Gender: girl
School:
School #9A
School #9 was a school for girls in Lodz. The students in #9a attended classes in the morning. Most students were between 9 and 12 years old, meaning that they were born between 1929 and 1932.
School #9 was located at Ulica Rybna 15. The street name was changed to Fischstrasse when German occupation began in 1939. You can read more about Ulica Rybna at
http://www.lodz-ghetto.com/rybna_street.html,13.
Stage 1: Identity
Student's Given Name:
Lea Herszenkraft
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 11/14/2013;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
lnfernandez
Birth Date:
1931-00-00
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 11/14/2013;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
lnfernandez
Ghetto Street Address:
Zgierska, 9
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 11/14/2013;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
lnfernandez
Hohensteinstrasse, 9, 14
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 11/14/2013;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
lnfernandez
User Comment:
I was able to find Lea Herszenkraft on the database by searching for her exact name. I was unable to find her birth date, only her birth year.
Approver Comment:
I agree you've found the person who signed this name in the album. In addition to the exact name match, she would have been 10 years old in 1941, the right age to attend school #9a.
Zgierska was the Polish name for the street the Germans named Hohensteinstrasse--this means she was probably living on the same street, if not in the same apartment, before the ghetto was created. I'm excited to see what you find in the next stages.
Stage 2: The Ghetto
Mother's Name:
Estera Herszenkraft
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 11/14/2013;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
lnfernandez
Sibling's Names:
Ita Herszenkraft
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 11/14/2013;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
lnfernandez
Deported / Transferred:
1942-03-05
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 11/14/2013;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
lnfernandez
Camp Deported/Transferred to:
Chelmno, Poland
Source: Secondary Sources
Status: Submitted 11/14/2013;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
lnfernandez
Place of Death:
Chelmno, Poland
Source: Secondary Sources
Status: Submitted 11/14/2013;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
lnfernandez
User Comment:
After finding the date Lea was deported, March 5, 1942, I searched the Secondary Sources to learn more about where exactly she was deported. There were daily deportations in March, 1942 to Chelmno, and all deportees were killed in the gas vans, Lea and her family among the victims.
Approver Comment:
How were you able to determine that Estera and Ita were Lea's family members?
I agree that Lea would have been deported to Chelmno if she was deported in March 1942. Thank you for helping to complete her record. If you like, you may now fill out a biography for Lea.
Stage 3: Labor Camps
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Stage 4: Auschwitz & Beyond
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Stage 5: Liberation & After
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