Gender: girl
School:
School #7A
School #7 was a school for girls in Lodz. The students in #7a attended classes in the morning. Most students were between 7 and 12 years old, meaning that they were born between 1928 and 1934.
School #7 was located at Ulica Zgierska 70. The street name was changed to Hohensteinerstrasse when German occupation began in 1939. You can read more about Ulica Zgierska at
http://www.lodz-ghetto.com/zgierska_street.html,5.
Stage 1: Identity
Student's Given Name:
Gitel Jentel Flakowicz
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 11/17/2011;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
rachelweitzman
Birth Date:
1932-00-00
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 11/17/2011;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
rachelweitzman
Ghetto Street Address:
Oststrasse, 6
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 11/17/2011;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
rachelweitzman
Reiterstrasse, 13, 13
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 11/17/2011;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
rachelweitzman
User Comment:
Although we only had the last name Flakowicz and know this person is a female, we decided to do research on Gitel Jentel Flakowicz because it is the only female who would have been born at a time in which she later would have attended school #7a.
Expert Reviewer Comment:
I would do some more research in the Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants database on the last name of Flakowicz. Regina Flakowicz was not actually born in the time period that would put her in school #7A. #7A girls were born in the area of 1928 to 1934. Regina was born in 1926, therefore making it highly unlikely this is our person.
In fact, I found a very likely candidate, by the name of GITEL JENTEL FLAKOWICZ, so you will want to research her, as she was born in 1932!
Approver Comment:
Thanks for updating this information based on your expert reviewer's comments! I also think this is the student who signed the album, out of all the Flakowiczes in the database. Also remember to add in the Fischstrasse address and keep an eye on the date of the move to enter into stage 2. Nice work!
Stage 2: The Ghetto
Change of Address:
1942-08-10
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 11/29/2011;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
rachelweitzman
User Comment:
We know that Flakowicz changed addresses (it is shown in the Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants database) to FISCH 7 in 1942.
Approver Comment:
I agree that this is the date listed for Gitel's change of address to Fischstrasse 7. Can you find out anything else about her family or her life in the ghetto?
Stage 3: Labor Camps
No research performed on this stage
Stage 4: Auschwitz & Beyond
No research performed on this stage
Stage 5: Liberation & After
No research performed on this stage
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