Student Profile: Karolina Kajla Dresler

Gender: girl
School: Gymnasium and high school for girls

RESEARCH CONDUCTED BY: kdas91 Contributing Researcher
Stage 1: Identity
Student's Given Name:
Karolina "Kajla" Dresler
Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants Database, Vol. 1-4 & 5
 
Kajla Dresler
Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants Database, Vol. 1-4 & 5
Birth Date:
1927-12-00
USHMM Biography Article
Place of Birth:
Lodz, Poland
USHMM Biography Article
User Comments:
The name Karolina Dresler was not found in the Children of the Lodz Ghetto database. She was listed under the name "Kajla" Dresler, which may have been a nickname or a middle name. Upon search in a search engine, she was identified as a survivor with a biography article on USHMM.
Stage 2: The Ghetto
Father's Name:
Mordechai Dresler
USHMM Biography Article
Mother's Name:
Sonia Dresler
USHMM Biography Article
Deported / Transferred:
1944-08-00
USHMM Biography Article
Employed at:
Auschwitz, Poland
USHMM Biography Article
 
Theresienstadt, Czechoslovakia
USHMM Biography Article
Camp Deported/Transferred to:
Auschwitz, Poland
USHMM Biography Article
 
Theresienstadt, Czechoslovakia
USHMM Biography Article
User Comments:
Karolina lived in the Lodz Ghetto and received her education there until the schools were closed in 1941. She then became involved in occupational workshops within the community (sewing workshops). Her father died in 1942 and Karolina, her mother Sonia, and her sister Theresa went into hiding.
Approver Comments:
Kush - Everything you have entered here is technically correct; however, it is entered in the wrong stage. The information about Karolina's deportation to Auschwitz and Theresienstadt belong in Stage 4. Otherwise, this is good research. You source was - http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10007288
Stage 3: Labor Camps
Arrived at Camp:
1944-08-00
USHMM Biography Article
User Comments:
No information can be found on what labor camps she was at prior to Auschwitz.
Approver Comments:
This information belongs in Stage 4 not Stage 3.
Stage 4: Auschwitz & Beyond
User Comments:
Kajla and her remaining family were sent to Auschwitz where her mother was gassed on arrival. However, Kajla, her sister, and her aunt were considered able bodied and then sent to a labor camp.
Stage 5: Liberation & After
Liberated:
1945-05-08
USHMM Biography Article
Liberated at:
Theresienstadt, Czechoslovakia
USHMM Biography Article
Displaced Person at (Last Residence):
Israel
USHMM Biography Article
User Comments:
She returned to Lodz and was reunited with her sister. In 1957, Karolina and her husband immigrated to Israel, where they live close to her sister.
Approver Comments:
Good job.