Gender: girl
School:
School #4B
School #4 was a religious school in Lodz that taught girls; school #4b met in the afternoon. Most students were between 9 and 14 years old, meaning that they were born between 1927 and 1932.
School #4 was located at Ulica Brzezinska 41. The street name was changed to Sulzfelderstrasse when German occupation began in 1939. You can read more about Ulica Brzezinska at
http://www.lodz-ghetto.com/brzezinska_street.html,16.
Stage 1: Identity
Student's Given Name:
BLIMA LIPKA OFENBACH
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants Database, Vol. 1-4 & 5
Status: Submitted 4/25/2011;
Confirmed
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emma2010
Bluma Gila OFENBACH
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants Database, Vol. 1-4 & 5
Status: Submitted 4/25/2011;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
emma2010
Bluma Lipka Offenbach
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants Database, Vol. 1-4 & 5
Status: Submitted 4/25/2011;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
emma2010
Birth Date:
1929-12-07
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants Database, Vol. 1-4 & 5
Status: Submitted 4/25/2011;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
emma2010
Place of Birth:
Lodz, Poland
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants Database, Vol. 1-4 & 5
Status: Submitted 4/25/2011;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
emma2010
Approver Comment:
I agree that you've found the person who signed the album--and that we don't know yet what her name actually was! It might have been any combination of those first and middle names, or different combinations depending on the language in which she was writing. Excellent work. Remember to look for all the various spellings in the next stages.
Stage 2: The Ghetto
Mother's Name:
Sura Ofenbach
Source: Lodz Ghetto Database
Status: Submitted 4/25/2011;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
emma2010
Change of Address:
1944-01-13
Source: Lodz Ghetto Database
Status: Submitted 4/25/2011;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
emma2010
User Comment:
I believe the mother of Blima/Bluma Ofenbach was Sura Ofenbach (Frenkiel) b. 20/08/1899. She lived at Zimmer 33 2 with Blima/Bluma and Chaim Icek Ofenbach (Sibling/Cousin of Blima/Bluma) born 03/10/1927. They moved to Alexanderhof 35.
Could "Ost 17 ABG 13.1.44" be a deportment date? Or maybe a move within the ghetto. On 12/01/1944 a number of people were sent to Auschwitz. Maybe Blima/Bluma was deported to Auschwitz?
Approver Comment:
Agreed on all counts.
There's a note on the record for Bluma Lipka Offenbach that reads Ost 17 ABG 13.1.44. I read that note to mean that she moved to Ost 17 (17 Oststrasse or East Street), since the note says ABG (abgegangen)rather than AUSG (ausgegangen), moving within the ghetto, not being deported. An interesting note on the Auschwitz deportation, though--maybe her move in the ghetto and the deportation are connected?
Stage 3: Labor Camps
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Stage 4: Auschwitz & Beyond
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Stage 5: Liberation & After
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