:54 PM
Family Surname: Zysman
Country: Poland
Town: Lodz
Date of Image: 1941
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Attached is what I believe to be the Lodz-ghetto ID registration card of my second great-uncle Gerszon Hejnoch Zysman, born circa 1891 in Kaluszyn, the husband of Hena Gitla Zysman and, later, of another woman whose name is unknown at this time. I would appreciate your assistance in the translation of the document. There seem to be elaborate notes in German, compared to the Polish on the right. Thank you.

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8/16/2026 8:05 PM Hello,
This record is indeed for Gerszon ZYSMAN. (The information is identical in Polish and German, and the marginal note simply notes that the field asking for Gerszon’s mother’s maiden name was crossed out.)

The record says that Gerszon was a weaver, born in 1891 in Kałuszyn, Mińsk County. He was a widower (no wife is listed). His parents were Moszek and Chana.

The witnesses were Marja ŁĄCZKOWSKA, 40 years old, residing in the Łódź Ghetto at 28 Strasse (Ciesielska) 6; and Jakób DOMBEK, 43 years old, residing at the same address.

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