School #9b was a school for girls in Lodz. The students in school #9b attended classes in the afternoon. Most students were between 10 and 16 years old, meaning that they were born between 1925 and 1931.
School #9 was located at Ulica Rybna 15. The street name was changed to Fischstrasse when German occupation began in 1939. You can read more about Ulica Rybna at http://www.lodz-ghetto.com/rybna_street.html,13.
RESEARCH CONDUCTED BY: samantha_meyer7 Contributing Researcher
Rachela Judka's name was matched exactly using the Inhabitants source. Birthdate of 1927 matches up with the age of a female in School #9B. Blattbin 17 1 is most likely an interpretation of 17 Blattbinderstrasse, Flat 1.
Approver Comments:
Note that you'll also find her as Rachela Iudka, born December 31, 1927. (I suspect that is the correct DOB, as November only has 30 days.)
Stage 2: The Ghetto
Father's Name:
Chaim Judka
Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Mother's Name:
Alta Judka
Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Sibling's Names:
Abram Dawid Judka
Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Lajb Judka
Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Approver Comments:
How did you determine these were her family members? Also, have you looked for any of them with the last name Iudka?
Stage 3: Labor Camps
Camp Deported/Transferred to:
Bergen-Belsen, Germany
ancestry.co.uk
User Comments:
No deportation date was given under Inhabitants source. However, Ancestry.co.uk has records of Rachela and Alta's names printed in the Holocaust register of survivors in Pinkas HaNitzolim I & II (1945), page 129.
Approver Comments:
How did you determine that the Rachela in that source points to our Rachela from Lodz?
Stage 4: Auschwitz & Beyond
No research performed on this stage
Stage 5: Liberation & After
Liberated:
1945-04-15
USHMM Encyclopedia - 'Bergen-Belsen'
Liberated at:
Bergen-Belsen, Germany
Ancestry.co.uk.
User Comments:
Date of Liberation is based off of USHMM Encyclopedia, which states that Bergen-Belsen was liberated by the British on 15 April 2014. Rachela Judka's name is printed in a record of survivors, allowing us to understand that she survived liberation. There is no further information on her after this point.
Approver Comments:
Please tell me more about the source you used for the information about her survival in Bergen-Belsen.
