Student Profile: Mania Obuchowska

Gender: girl
School: School #10B


Stage 1: Identity
Student's Given Name:
Mania Obuchowski
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants Database, Vol. 1-4 & 5
Status: Submitted 11/28/2010; Possible | Researcher: paigefox
Birth Date:
1926-00-00
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants Database, Vol. 1-4 & 5
Status: Submitted 11/28/2010; Possible | Researcher: paigefox
User Comment:

OTHER INFORMATION

Ghetto Address: Tal 6 6

No names came up after searching Mania Obuchowska, M Obuchowska, or Obuchowska. However, after searching names that sounded like Mania Obuchowska, the name Mania Obuchowski appeared, with a birthday that was in the appropriate time frame for children at elementary schools which led us to believe that this is the correct student.

Approver Comment:
Very good call not to give up when Obuchowska came up empty. In Polish, naming conventions often go that names ending in -ski for men are written as -ska for women, so depending on who was taking the record and for what purpose, either Obuchowska and Obuchowski is possible. See you in stage 2!

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Stage 2: The Ghetto
Father's Name:
Abram Obuchowski
Source: Hospital, Labor, Deportation, and Administrative Records from the Lodz Ghetto
Status: Submitted 11/28/2010; Possible | Researcher: paigefox
Mother's Name:
Chaja Obuchowski
Source: Hospital, Labor, Deportation, and Administrative Records from the Lodz Ghetto
Status: Submitted 11/28/2010; Possible | Researcher: paigefox
User Comment:

Abram Obuchowski has the same ghetto address as Mania Obuchowski and was born in 1886, which led us to believe that he is Mania's father and had her at the age of 40.

Chana Obuchowski has the same address as Mania and was born in 1918 which led us to believe that she can be Mania's older sister.

Chaja Obuchowski has the same address as Mania and was born in 1882. This date may prove that Chaja is too old to be Mania's mother but we still believe that there is a possibility that she could have given birth to Mania at the old age of 44.

Genendla Obuchowski has the same address as Mania and was born in 1925, a year before Mania. This led us to believe that Genendla is Mania's sister.

Again, Gitla Obuchowski has the same address as Mania and was born in 1931 which led us to believe that Gitla is Mania's sister as well.

Nicha Obuchowski has the same address as well and was born in 1923 which led us to believe that Nicha is yet another sister of Mania's.

Szyfra Obuchowski has the same address as Mania and was born in 1932 and could thusly be another sister of Mania's.

Because we found so many people with the last name Obuchowski with the same address as Mania, we were able to assume that Mania simply had a very large family with many sisters living in the same ghetto at the same address.

Approver Comment:
Don't discount the possibility of cousins, aunts, uncles, etc. living at the same address, too. :)

Again, sound reasoning for your conclusions. I'll mark this as "possible" until we learn more about Chaja.

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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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