Gender: boy
School:
School #2
School #2 was a religious school for boys in Lodz. Most students were between 8 and 15 years old, meaning that they were born between 1926 and 1933.
School #2 was located at Ulica Jakuba 10. The street name was changed to Rembrandtstrasse when German occupation began in 1939. You can read more about Ulica Jakuba at
http://www.lodz-ghetto.com/sw_jakuba_street.html,24.
Stage 1: Identity
Student's Given Name:
Menachem Sztyft
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 1/7/2013;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
astidham
Birth Date:
1929-01-29
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 1/7/2013;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
astidham
Ghetto Street Address:
Holzstrasse, 11, 25, Lodz Ghetto, Poland
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 1/7/2013;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
astidham
Sudetenstrasse, 24, Lodz Ghetto, Poland
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 1/7/2013;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
astidham
User Comment:
I believe that the Menachem that I found is the individual that signed the album because, while searching his name (fuzzy and exact) the only other individual that I personally found was another Menachem that was ten years younger. Menachem was born in 1929 (which fits the age range for a young man in School #2) and his occupation is also listed as Schueler.
Approver Comment:
Nice work! I agree that this is most likely the student who signed this name in the album. As you indicate, only this Menachem would have been the right age in 1941 to have attended school #2. Best of luck in the next stages.
Stage 2: The Ghetto
Father's Name:
Hersz Sztyft
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 1/10/2013;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
astidham
Mother's Name:
Rajzla Sztyft
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 1/10/2013;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
astidham
Sibling's Names:
Chaim Sender Sztyft
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 1/10/2013;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
astidham
Chaja Sztyft
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 1/10/2013;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
astidham
Chana Sztyft
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 1/10/2013;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
astidham
Hinda Laja Sztyft
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 1/10/2013;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
astidham
Lajb Sztyft
Source: Lodz Ghetto Hospital Records
Status: Submitted 1/10/2013;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
astidham
Szlama Sztyft
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 1/10/2013;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
astidham
Deported / Transferred:
1942-09-10
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 1/10/2013;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
astidham
Camp Deported/Transferred to:
Chelmno, Poland
Source: jewishgen.org
Status: Submitted 1/10/2013;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
astidham
Place of Death:
Chelmno, Poland
Source: jewishgen.org
Status: Submitted 1/10/2013;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
astidham
User Comment:
The family members that I was able to find for Menachem were found by searching last name, matching addresses, and paying attention to birth dates. Hersz I believe is his father because of his birth year (1888). Rajzla is the oldest female listed at the address (1885), which led me to believe that she was his mother. His siblings are all generally older than him. Chaja (1912), Chaim (1914), Chana (1918), Lajb (1920), Hinda (1926), and Szlama. I was also able to find a deportation date listed of 10.9.42, and after looking at secondary resources, I was able to determine that his transport arrived at Chelmno during a mass round-up. I was able to find this information by searching jewishge.org (the Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants database). On the USHHM database, the date of 10.9 was given but the year was absent. On jewishgen.org the date 10.9.42 was given. I also located his family by matching addresses through the spreadsheet style database at jewishgen (even though it is the same as USHHM), and then cross-referenced the material at the administrative database listed for the project.
Approver Comment:
I agree with your process and conclusions for finding his family. Thank you for clarifying the source you used for the place deported to and place of death; the secondary sources available on our site do indicate that September 10, 1942 would have fallen in the middle of the Gehsperre Aktion, in which children were deported to Chelmno.
Stage 3: Labor Camps
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Stage 4: Auschwitz & Beyond
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Stage 5: Liberation & After
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