Gender: girl
School:
School #8B
School #8 was a school for girls in Lodz. The students in #8b attended classes in the afternoon. Most students were between 9 and 15 years old, meaning that they were born between 1926 and 1932.
School #8b was located at Ulica Limanoskiego 26. 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:
Lidja Drabkin
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 7/6/2012;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
dianag825
Birth Date:
1928-12-01
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 7/6/2012;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
dianag825
Ghetto Street Address:
Holzstrasse, 11, 35
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 7/6/2012;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
dianag825
Approver Comment:
I agree this is the most likely match for the person who signed this name in the album. In 1941 she would have been 13 years old, the right age to attend school #8B. In the future, please leave a note indicating why you think this is the person who signed this name in the album. Good luck in the next stages.
Stage 2: The Ghetto
Mother's Name:
Zofia Drabkin
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 7/6/2012;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
dianag825
Deported / Transferred:
1942-09-13
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 7/6/2012;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
dianag825
Ghetto Street Address:
ALI I MAJA, 71
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 7/6/2012;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
dianag825
User Comment:
At the same address is Zofia Drabkin, DOB 24-DEC-1897, Hausfrau, who is the right age to be Lidja's mother. Deported to Chelmno the same day (AUSG 13-SEP-1942)
Approver Comment:
I agree that Zofia looks like a good candidate to be Lidja's mother, based on the shared address and the difference in their ages. The Al I Maja address is a Polish street name, rather than a German one, which might mean that this is the street on which Zofia and Lidja lived before the ghetto was formed.
Stage 3: Labor Camps
Camp Deported/Transferred to:
Chelmno, Poland
Source: Lodz-Names
Status: Submitted 7/6/2012;
Possible
| Researcher:
dianag825
Approver Comment:
It is likely that the September 1942 date represents a deportation to Chelmno. Right now, our best sources indicate that the Gehsperre Aktion, in which the very young and the elderly were deported to Chelmno, concluded on September 12 of that year, but we have seen quite a few children listed as deported on September 13. I will mark this information "possible" until we know more.
Stage 4: Auschwitz & Beyond
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Stage 5: Liberation & After
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