Gender: unknown
School:
School #23
School #23 was a school for girls and boys in Lodz. Students were between 8 and 20 years old (most were 9-14), meaning that they were born between 1921 and 1933.
School #23 was located at Ulica Jagiellonska 16. The street name was changed to Bertholdstrasse when German occupation began in 1939. You can read more about Ulica Jagiellonska and the rest of the Lodz Ghetto at
www.lodz-ghetto.com.
Stage 1: Identity
Student's Given Name:
Bajla Sztyfelmacher
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 12/18/2012;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
mgsmallman
Birth Date:
1929-01-05
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 12/18/2012;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
mgsmallman
Ghetto Street Address:
Bohmische, 27
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 12/18/2012;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
mgsmallman
Inselstrasse, 29, 24
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 12/18/2012;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
mgsmallman
User Comment:
No results came up until I used the DM Soundex tool, when Bajla Sztyfelmacher came up. Her birthdate made her the right age to have attended School #23, so I thought that this could be the student that signed the album.
Approver Comment:
I agree this is the most likely person to have signed this name in the album, since there is no other person with the first initial B and last name remotely close to Szczipelmacher. (In addition, in Yiddish the letter P and F are extremely similar, so it is not rare to find P and F transposed in transliterated spellings.)
Stage 2: The Ghetto
Mother's Name:
Cywia Sztyfelmacher
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 12/18/2012;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
mgsmallman
Sibling's Names:
Fajwysz Majer Sztyfelmacher
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 12/18/2012;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
mgsmallman
Hersz Sztyfelmacher
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 12/18/2012;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
mgsmallman
Laja Sztyfelmacher
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 12/18/2012;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
mgsmallman
Moszek Elisza Sztyfelmacher
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 12/18/2012;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
mgsmallman
Deported / Transferred:
1942-03-21
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 12/18/2012;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
mgsmallman
Transport #:
20/2
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 12/18/2012;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
mgsmallman
Camp Deported/Transferred to:
Chelmno, Poland
Source: Secondary Sources
Status: Submitted 12/18/2012;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
mgsmallman
Place of Death:
Chelmno, Poland
Source: Secondary Sources
Status: Submitted 12/18/2012;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
mgsmallman
User Comment:
All the other Sztyfelmarchers in the database lived at the same address as Bajla. This includes her mother, Cywia (b. 1902), and her siblings Laja (b. 1924), Hersz (b. 1927), Fajwysz (b. 1931), and Moszek (b. 1935).
Bajla was the only one in her family deported on March 21, 1942, during the month of daily deportations to Chelmno. She was not the only one deported to Chelmno, however: Fajwysz and Moszek were deported on September 12, 1942, on which date there was also a Chelmno deportation. Cywia was deported on May 17, 1942, for which there is not any deportation listed, but the deportation number (20/2) is the same as Bajla's. Hersz died of currently unknown causes on May 5, 1942.
Approver Comment:
Thank you for your thorough work on researching Bajla and her family, and thank you for completing her record.
Stage 3: Labor Camps
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Stage 4: Auschwitz & Beyond
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Stage 5: Liberation & After
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