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:
Kajla Dresler
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants Database, Vol. 1-4 & 5
Status: Submitted 11/20/2009;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
kdas91
Karolina "Kajla" Dresler
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants Database, Vol. 1-4 & 5
Status: Submitted 11/20/2009;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
kdas91
Birth Date:
1927-00-00
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 3/28/2012;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
birponcz
1927-12-00
Source: USHMM Biography Article
Status: Submitted 11/20/2009;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
kdas91
Place of Birth:
Lodz, Poland
Source: USHMM Biography Article
Status: Submitted 11/20/2009;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
kdas91
User Comment:
The name Karolina Dresler was not found in the Children of the Lodz Ghetto database. She was listed under the name "Kajla" Dresler, which may have been a nickname or a middle name. Upon search in a search engine, she was identified as a survivor with a biography article on USHMM.
User Comment:
In the Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants database she is listed by her middle name -- Kajla Dresler. And her occupation is "Tochter" or simply "daughter."
Stage 2: The Ghetto
Father's Name:
Mordechai Dresler
Source: USHMM Biography Article
Status: Submitted 11/20/2009;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
kdas91
Mother's Name:
Sonia Dresler
Source: USHMM Biography Article
Status: Submitted 11/20/2009;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
kdas91
Deported / Transferred:
1944-08-00
Source: USHMM Biography Article
Status: Submitted 11/20/2009;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
kdas91
Ghetto Street Address:
Adolf-Hitler-Strasse, 79
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 3/28/2012;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
birponcz
Siegfriedstrasse, 24, 35
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 3/28/2012;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
birponcz
Employed at:
Auschwitz, Poland
Source: USHMM Biography Article
Status: Submitted 11/20/2009;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
kdas91
Theresienstadt, Czechoslovakia
Source: USHMM Biography Article
Status: Submitted 11/20/2009;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
kdas91
Camp Deported/Transferred to:
Auschwitz, Poland
Source: USHMM Biography Article
Status: Submitted 11/20/2009;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
kdas91
Theresienstadt, Czechoslovakia
Source: USHMM Biography Article
Status: Submitted 11/20/2009;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
kdas91
User Comment:
Karolina lived in the Lodz Ghetto and received her education there until the schools were closed in 1941. She then became involved in occupational workshops within the community (sewing workshops). Her father died in 1942 and Karolina, her mother Sonia, and her sister Theresa went into hiding.
Approver Comment:
Kush - Everything you have entered here is technically correct; however, it is entered in the wrong stage. The information about Karolina's deportation to Auschwitz and Theresienstadt belong in Stage 4. Otherwise, this is good research. You source was - http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10007288
Stage 3: Labor Camps
Arrived at Camp:
1944-08-00
Source: USHMM Biography Article
Status: Submitted 11/22/2009;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
kdas91
User Comment:
No information can be found on what labor camps she was at prior to Auschwitz.
Approver Comment:
This information belongs in Stage 4 not Stage 3.
Stage 4: Auschwitz & Beyond
No research performed on this stage
User Comment:
Kajla and her remaining family were sent to Auschwitz where her mother was gassed on arrival. However, Kajla, her sister, and her aunt were considered able bodied and then sent to a labor camp.
Stage 5: Liberation & After
Liberated:
1945-05-08
Source: USHMM Biography Article
Status: Submitted 11/20/2009;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
kdas91
Liberated at:
Theresienstadt, Czechoslovakia
Source: USHMM Biography Article
Status: Submitted 11/20/2009;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
kdas91
Displaced Person at (Last Residence):
Israel
Source: USHMM Biography Article
Status: Submitted 11/20/2009;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
kdas91
User Comment:
She returned to Lodz and was reunited with her sister. In 1957, Karolina and her husband immigrated to Israel, where they live close to her sister.
Approver Comment:
Good job.
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