Gender: girl
School:
School #9A
School #9 was a school for girls in Lodz. The students in #9a attended classes in the morning. Most students were between 9 and 12 years old, meaning that they were born between 1929 and 1932.
School #9 was located at Ulica Rybna 15. The street name was changed to Fischstrasse when German occupation began in 1939. You can read more about Ulica Rybna at
http://www.lodz-ghetto.com/rybna_street.html,13.
Stage 1: Identity
Student's Given Name:
Ester Rajza Plociennik
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 4/19/2012;
Possible
| Researcher:
belzer
Birth Date:
1932-01-10
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 4/19/2012;
Possible
| Researcher:
belzer
Ghetto Street Address:
Hohensteinstrasse, 28, 66, Lodz Ghetto, Poland
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 4/19/2012;
Possible
| Researcher:
belzer
User Comment:
I ran a fuzzy search for "Ester Plucennik" and found one result - Ester Rajza Plociennik. The birth date listed would make her the proper age to have attended School #9A.
Approver Comment:
I agree you've found the person who most likely signed this name in the album. You'll also find her listed as Ester Rajza Polciennik, with the same DoB and address--possibly a data entry error on the spelling, but please add this additional spelling to this stage as well.
Note that the Hohensteinstrasse address is listed as an A.M. address, telling us that Ester and her family lived at this address before and immediately after the creation of the ghetto.
Best of luck in the next stages.
Stage 2: The Ghetto
Mother's Name:
Rachel Plociennik
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 4/20/2012;
Possible
| Researcher:
belzer
Sibling's Names:
Dawid Majer Plociennik
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 4/20/2012;
Possible
| Researcher:
belzer
Hersz Moszek Plociennik
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 4/20/2012;
Possible
| Researcher:
belzer
Death Date:
1943-06-01
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 4/20/2012;
Possible
| Researcher:
belzer
User Comment:
The date of death is listed under "Ester Rajza Plociennik", which was the entry that I found when I ran a fuzzy search for "Ester Plucennik". The entry does not state the conditions of her death - whether she was taken to Chelmno, Auschwitz, or died within the Ghetto itself. She would have been about 11 years old when she died.
Under the assumption that Ester's last name was Plociennik, I ran an exact search for that name in the general names database. I found three results listed at the same address (HOHENS 28 66) as Ester. One, Rachel, was born in 1907. This birth date would have made her about 25 in 1932 when Ester was born, leading me to believe that Rachel was Ester's mother. There were also two other children listed at the same address. One, Hersz Moszek Plociennik, was born in 1936. The other, Dawid Majer Plociennik, was born in 1938. I believe these boys to have been Ester's brothers, as they were listed at the exact same address. Dawid died 21 November 1942, though like his sister's, his entry does not state the conditions of his death. Dawd would have been about 4 years old when he died.
Approver Comment:
We do know more about the circumstances of her death: a fuzzy search of the hospital records turns up a "Estera-R PŁUCIENNIK", born in 1932 and living at an address with the number 28 in it. She is listed as having died of "Tuberk. Hirnhautentzündung", or tubercular meningitis. As soon as you add the additional spellings of her name to both stages (Polciennik to stage 1, Pluciennik to this stage) and cite your sources appropriately, I can confirm your work on both stages. Thanks!
Stage 3: Labor Camps
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Stage 4: Auschwitz & Beyond
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Stage 5: Liberation & After
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