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:
Helena Wagowski
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants Database (JewishGen)
Status: Submitted 4/19/2009;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
yuliava
Birth Date:
1927-04-21
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants Database (JewishGen)
Status: Submitted 4/19/2009;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
yuliava
User Comment:
Her residence was Kolontaja 1 in Lodz, Poland. Her second address in the ghetto was Alexanderhof Strasse 40 Flat 10.
Stage 2: The Ghetto
Father's Name:
Josef Wagowski
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 11/27/2013;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
baseballsally
Mother's Name:
Gustava Wagowska
Source: USC Shoah Foundation Visual History Archive Online Testimony of Halina STRNAD
Status: Submitted 11/27/2013;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
baseballsally
Guta Wagowski
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 11/27/2013;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
baseballsally
Place of Birth:
Poznen
Source: USC Shoah Foundation Visual History Archive Online Testimony of Halina STRNAD
Status: Submitted 11/27/2013;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
baseballsally
User Comment:
Guta and Josef are living in the same place as Halina so are assumed to be her family.
Halina Wagowska survived and went to Australia. Her testimony is available at USC Shoah Foundation Visual History Archive Online Testimony of Halina STRNAD. I contacted Halina through the publisher of her book The Testimony (Hardie Grant) and she confirmed by email that she is the Halina who signed the album.
Approver Comment:
This is really remarkable information. You can add what you discovered in her testimony to stage 5 on her profile--then we can note that she survived the war. Thank you for your hard work and thorough research.
Stage 3: Labor Camps
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Stage 4: Auschwitz & Beyond
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Stage 5: Liberation & After
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