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:
Felicia Karo
Source: USHMM Holocaust Encyclopedia
Status: Submitted 11/11/2009;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
hkustoff
Felicja Karo
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants Database, Vol. 1-4 & 5
Status: Submitted 11/11/2009;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
hkustoff
Lusia Karo
Source: USHMM Holocaust Encyclopedia
Status: Submitted 11/11/2009;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
hkustoff
Birth Date:
1926-04-12
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants Database, Vol. 1-4 & 5
Status: Submitted 11/11/2009;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
hkustoff
Place of Birth:
Lodz, Poland
Source: USHMM Holocaust Encyclopedia
Status: Submitted 11/11/2009;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
hkustoff
User Comment:
We found two spelling variations for her name (Felicia, Felicja) as well as a nickname (Lusia). We think that they are the same person as they all have the same birthday (April 12, 1926).
From USHMM Holocaust Encyclopedia we found that she was born in Lodz, Poland; her actual town remains unknown at this moment.
Approver Comment:
Looks like a clear match. She lived at MATROSEN 14 37 and moved to RATSCHER 14. Good job. In the future, cite the Website for the encyclopedia as a source -- in this case, http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/idcard.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10006560.
Discussions
kdas91
Birth date
posted: 11/22/2009 | viewed: 584 | replies: 0
wkinney12
Confirmed
posted: 11/20/2009 | viewed: 552 | replies: 0
Stage 2: The Ghetto
Father's Name:
Mojzesz Karo
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants Database, Vol. 1-4 & 5
Status: Submitted 11/12/2009;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
hkustoff
Mother's Name:
Rachela Karo
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants Database, Vol. 1-4 & 5
Status: Submitted 11/12/2009;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
hkustoff
Ghetto Street Address:
Ratscher, 14
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 3/28/2012;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
birponcz
Matrosengasse, 14, 37
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants
Status: Submitted 3/28/2012;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
birponcz
User Comment:
We know Mojzesz Karo and blank are her parents as they share the same address.
Approver Comment:
Yes, it is very likely that these are her parents.
Stage 3: Labor Camps
Father's Name:
Moshe Karo
Source: The Holocaust and Minnesota History
Status: Submitted 11/19/2009;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
jmd725
Mother's Name:
Rachel Karo
Source: The Holocaust and Minnesota History
Status: Submitted 11/19/2009;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
jmd725
User Comment:
As no results were found regarding Felicja being transferred out of the ghetto to be used for slave labor at Auschwitz (Auschwitz or the HASAG-Pelcery camp near Czetochowa), the assumption follows that she was not deported to Auschwitz. However, after finding her biography, she tells of being transported to Auschwitz and her subsequent life.
Stage 4: Auschwitz & Beyond
Arrived at Camp:
1944-08-16
Source: Secondary Sources
Status: Submitted 11/19/2009;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
jmd725
1944-08-17
Source: Ave Maria in Auschwitz: The True Story of a Jewish Girl from Poland
Status: Submitted 11/19/2009;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
jmd725
Camp Deported/Transferred from:
Auschwitz, Poland
Source: Ave Maria in Auschwitz: The True Story of a Jewish Girl from Poland
Status: Submitted 11/19/2009;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
jmd725
Lodz Ghetto, Poland
Source: Catalogue of Survivor Testimonies (Visual History Archive of the USC Shoah Foundation)
Status: Submitted 3/28/2012;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
birponcz
Camp Deported/Transferred to:
Bergen-Belsen, Germany
Source: Ave Maria in Auschwitz: The True Story of a Jewish Girl from Poland
Status: Submitted 11/19/2009;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
jmd725
Auschwitz, Poland
Source: Catalogue of Survivor Testimonies (Visual History Archive of the USC Shoah Foundation)
Status: Submitted 3/28/2012;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
birponcz
Sackisch, Gross Rosen, Poland
Source: Catalogue of Survivor Testimonies (Visual History Archive of the USC Shoah Foundation)
Status: Submitted 3/28/2012;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
birponcz
Bad-Kudova, Czechoslavakia
Source: Ave Maria in Auschwitz: The True Story of a Jewish Girl from Poland
Status: Submitted 11/19/2009;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
jmd725
Graeben, Gross Rosen, Poland
Source: Ave Maria in Auschwitz: The True Story of a Jewish Girl from Poland
Status: Submitted 11/19/2009;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
jmd725
Graeben
Source: Catalogue of Survivor Testimonies (Visual History Archive of the USC Shoah Foundation)
Status: Submitted 3/28/2012;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
birponcz
User Comment:
Two dates are cited for her deportation/arrival at Auschwitz. As those dates are only one day apart, we can infer that Felicja was deported in August of 1944 on either the 16th or 17th to Auschwitz. After Auschwitz, Karo was transferred to both Bad-Kudova and Graeban, as cited in her biography, only to end in Bergen-Belsen.
Subsequently, according to USHMM Holocaust Encyclopedia, Felicja Karo was liberated by British troops from Bergen-Belsen on April 15, 1945.
Approver Comment:
Good job!
Expert Reviewer Comment:
Good work! I agree that, based on the source you cite, Felicja was at all of these camps. Looking forward to seeing what you find in the next stages.
Approver Comment:
I agree with your expert reviewer. Very excited to see what else you found in the testimony.
Discussion
kdas91
Source
posted: 11/22/2009 | viewed: 626 | replies: 0
Stage 5: Liberation & After
Student's Given Name:
Felicja Karo
Source: Catalogue of Survivor Testimonies (Visual History Archive of the USC Shoah Foundation Institute)
Status: Submitted 3/28/2012;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
birponcz
Lusia Karo
Source: Catalogue of Survivor Testimonies (Visual History Archive of the USC Shoah Foundation Institute)
Status: Submitted 3/28/2012;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
birponcz
Student's Married Name:
Felicia Weingarten
Source: Catalogue of Survivor Testimonies (Visual History Archive of the USC Shoah Foundation Institute)
Status: Submitted 3/28/2012;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
birponcz
Felicia Karo Weingarten
Source: The Holocaust and Minnesota History
Status: Submitted 11/24/2009;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
jmd725
Birth Date:
1926-04-12
Source: Lodz Ghetto Inhabitants Database, Vol. 1-4 & 5
Status: Submitted 11/24/2009;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
jmd725
1926-04-12
Source: Catalogue of Survivor Testimonies (Visual History Archive of the USC Shoah Foundation Institute)
Status: Submitted 3/28/2012;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
birponcz
Liberated:
1945-04-15
Source: www.ushmm.org/wlc/idcard.php?lang=en&Moduleld=10006560
Status: Submitted 11/24/2009;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
jmd725
Place of Birth:
Lodz, Poland
Source: www.ushmm.org/wlc/idcard.php?lang=en&Moduleld=10006560
Status: Submitted 11/24/2009;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
jmd725
Lodz, Poland
Source: Catalogue of Survivor Testimonies (Visual History Archive of the USC Shoah Foundation Institute)
Status: Submitted 3/28/2012;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
birponcz
Liberated at:
Bergen-Belsen, Germany
Source: www.ushmm.org/wlc/idcard.php?lang=en&Moduleld=10006560
Status: Submitted 11/24/2009;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
jmd725
Bergen-Belsen, Germany
Source: Catalogue of Survivor Testimonies (Visual History Archive of the USC Shoah Foundation Institute)
Status: Submitted 3/28/2012;
Confirmed
| Researcher:
birponcz
User Comment:
Felicia Karo Weingarten survived the Lodz Ghetto and several concentration camps. She left for the United States on April 8, 1948. (The Red Jacket, Felicia Karo Weingarten)
She married Holocaust survivor Leon Weingarten in New York in September 1948. They later moved to St. Paul, Minnesota where Felicia began a career as both a speaker and author, hoping to tell her life story to the world.
Leon and Felicia had two sons: Jeffrey and Steven. (www.mnhs.org)
Approver Comment:
Well done!
Approver Comment:
Thank you for adding this information from her testimony record. What else did you find out when you listened to her testimony?
If you like, you are welcome to submit a biography for Felicia. Thank you for helping to complete Felicia's record.
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