Student Profile: Josef Toporek

Gender: boy

School: School #2

RESEARCH CONDUCTED BY: ahurst1 Contributing Researcher

Stage 1: Identity

Student's Given Name:

JOSEF TOFOREK

Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants Database, Vol. 1-4 & 5

Birth Date:

1928-04-19

Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants Database, Vol. 1-4 & 5

User Comments:

I believe Josef Toforek is the student who signed the album, because his title was "Schueler" and his birth date was between the 1921-1933. It also shows "AUSG TR 10" which is Deportation with transport number (to Chełmno), although I'm confused about what the 10 means.

Approver Comments:

I agree that Josef Toforek is the likeliest candidate to have signed the album (the F and P are represented by the same character in the Hebrew alphabet, and many students signed their names in Yiddish using Hebrew characters)--in 1941, he would have been 13 years old, an appropriate age to be attending school #2 when he signed the album. Please also note his addresses: Alt Markt and Sulzfelderstrasse 3 #11.

We are pretty sure that "TR 10" means transport #10 to Chelmno, but if you can find any information beyond that we'd love to hear it!

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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