Student Profile: Natan Kac

Gender: boy
School: School #14B

RESEARCH CONDUCTED BY: shirahope Contributing Researcher
Stage 1: Identity
Student's Given Name:
Natan Koch
Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Birth Date:
1930-01-03
Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Ghetto Street Address:
Brunnenstrasse, 16, 14
Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
 
Hitler, 114
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User Comments:

His name said Natan Kac, however we believe it is Natan Koch because he is in the same age range for his school and because Kac is very similar to Koch.

 

The address said Brunnen however the only option was Brunnenstrasse so we assumed it was that street.

Approver Comments:
I agree that this is another candidate to have signed the album. As you suggest, the name is very similar to the one that was signed, and Natan would have been 11 years old in 1941, the right age to attend school #14b. Thanks for correcting his birthdate.

I'll go ahead and mark your research "possible" (since one of your classmates has another possible candidate). I'm looking forward to seeing what you find in the next stages. Remember to keep an eye out for that date in the "ghetto note" field: 12/9/1942.
Stage 2: The Ghetto
Change of Address:
1942-09-12
Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Deported / Transferred:
1942-09-12
Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
User Comments:

In Koch's ghetto note it says A.G. 12-9-1942. AG either means a change of address or deportation so I put them both in, however, I think he was deported because no further information for him appears, and everyone on the September 12 transport was killed in the gas vans and was predominantly under the age of 10. Koch was about 12 at the time so it is very likely that he was on this transport as well.

Approver Comments:
I agree with your conjecture that this date likely references that Natan Koch would have been deported to Chelmno during the September 1942 Gehsperre Aktion, but I really appreciate your including both possibilities. That demonstrates a great understanding of the nebulousness of the information we have, and we love to see that on this site. Thank you!

I hope that you're able to figure out the solution to this mystery.
Stage 3: Labor Camps
 
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Stage 4: Auschwitz & Beyond
 
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Stage 5: Liberation & After
 
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