Student Profile: C. Galster

Gender: boy
School: Gymnasium and high school for boys


Stage 1: Identity
Student's Given Name:
Czewslaw Galster
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 11/15/2011; Confirmed | Researcher: lejeune@gwmail.gwu.edu
Birth Date:
1927-11-14
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 11/15/2011; Confirmed | Researcher: lejeune@gwmail.gwu.edu
 
1927-12-14
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 11/15/2011; Confirmed | Researcher: lejeune@gwmail.gwu.edu
Ghetto Street Address:
Alexanderhofstrasse, 21, 8
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 11/15/2011; Confirmed | Researcher: lejeune@gwmail.gwu.edu
 
Blaugasse, 21, 8
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 11/15/2011; Confirmed | Researcher: lejeune@gwmail.gwu.edu
 
Brunnenstrasse, 16
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 11/15/2011; Confirmed | Researcher: lejeune@gwmail.gwu.edu
User Comment:

After further research, I found in the Register of Jewish survivors Czeslaw Galster!  His file number was 

09/DSC00032.JPG, page 82, and his record number was 25565.  The only thing now is I don't know what any of this means.  I am assuming this means he survived, but I could not find any further information on her. 
Approver Comment:
I suspect that both Czewslaw Galsters are the same person, but one of the records is inaccurate. We just don't know which! Also please enter the other spelling of the first name: Czeslaw Galster (in another name field, please).

Thanks for opening up this mystery. I'm excited to see how we piece together this Czeslaw with the record of survival.

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Stage 2: The Ghetto
Mother's Name:
Lucy Galster
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 11/15/2011; Confirmed | Researcher: lejeune@gwmail.gwu.edu
User Comment:

I feel as if I found the Mother for Czeslaw Galster.  I checked all the people with the last name of Galster in the Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants database until I came across someone with a similiar address.  Turns out, I found an identical address for a female named Lucy Galster.  She was born on 18/12/1896, and also resided at Blaue 21 8 and Brunnen 16.  Her occupation was that of a Buroangest, which I came to find out means a clerk.  She also went by the name of Lucy Zabinska.

After more searching, I found another Lucy Galster, with a date of birth of 18/12/1826.  These records say she lived at the same ghetto addresses as Czeslaw;  Alexhof 21 8 and Brunnen 16.  For this person, the occupation listed is a Hausfrau, which means housewife.  

I also came across a Lucy Galstergrabinska, who was born on 18/12/1896.  I feel as if this is the same person because the last name contains both last names for Lucy, just combined.  This is the same birthdate as the first Lucy Galster I came across, but the only difference is the ghetto address.  This Lucy lived at Brunnen 16 29.  This may just be a more accurate residence though.

A possible cousin may be that of Rywka Galster.  She was born 17/3/1916 and lived at Alexhof 28 22.  That is similiar to Czeslaw and Lucy who resided at Alexhof 21 8.  Her occupation was a Sreikerin, which I have not found out what it means.

Approver Comment:
1826 would be way too old in 1941! I'm guessing that one is a typo for 1896. I agree that all three of those records point to the same person, who is likely to have been Czeslaw/Czewslaw's mother.

Rywka Galster might be a cousin. I wonder what else you'll find out about her, too. Great work.

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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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Research contributed by the following user
lejeune@gwmail.gwu.edu