Gender: boy
School:
Gymnasium and high school for boys
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 boys 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:
Zalman Krakowski
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants Database, Vol. 1-4 & 5
Status: Submitted 11/20/2009;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
mpgershwin
Birth Date:
1927-08-27
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants Database, Vol. 1-4 & 5
Status: Submitted 11/20/2009;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
mpgershwin
User Comment:
Ghetto Address: MUHL 20 53
Ghetto Address: ZIEGEL 6
Approver Comment:
Well done!
Stage 2: The Ghetto
Father's Name:
Kiwa Krakowski
Source: Hospital, Labor, Deportation, and Administrative Records from the Lodz Ghetto
Status: Submitted 11/20/2009;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
mpgershwin
Mother's Name:
Rywka Krakowski
Source: Hospital, Labor, Deportation, and Administrative Records from the Lodz Ghetto
Status: Submitted 11/20/2009;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
mpgershwin
Deported / Transferred:
1942-09-12
Source: Hospital, Labor, Deportation, and Administrative Records from the Lodz Ghetto
Status: Submitted 11/20/2009;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
mpgershwin
User Comment:
It is estimated that Zalman Krakowski was killed on September 12, 1942 when he was transported with more than 15,675 other ghetto inhabitants to Chelmno. All were killed in gas vans. The transports were predominantly under the age of 10, elderly, and sick.
I also assume Kiwa Krakowski and Rywka Krakowski were Zalman Krakowski's parents because they all had the same ghetto address.
Approver Comment:
It is very likely that you are correct about Zalman's fate. However, he was 15 years old (a bit older than 10 years old) in September 1942. Perhaps he looked young or was sick (most of the deportees in the Gehsperre action were under 10, elderly, or ill). Or it could also have been the fact that his father died in November 1941, leaving Zalman and his mother without support or protection (she, apparently, was deported along with Zalman).
Stage 3: Labor Camps
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Stage 4: Auschwitz & Beyond
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Stage 5: Liberation & After
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