Gender: boy
School:
Gymnasium and high school for boys
Gymnasium and high school students were typically between 14 and 20 years old. A gymnasium student in September 1941 was likely born between 1921 and 1927.
The gymnasium and high school for boys was located on Otylii. The street name was changed to Ottilienstrasse when German occupation began in 1939. See
www.lodz-ghetto.com for a map of Otylii and the rest of the Lodz ghetto.
Stage 1: Identity
Student's Given Name:
Szlama Langer
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants Database, Vol. 1-4 & 5
Status: Submitted 4/16/2010;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
rgamlam
Birth Date:
1922-04-10
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants Database, Vol. 1-4 & 5
Status: Submitted 4/16/2010;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
rgamlam
User Comment:
When researching S. Langer, Szlama Langer appeared with the correct birthdate to be attending Gymnasium. Szlama was the only person who fit the right criteria: male, born in the right year range to attend gymnasium, lived in the ghetto, etc.
If Szlama is S. Langer his ghetto addresses were ALEXOF 24 and then STORCHEN 1 22. Szlama had a job as a weaver (weber) within the ghetto. Szlama was on the eighth transport number to Chelmno, where he would have been gassed.
Stage 2: The Ghetto
Transport #:
8
Source: Hospital, Labor, Deportation, and Administrative Records from the Lodz Ghetto
Status: Submitted 4/16/2010;
Possible
| Researcher:
rgamlam
Employed at:
Chelmno, Poland
Source: Hospital, Labor, Deportation, and Administrative Records from the Lodz Ghetto
Status: Submitted 4/16/2010;
Possible
| Researcher:
rgamlam
User Comment:
I am assuming that if Szlama was on transport number 8, he was one of the first groups to be transported out of the ghetto which means that he most likely ended up in Chelmno.
Approver Comment:
While you are right that Szlama was transported to Chelmno on a transport assigned the number 8, we don't know if that necessarily means that he was on the eighth transport out of Lodz. We are not sure if Transport #8 refers to Transport VIII from secondary sources (which would place Szlama's transport in the July of 1944), the eighth transport out of Lodz, or something else entirely. While I agree with your research, it is only possible that Szlama was among the first to be transported to Chelmno.
Stage 3: Labor Camps
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Stage 4: Auschwitz & Beyond
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Stage 5: Liberation & After
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