Gender: unknown
School:
School #5
School #5 was a school that taught both boys and girls. Most students were between 7 and 15 years old, meaning that they were born between 1926 and 1934.
School #5 was located at Ulica Limanoskiego 45. The street name was changed to Alexanderhof when German occupation began in 1939. See
www.lodz-ghetto.com for a map of Ulica Limanoskiego and the rest of the Lodz ghetto.
Stage 1: Identity
Student's Given Name:
MOTEL BERGFRAJD
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 3/5/2013;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
rreason
Birth Date:
1930-04-16
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 3/5/2013;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
rreason
Ghetto Street Address:
Inselstrasse, 30, 41, Lodz Ghetto, Poland
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 3/5/2013;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
rreason
Narutowicz, 11, Lodz, Poland
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 3/5/2013;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
rreason
User Comment:
The name Matl Bergfrojnd unfortunately doesn’t exist in the Holocaust survivors and victims database nor does google recognise it anywhere on the internet but on the children of the lodz memorial research project website. Google suggested spelling Berfreund, but that name turned up results of people much older than those at school #5 where Matl Bergfrojnd was. I decided to input only the last name as a fuzzy search and still found nothing until I searched “Bergf*”, which led me to names spelled Bergfrajd and the listing of a person born in 1930 (appropriate for school #5) was a boy named Motel Bergfrajd, which seems to fit fairly well.
Approver Comment:
Excellent work! Russell, I'm really impressed by your process and appreciate your explaining it so clearly in your research note. Motel Bergfrajd is the closest candidate to Matl Bergfrojnd, based upon the similarity in their names and the fact that in 1941 he would have been 11 years old, the right age to attend school #5. Please also add his addresses:
INSEL 30 41
NARUTOWICZ 11
Best of luck on the next stages! I look forward to seeing what you find.
Thank you for adding his addresses!
Stage 2: The Ghetto
Mother's Name:
Marjem Bergfrajd
Source: jewishgen.org
Status: Submitted 3/5/2013;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
rreason
Sibling's Names:
Basia Bergfrajd
Source: jewishgen.org
Status: Submitted 3/5/2013;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
rreason
Fajga Bergfrajd
Source: jewishgen.org
Status: Submitted 3/5/2013;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
rreason
User Comment:
I was directed to a website called Jewish Gen and ended up creating an account there so that I could view their records. Upon searching for the Last Name Bergfrajd I found three entries aside from Motel with the same address. The sibblings I listed were born 193 and 1937 so I assume they were sibblings whil the other born in 1898 must have been the mother. Gender was listed as F for all three. These records were found in the "lodz ghetto list" in the "holocaust database" on the jewishgen.org website.
Approver Comment:
Excellent! Thank you for adding his family to the record. Are you able to find out more about his fate on the following stages?
Stage 3: Labor Camps
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Stage 4: Auschwitz & Beyond
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Stage 5: Liberation & After
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