Gender: girl
School:
School #4B
School #4 was a religious school in Lodz that taught girls; school #4b met in the afternoon. Most students were between 9 and 14 years old, meaning that they were born between 1927 and 1932.
School #4 was located at Ulica Brzezinska 41. The street name was changed to Sulzfelderstrasse when German occupation began in 1939. You can read more about Ulica Brzezinska at
http://www.lodz-ghetto.com/brzezinska_street.html,16.
Stage 1: Identity
Student's Given Name:
Rywka Abowicz
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants Database, Vol. 1-4 & 5
Status: Submitted 5/11/2011;
Possible
| Researcher:
John2011
Birth Date:
1927-00-00
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants Database, Vol. 1-4 & 5
Status: Submitted 5/11/2011;
Possible
| Researcher:
John2011
1929-08-27
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants Database, Vol. 1-4 & 5
Status: Submitted 5/11/2011;
Possible
| Researcher:
John2011
User Comment:
I found three names that are possible candidates for R. Abowicz.
The first name was Rywka Abowicz b. 1927 and she lived at N Zarzewska 31 and Sulzfelder 37 8 and she moved to Am Bach 19 on 7/07/1941.
The second name was also a Rywka Abowicz b. 27/08/1929 and she lived at Am Bach 15 53 and Bierstr 36.
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The aforementioned name Rivka Abowicz accually wasnt from the Lodz Ghetto so I removed her name.
Approver Comment:
I agree that either of these Rywkas could have signed the album--at 12 and 14 years old, respectively, either might have been attending school #4b at the time the album was signed. Until we know with greater certainty who signed the album, I will mark your research on this stage as "possible."
Stage 2: The Ghetto
Sibling's Names:
Aba Abowicz
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 11/30/2012;
Possible
| Researcher:
msfaimann
Aba Eljasz Abowicz
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 11/30/2012;
Possible
| Researcher:
msfaimann
User Comment:
After searching the database I came across this young boy (Aba Abowicz) born in 1929 and his address is also SULZF 37 8.
Then secondly I found a young boy named Aba Eljasz Abowicz who was born in 1927 and his addresses were also Am Bach 19 16 and Sulzf 37/8. It said that he was deported to some sort of camp on March 15, 1942. This information actually did make sense if one were to think about it more and more. It was written in Rywka Abowicz’s profile that she moved to Am Bach in 1941, which might have meant that Aba Eljasz also moved at that time if the two were related. Since Aba Aljasz did not get deported till 1942, this would have given the possibility to update his profile to the new address (Am Bach 19 16). All this did also make sense to why Aba Eljasz would have signed his name as “Eljasz” on the school card; he had a brother who had the same name as him.
Approver Comment:
Do you think that Aba Eljasz and Aba are the same person? Despite the discrepancy in dates of birth, the addresses are the same, and I don't think it's particularly likely that their parents would have given them both the same name.
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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