Gender: boy
School:
School #2
School #2 was a religious school for boys in Lodz. Most students were between 8 and 15 years old, meaning that they were born between 1926 and 1933.
School #2 was located at Ulica Jakuba 10. The street name was changed to Rembrandtstrasse when German occupation began in 1939. You can read more about Ulica Jakuba at
http://www.lodz-ghetto.com/sw_jakuba_street.html,24.
Stage 1: Identity
Student's Given Name:
Izrael Stajnhart
Source: Pages of Testimony submitted to Yad Vashem: http://bnaibrith.org/prog_serv/names_poland.pdf
Status: Submitted 4/6/2012;
Possible
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Izrael Icek Sztajnhark
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 4/6/2012;
Possible
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Birth Date:
1931-09-28
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 4/6/2012;
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Ghetto Street Address:
Bierstrasse, 16, 9, Lodz Ghetto, Poland
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 4/6/2012;
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Bierstrasse, 31, Lodz Ghetto, Poland
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 4/6/2012;
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Place of Birth:
Lodz Ghetto, Poland
Source: Pages of Testimony submitted to Yad Vashem: http://bnaibrith.org/prog_serv/names_poland.pdf
Status: Submitted 4/6/2012;
Possible
| Researcher:
fefi305
User Comment:
I think this student could possibly be Izrael Icek Stajnhark. According to the Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants records, he was born on September 28, 1931. Within Lodz, Izreal had lived on Bierstrasse Street 16 Apartment 6 and Bierstrasse Street 31. He was eventually moved or deported on June 22, 1944 at the age of 13. According to the Pages of Testimony submitted to Yad Vashem (http://bnaibrith.org/prog_serv/names_poland.pdf) in which Izrael’s last name was written as “Stajnhart,” Izrael could have not only been born within Lodz in 1931, but possibly could have died within Lodz in 1944.
Expert Reviewer Comment:
Thank you for initiating research on Sztajnhart (Boy, School #2). I agree that the Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants listing for Izrael Icek Sztajnhark is a strong possibility. If you compare search results for Sztajnhark with search results for Sztajnhart, paying attention to the addresses noted, you will see some overlap between the two sets of results. Do you think that a transcription error could be involved here? It seems that there was a group of people with this set of addresses. But Izrael Izek appears in the group when it is spelled one way, but not the other. Do you have any thoughts about why that might have happened?
Please continue your research on this person and see if further information emerges in later stages that supports your supposition.
Approver Comment:
Interesting research. Like the expert reviewer, I agree that you may have found a match for the boy who signed the album simply as "Sztajnhart." And, like you, I was fascinated to see other alternate spellings and information in the Yad Vashem Shoah Victims database. There, I found the spellings - Izrael Icchok Steinhart and Israel/Yisrael Icchak Shteinhart/Sztajnhart. If this boy is a match, then it is likely he was deported to Chelmno in June 1944 or died during the time of the deportations. I think Izrael makes the most compelling candidate; however, there are a few other boys listed in the Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants database who, based on their names and birthdates, I do not think we can rule out as possible matches for the student who signed the album. These include Aron Stajnert (3Aug1932) and Benjamin Szajnart (1928). What do you think?
Stage 2: The Ghetto
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Stage 3: Labor Camps
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Stage 4: Auschwitz & Beyond
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Stage 5: Liberation & After
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