Student Profile:
S. Rafal
Gender: girl
School:
School #17B
School #17 was a school for girls in the Lodz ghetto; school #17b met in the afternoon. In 1941, students ranged in age from 9 to 15 years, meaning they were born between 1926 and 1932.
School #17 was located at Młynarska 25. The street name was changed to Mühlstrasse when German occupation began in 1939. See
www.lodz-ghetto.com for a map of Młynarska and the rest of the Lodz ghetto.
Stage 1: Identity
Student's Given Name:
Sura Rachel Rafal
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants - Supplementary Volume 5
Status: Submitted 11/13/2011;
Possible
| Researcher:
lejeune@gwmail.gwu.edu
Birth Date:
1931-04-07
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants - Supplementary Volume 5
Status: Submitted 11/13/2011;
Possible
| Researcher:
lejeune@gwmail.gwu.edu
Ghetto Street Address:
Kamienna, 4
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants - Supplementary Volume 5
Status: Submitted 11/13/2011;
Possible
| Researcher:
lejeune@gwmail.gwu.edu
Talweg, 11, 19
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants - Supplementary Volume 5
Status: Submitted 11/13/2011;
Possible
| Researcher:
lejeune@gwmail.gwu.edu
User Comment:
We found Rafal, S. under the Student List in which she attended School #17B. We then concluded a search in the
Łódź Ghetto Inhabitants-Supplementary Volume 5. From looking at the information for the birth dates from School #17B, we concluded that she was between 1926 and 1932. Our results came up with a girl named Sura Rachel Rafal, born 07/04/1931. We also know Sura occupied the ghetto located at Tal 11 19. Within our search results, a comment was listed that said Kamiena 4, which we are unsure as to what that means.
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Approver Comment:
I agree that you have found one possible candidate for the student who signed the album. In 1941, Sura would have been 10 years old, an appropriate age to attend school #17b. The only other candidate I see is Sara Rafalowicz, born in 1928--what do you think about her?
Thanks for entering the addresses correctly! "Kamienna" was a street whose name was changed to Von-Stein-Strasse after Lodz was occupied by German forces, and that street was not incorporated into the ghetto, so I think this might have been Sura's family's address before the establishment of the ghetto.
I look forward to seeing what you find in the next stages!
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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