Portrait
Rajman's profile among the BS2 police read as follows: "Faculté: 19 ans, corpulence trapue, visage rond, cheveux châtain foncé, frisés et abondants, chandail bleu marine à col roulé, pardessus bleu à martingale, souliers noirs, porte une serviette sous le bras." (Faculté: 19 years old, stocky build, round face, big curly dark brown hair, navy blue sweater with turtleneck, blue martingale overcoat, plack sandals, carries a satchel under his arm.) Faculté was one of Rajman's pseudonyms.
Rajman's name appeared on the Affiche rouge German propaganda poster, with the following caption "Rayman, juif polonais, 13 attentats" (Rayman, Polish Jew, 13 attacks).
Rajman's mother Chana was gassed to death at Birkenau. His younger brother Simon was deported to Buchenwald.
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