Gender: girl
School:
Gymnasium and high school for girls
Gymnasium and high school students were typically between 14 and 20 years old. A gymnasium student in September 1941 was likely born between 1921 and 1927.
The gymnasium and high school for girls was located on Otylii. The street name was changed to Ottilienstrasse when German occupation began in 1939. See
www.lodz-ghetto.com for a map of Otylii and the rest of the Lodz ghetto.
Stage 1: Identity
Student's Given Name:
Helena zemler
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants Database, Vol. 1-4 & 5
Status: Submitted 4/14/2011;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
victoria.p
Birth Date:
1924-00-00
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants Database, Vol. 1-4 & 5
Status: Submitted 4/14/2011;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
victoria.p
Place of Birth:
Bedzin, Poland
Source: http://collections.ushmm.org/artifact/image/b00/00/b0000257.pdf
Status: Submitted 4/26/2011;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
krstndoreen
User Comment:
I went to the museams data base and typed in her full name and checked the boxes beside first and last name. she was the only one to come up.
Approver Comment:
I agree that you have found the student who signed the album! As you suggest, in 1941 she would have been 17 years old, just the right age to attend gymnasium. Also note her addresses: Muehlgasse 13 and Pilsudski 74. Nice work! See you in stage 2.
Approver Comment:
Correct according to the source cited.
Discussion
krstndoreen
Helena
posted: 4/14/2011 | viewed: 647 | replies: 7
Stage 2: The Ghetto
Father's Name:
Wolf Zemler
Source: http://collections.ushmm.org/artifact/image/b00/00/b0000257.pdf
Status: Submitted 4/14/2011;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
krstndoreen
Wolf Zemler
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 11/6/2013;
Confirmed
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baseballsally
Mother's Name:
Balbina Zemler
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 11/6/2013;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
baseballsally
Balbina Sztatler Zemler
Source: http://collections.ushmm.org/artifact/image/b00/00/b0000257.pdf
Status: Submitted 4/14/2011;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
krstndoreen
Sibling's Names:
Bernard Zemler
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 11/6/2013;
Confirmed
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baseballsally
Change of Address:
1929-00-00
Source: http://collections.ushmm.org/artifact/image/b00/00/b0000257.pdf
Status: Submitted 4/14/2011;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
krstndoreen
1940-04-00
Source: http://collections.ushmm.org/artifact/image/b00/00/b0000257.pdf
Status: Submitted 4/14/2011;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
krstndoreen
Deported / Transferred:
1944-08-01
Source: http://collections.ushmm.org/artifact/image/b00/00/b0000257.pdf
Status: Submitted 4/14/2011;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
krstndoreen
1944-10-00
Source: http://collections.ushmm.org/artifact/image/b00/00/b0000257.pdf
Status: Submitted 4/14/2011;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
krstndoreen
Ghetto Street Address:
Mühlgasse, 13
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 11/6/2013;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
baseballsally
Approver Comment:
I agree that this information is accurate according to the source you cite. Tell us more!
User Comment:
Those with the same name at the same address are assumed to be family.
Approver Comment:
I agree with your conclusions here.
Stage 3: Labor Camps
Arrived at Camp:
1944-08-01
Source: http://collections.ushmm.org/artifact/image/b00/00/b0000257.pdf
Status: Submitted 4/14/2011;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
victoria.p
Camp Deported/Transferred to:
Auschwitz, Poland
Source: http://collections.ushmm.org/artifact/image/b00/00/b0000257.pdf
Status: Submitted 4/14/2011;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
krstndoreen
Approver Comment:
Please leave a comment telling us more!
Approver Comment:
Accurate according to the source. Tell us more!
Stage 4: Auschwitz & Beyond
Camp Deported/Transferred from:
Auschwitz, Poland
Source: http://collections.ushmm.org/artifact/image/b00/00/b0000257.pdf
Status: Submitted 4/14/2011;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
krstndoreen
Camp Deported/Transferred to:
Halbstadt, Gross Rosen, Poland
Source: http://collections.ushmm.org/artifact/image/b00/00/b0000257.pdf
Status: Submitted 4/14/2011;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
krstndoreen
Approver Comment:
The biography you cite references this information.
Stage 5: Liberation & After
Student's Married Name:
Helena Zymler-Svantesson
Source: nytimes.com/1994/08/26/world/lodz-survivors-meet-and-remember.html
Status: Submitted 11/6/2013;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
baseballsally
Liberated:
1945-05-08
Source: http://collections.ushmm.org/artifact/image/b00/00/b0000257.pdf
Status: Submitted 4/26/2011;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
victoria.p
1945-05-08
Source: http://collections.ushmm.org/artifact/image/b00/00/b0000257.pdf
Status: Submitted 4/14/2011;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
krstndoreen
Liberated at:
czechloslovakia, Gross Rosen, Poland
Source: http://collections.ushmm.org/artifact/image/b00/00/b0000257.pdf
Status: Submitted 4/26/2011;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
victoria.p
Approver Comment:
Feel free to leave us narrative comments that help to tell her story based on what you learned in the document you found.
Approver Comment:
I agree this information is accurate according to the bio. Have you been able to find it in another database?
Approver Comment:
I am going to confirm that this is the same Helena who signed this name in the album. 13 Mlynarska Street, cited in this article, is the same as Muehlgasse, the street linked with Helena through the Lodz ghetto inhabitants database. Thank you for making this connection.
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