Student Profile: Ania Kaplan

When I initially searched Ania Kaplan, the search engine returned zero names found. Then, I clicked the "sounds like" box, and the search engine returned four names, three of which were Anna Kaplan. Then, before moving forward, I went on Google to search if Ania is a nickname for Anna, and several sources showed that it is. Additionally, I returned to the search engine and input Anna Kaplan's name again to make sure that there were only three entries, which there were. Therefore, I felt comfortable concluding that Ania Kaplan was indeed Anna Kaplan. Then, as I clicked on all three Anna Kaplan's, I noticed that her real name was Anna Rubinstein (with three different spellings of Rubinstein, Rubinsztein, and Rubinsztajn) and an indication below that her other name was, Anna Kaplan. Thus, this is why I have three different spelling versions of names for Ania Kaplan. Then, to confirm that all three of these entries for Anna Kaplan were the same, I compared their addresses and change of addresses, and they all matched up, therefore confirming that they are the same person.

Excellent research.

Agreed. Good research.

I found three different residencies for Anna and her family; Matrosen 14-10, Schneider 5-4, and Insel 26. However the only date I found for either of those change of addresses is 17.8.43.

I did however also find a date, 22.8.43 but do not know exactly what that date pertains to. I do know that on Aug. 25, 1943 (three days later) a transport from Lodz arrived in Auschwitz and 7 people from that transport registered as prisoners (#55919-55925)

Good research. Also, good use of secondary sources; you should follow up on that lead regarding the transport arriving at Auschwitz. It probably is not connected, but still it's a possibility.