Gender: girl
School:
School #8A
School #8 was a school for girls in Lodz. The students in #8a attended classes in the morning. Most students were between 7 and 13 years old, meaning that they were born between 1928 and 1934.
School #8a was located at Ulica Limanoskiego 25. The street name was changed to Alexanderhof 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:
Pesa Gruszka
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 12/13/2012;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
mgsmallman
Birth Date:
1932-01-08
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 12/13/2012;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
mgsmallman
Ghetto Street Address:
Ziegel, 15
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 12/13/2012;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
mgsmallman
Hamburgerstrasse, 8, 8A
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 12/13/2012;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
mgsmallman
User Comment:
A search for P* Gruszka turned up 3 results, of which Pesa was the closest name match in addition to having been born in a year that would have made her the right age to attend school #8A.
Approver Comment:
Nice work. I agree that this is the most likely candidate to have signed this name in the album. As you suggest, in 1941 she would have been 9 years old, the right age for school #8a.
Stage 2: The Ghetto
Mother's Name:
Rojza Gruszka
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 12/13/2012;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
mgsmallman
Sibling's Names:
Dawid Gruszka
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 12/13/2012;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
mgsmallman
Deported / Transferred:
1942-09-10
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 12/13/2012;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
mgsmallman
Camp Deported/Transferred to:
Chelmno, Poland
Source: Secondary Sources
Status: Submitted 12/13/2012;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
mgsmallman
Place of Death:
Chelmno, Poland
Source: Secondary Sources
Status: Submitted 12/13/2012;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
mgsmallman
User Comment:
I connected Pesa to her family via matching addresses. She lived with her brother/cousin Dawid (b. 1920) and her mother/aunt Rojza.
Pesa was deported on September 10, 1942, on which date there was a deportation to Chelmno. Dawid died of currently unknown causes on February 5, 1942. Rojza, according to hospital records, died on January 11/12 (11 according to her profile, 12 according to the death record) of starvation and avitaminosis.
Approver Comment:
I agree with your conclusions. Pesa would have been deported as part of the Gehsperre Aktion, the deportations from which went to Chelmno. Thank you for helping to complete her record.
Stage 3: Labor Camps
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Stage 4: Auschwitz & Beyond
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Stage 5: Liberation & After
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