Student Profile: Fela Saromf

Gender: girl
School: Gymnasium and high school for girls
Stage:
Identity
Subject:
Additional information
By:
fmzaromb
Date:
Jul 10, 2010, 11:47:12 pm
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Message:
The information here is correct. Fela was the Polish name for Feiga. Feiga was my father's sister. Feiga was deported to Auschwitz in August 1944 along with the rest of her immediate surviving family (her father Pesach Saurompf died in 1940 in the Lodz Ghetto of dysentary), where she perished along with her mother and two sisters. My father and his two brothers remained in Auschwitz for a few weeks before being deported to Kaufering. There my father's two brothers both died of dysentary. My father is the lone survivor of his immediate family.

Feiga had a friend in the Gymnasium named Luba Geller. Any information about Luba would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

2 replies

ushmm
Posted: Jul 13, 2010 10:21:55 am
Mr. Zaromb,

Thank you very much for helping us document your aunt's story (as well as that of her family). The information will help researchers to better understand the experiences of children in the Lodz ghetto.

I am seeking information on your behalf regarding your aunt's friend, Luba Geller. There were two girls listed in ghetto records who are possible matches: one as Luba Keller and the other as Luba Hiller.

Luba Keller was born on July 1, 1925. She was a student and lived at Kurze 12 Flat 10 in the ghetto. She was liberated at Bergen Belsen. There are some indications that she may have given oral testimony after the war, but I need to research that lead farther.

Luba Hiller was born July 16, 1926. She was a student and lived at Basargasse 2 Flat 8. She was sent from Bergen Belsen to Flossenburg on December 2, 1944 (most likely via Auschwitz before Belsen) and was given prisoner number 59532. Flossenburg records indicate that she was sent to work at Mehltheuer Vomag assembling armored cars. The World Jewish Congress records list her wartime location as "Rentzmuhler" which may be the same as Mehltheuer. She was in the Feldafing DP camp after the war.

In addition, the Jewish Agency's Pinkas Ha Nitzalim register of survivors, lists a woman named Luba Geler from Lodz, but it does not include a birth date or other identifying information.

I will update you if I find more information.
fmzaromb
Posted: Jul 15, 2010 11:18:29 pm
Dear Sir/Madam:

Thank you very much for this information. Luba Geller did indeed survive the war, and her brother Jonathan Geller is still living today in New York. I forwarded the information you provided to my father who will share it with his friend Jonathan. For your research purposes, please do not hesitate to ask me any additional information about the experiences and living conditions of my father and his family during their imprisonment in the Lodz Ghetto and concentration camps. My father also recalls that his sister Mindla also attended the Gymnasium but her name is not listed on this website. Are there any photographs of Gymnasium students? If so, we would greatly appreciate viewing them and, if possible, obtaining copies, because, unfortunately, my father does not have any photographs of his mother and three sisters. Thank you once again for your help. My father and I greatly appreciate it.
Kind regards, Franklin Zaromb