Student Profile: Pesia Gruszka

Gender: girl
School: School #8A

RESEARCH CONDUCTED BY: mgsmallman Advanced Researcher
Stage 1: Identity
Student's Given Name:
Pesa Gruszka
Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Birth Date:
1932-01-08
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Ghetto Street Address:
Hamburgerstrasse, 8, 8A
Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
 
Ziegel, 15
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User Comments:

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 Comments:
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
Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Sibling's Names:
Dawid Gruszka
Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Deported / Transferred:
1942-09-10
Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Camp Deported/Transferred to:
Chelmno, Poland
Secondary Sources
Place of Death:
Chelmno, Poland
Secondary Sources
User Comments:

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 Comments:
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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