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:
JOSEF TOFOREK
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants Database, Vol. 1-4 & 5
Status: Submitted 2/2/2011;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
ahurst1
Birth Date:
1928-04-19
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants Database, Vol. 1-4 & 5
Status: Submitted 2/2/2011;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
ahurst1
User Comment:
I believe Josef Toforek is the student who signed the album, because his title was "Schueler" and his birth date was between the 1921-1933. It also shows "AUSG TR 10" which is Deportation with transport number (to Chełmno), although I'm confused about what the 10 means.
Approver Comment:
I agree that Josef Toforek is the likeliest candidate to have signed the album (the F and P are represented by the same character in the Hebrew alphabet, and many students signed their names in Yiddish using Hebrew characters)--in 1941, he would have been 13 years old, an appropriate age to be attending school #2 when he signed the album. Please also note his addresses: Alt Markt and Sulzfelderstrasse 3 #11.
We are pretty sure that "TR 10" means transport #10 to Chelmno, but if you can find any information beyond that we'd love to hear it!
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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