Gender: girl
School:
Gymnasium and high school for girls
Gymnasium and high school students were typically between 14 and 20 years old. A gymnasium student in September 1941 was likely born between 1921 and 1927.
The gymnasium and high school for girls was located on Otylii. The street name was changed to Ottilienstrasse when German occupation began in 1939. See
www.lodz-ghetto.com for a map of Otylii and the rest of the Lodz ghetto.
Stage 1: Identity
Student's Given Name:
Estera Brandel Calka
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants Database (JewishGen)
Status: Submitted 5/28/2008;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
Camilla20814
Birth Date:
1924-08-07
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants Database (JewishGen)
Status: Submitted 5/28/2008;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
Camilla20814
User Comment:
The date of reg is: 19/04/1942
Approver Comment:
Based on the birth date and listed occupation of "schuelerin" (ie, student), it looks like you have made a match. However, note that there are 3 entries with 3 different spellings of Estera Calka's name! Please enter and submit all three of these spellings -- Ester Brandel Calka, Ester Brandla Calka, and Estera Brandel Calka.
Stage 2: The Ghetto
Student's Given Name:
Estera Brandel Calka
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants Database (JewishGen)
Status: Submitted 5/28/2008;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
Camilla20814
Birth Date:
1924-08-07
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants Database (JewishGen)
Status: Submitted 5/28/2008;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
Camilla20814
Change of Address:
1942-04-14
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants Database (JewishGen)
Status: Submitted 3/26/2012;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
birponcz
Ghetto Street Address:
Inselstrasse, 29, 10
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 3/26/2012;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
birponcz
Siegfriedstrasse, 86, 9
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 3/26/2012;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
birponcz
Buschlinie, 49, Lodz, Poland
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 3/26/2012;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
birponcz
Place of Birth:
Lodz, Poland
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants Database (JewishGen)
Status: Submitted 5/28/2008;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
Camilla20814
User Comment:
Estera Calka appears to have moved from Siegfried Strasse 86 Flat 9 to Insel Strasse 29 Flat 10 in the ghetto on April 14, 1942. And I think she was registered at that residence on April 19, 1942.
Before the ghetto, Estera Calka lived at Buschlinie 49 in Lodz, Poland.
Approver Comment:
I agree with your reading of Estera Calka's movements. Note that we find several different spellings of her name, all with the same date of birth: Ester Brandel Calka (listed with the change of address date), Ester Brandla Calka (addresses without a change or registration date), and Estera Brandel Calka (listed with the registration date). Please enter these spellings of her name into the appropriate field as well. I look forward to seeing what else you can uncover about her!
User Comment:
Her residential address was Siegfried Strasse 86.
She is a female.
Approver Comment:
Was that her only address, or did she move again once she was in the ghetto (and if so, when)?
Stage 3: Labor Camps
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Stage 4: Auschwitz & Beyond
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Stage 5: Liberation & After
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