Gender: girl
School:
School #6
School #6 taught boys and girls who were deaf or hard-of-hearing. Since it was the only school for children who were deaf in the Lodz Ghetto, its students ranged in age from 6 to 20 years old, and were born between 1921 and 1935.
School #6 was located at Ulica Limanoskiego 45. The street name was changed to Alexanderhofstrasse when German occupation began in 1939. See
www.lodz-ghetto.com for a map of Ulica Limanoskiego and the rest of the Lodz ghetto.
Stage 1: Identity
Student's Given Name:
Tauba Symel
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 12/1/2011;
Possible
| Researcher:
samidamsky
Tauba Symmel
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 12/1/2011;
Possible
| Researcher:
samidamsky
Birth Date:
1931-03-21
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 12/1/2011;
Possible
| Researcher:
samidamsky
1934-08-04
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 12/1/2011;
Possible
| Researcher:
samidamsky
Ghetto Street Address:
Targowa, 38
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 12/1/2011;
Possible
| Researcher:
samidamsky
Holzstrasse, 19, 24
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 12/1/2011;
Possible
| Researcher:
samidamsky
Storchengasse, 6
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 12/1/2011;
Possible
| Researcher:
samidamsky
Storchengasse, 6, 30
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 12/1/2011;
Possible
| Researcher:
samidamsky
User Comment:
The students of School #6 were born between 1921 and 1935 so we looked for results similar to Toba Simel born within these years. Three names that sounded similar and were born between 1921-1935 came up. Two of the names were spelled differently (Tauba Symel and Tauba Symmel) but had the same year of birth listed. One name had the entire date of birth, August 4, 1934, and the other just had 1934 listed. The other name we found was Tauba Symel born on March 21, 1931. Tauba Symel born in 1931 spent time at the Ghetto addresses of HOLZ 19 24 and TARGOWA 38 and had the occupation of a Schuelerin (student). Tauba Symel with only her year of birth listed spent time at the Ghetto address STORCHEN 6 30 (STORCHEN 6 was also listed) and had the occupation: Kind. There was a ghetto note that told us she was deported on March 15, 1942 on transport number 20. Tauba Symmel with her entire DOB listed also spent time at STORCHEN 6 30. We came to the conclusion that the results for Symel and Symmel born in 1934 are the same person.
Approver Comment:
Misreading on my part, sorry--I agree that both 1934 records point to the same person, but that 1931 Tauba is a different person. Remember to keep this distinction laid out clearly in the next stages. I do agree that either girl might have signed the album.
Stage 2: The Ghetto
Deported / Transferred:
1942-03-15
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 12/1/2011;
Possible
| Researcher:
samidamsky
Transport #:
20
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 12/1/2011;
Possible
| Researcher:
samidamsky
Camp Deported/Transferred to:
Chelmno, Poland
Source: Secondary Sources
Status: Submitted 12/1/2011;
Possible
| Researcher:
samidamsky
User Comment:
We assumed that Symel/Symmel Tauba born in 1934 was deported to Chelmno and killed in a gas van since she was deported on March 15, 1942. During March of 1942 there were dailty transports to Chelmno of sizes larger than 24,650 in which prisoners were killed in gas vans.
Approver Comment:
I agree that this information is accurate for the Tauba born in 1934. I have to continue to mark this possible until we know which Tauba signed the album, but thank you for helping to complete that Tauba's record.
Stage 3: Labor Camps
Student's Given Name:
Tauba Symel
Source: Prisoner Lists from Forced Labor Camps
Status: Submitted 12/1/2011;
Possible
| Researcher:
samidamsky
Birth Date:
1926-03-25
Source: Prisoner Lists from Forced Labor Camps
Status: Submitted 12/1/2011;
Possible
| Researcher:
samidamsky
Arrived at Camp:
1944-11-29
Source: Prisoner Lists from Forced Labor Camps
Status: Submitted 12/1/2011;
Possible
| Researcher:
samidamsky
Prisoner #:
59871
Source: Prisoner Lists from Forced Labor Camps
Status: Submitted 12/1/2011;
Possible
| Researcher:
samidamsky
Camp Deported/Transferred to:
Flossenbuerg, Germany
Source: Prisoner Lists from Forced Labor Camps
Status: Submitted 12/1/2011;
Possible
| Researcher:
samidamsky
Registered as a Prisoner at:
Flossenbuerg, Germany
Source: Prisoner Lists from Forced Labor Camps
Status: Submitted 12/1/2011;
Possible
| Researcher:
samidamsky
User Comment:
Through the “Prisoner Lists from Forced Labor Camps” we found someone named Tauba Symel born on March 25, 1926. She entered the Flossenburg Concentration Camp on November 29, 1944 and was prisoner number 59871. Her nationaliy is listed as PJ. When we looked through the Nationality and persecution status codes we learned that she could have been a Pole, a protective custodian political, Jewish, and/or a Jugoslav.
Approver Comment:
This is very interesting. While we have no information associating this Tauba with either of our Taubas, or with Lodz, the date of birth gives me pause. We often find birth years in the transportation lists to be different from those in the database, and the March 25th date reminds me of our 1931 Tauba's March 21st birthdate. I'm going to mark this as possible--just in case. What else can you find out about this Tauba?
Stage 4: Auschwitz & Beyond
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Stage 5: Liberation & After
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