Message:
The following scenario is very likely. This child was from the Lodz Ghetto, and 11 years old. Children were primarily 10 and under, 11 is not far off.
Chelmno
(More than 77,000 Jews deported from the Lodz ghetto) The German authorities initiated the liquidation of the Lodz ghetto and renewed deportations of Jews from the Lodz ghetto to the Chelmno killing center on January 16, 1942. Between January and May 1942, more than 54,000 Lodz Jews were killed at Chelmno. There were no deportations to Chelmno during the summer. However, a special action was carried out during the first half of September 1942 in which over 15,000 people were deported to Chelmno, primarily children under the age of ten, the elderly, and sick. Late September 1942 through May 1944 was a period of relative calm in the ghetto. There were no more deportations to Chelmno until the liquidation of the ghetto began in June 1944. Between June 23, and July 14, 1944, almost 7,200 people were sent to their deaths at Chelmno.
