Gender: girl
School:
School #4A
School #4 was a school for girls in Lodz. The students in school #4a attended classes in the morning. Most students were between 7 and 12 years old, meaning that they were born between 1929 and 1934.
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:
Nacha Okonowski
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 11/8/2012;
Possible
| Researcher:
klpike
Birth Date:
1933-00-00
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 11/8/2012;
Possible
| Researcher:
klpike
Ghetto Street Address:
Am-Bach, 15, 9, Lodz Ghetto, Poland
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 11/8/2012;
Possible
| Researcher:
klpike
User Comment:
There are two different people in the Lodz Names. One with the name Nacha Okonowska and one Nacha Okowski. These two people have the same address, but have different birth dates. On birth date is 1923 and one is 1933. For this to be correct information, and for her to be in school #4A, her birth date has to be 1933, around the age of 11 when she was in school. I believe that this is just a mistake and that these two names are the same person.
Approver Comment:
I'm also pretty sure these are the same person, and that however she spells her name she is the likeliest candidate to have signed this name in the album. Often, names that end in -ski (the male ending) are also listed elsewhere as -ska (the female ending), so it is likely both names represent the same person. The fact that the birthdates are so close and the addresses are identical leads me to believe that these are in fact the same person with a typo on one birthdate.
Here's what I'd like you to do:
-Enter Nacha Okonowska as another "Given name"
-Enter 1923 as another date of birth
-Note in your research notes that Nacha Okonowska's address is listed as "A.M.", meaning (we believe) this was her address before and immediately after the creation of the ghetto
-Keep an eye on both spellings and dates in the next stages.
Thanks!
Stage 2: The Ghetto
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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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