Student Profile: Hesia Tintpulwer

The names are very similar, and the year of birth is correct for the age of the children in school #7A.  It seems to be a relatively uncommon surname.

Hessa may have family relations in the ghetto that she lived, given that they lived in the same area as the apartment complex as she, Alexhof. It seems that she had an older sister, Krause Mirla Tintpulwer, who was 17. Two men who were most likely related to her also lived in the same complex, although in a different home: Abram Tintpulwer, Lajbus Icchok Tintpulwer, and Nachman Tintpulwer, who appears to be the father of Lajbus.

When I googled Hessa Tintpulwer or her other relatives, nothing was shown in the search. However, when I googled just the last name, Tintpulwer, I found an article that mentioned Jakub Tintpulwer. He was the deputy of Salomon Hercberg, who was the chief of the Order Service precinct in Marysin. Marysin was the precinct in which most of the schools, including school #7, Hessa's school, was located. Salomon Hercberg was arrested for hoarding food, money, and valuables from the Jewish residents' homes. He was arrested and deported, along with his family. Because Jakub Tintpulwer was aware of Salomon's actions, he was also arrested. If Tintpulwer was related to Hessa and her family, or the Germans believed they were related because of their shared last name, one can make an educated guess that his family was also arrested. Because a search shows no change of address in the Tintpulwer family, they may have been executed in the Lodz ghetto.

Krause Mirla is born 1928 and has the same street address as Hessa, so very likely her older sister.  Moszek was born 1902, making him 29 when Hessa was born, and also in the same apartment - a good match to be their father.