1915-1918 LODZ: ASYLUM FOR THE MENTALLY ILL [Part #2]

  

Other Records on Same Subject [from 1918]: https://yourjewishgem.blogspot.com/2026/07/1918-archival-information-asylum-for.html

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From the State Archives in Lodz, 

          Fond: Lodz Jewish Religious Community.

          Reference code: 39/228/0/-/22

          Year: 1915-1918

https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/de/jednostka/-/jednostka/11314527

1. Scan #12  Dec. 31, 1915--Nuta Neissbard

    To the Jewish Asylum for the Mentally Ill: Request for this mentally ill person, who resided at Francisz St. 26, could be admitted to the institution.

2. Scan #13

    Request for admission of Jaraelowitsch into the beggars' asylum 

3. Scan #15

   Ruchle Lisner, born Ajzner. Mentally ill.  Moved to Lodz in 1895. Passport # 80728. Relatives in Batuty. (translated by Claude Sonnet 5, AI)

4. Scan #17

This is possibly a log recording the route and timing of Ruchla Lisner's transport as she was moved from community to community en route to Lodz.

5. The letter is from the Imperial Police headquarters in Lodz to the representative board of the Jewish community asking about institutions for neglected Jewish children. Also asked if there was such institutions at another location in the Lodz county, in the Lask district, or in the Brzeziny district. (Claude Sonnet 5)

6. Scan #27

Father requested, in writing, that daughter Pesse Sch. be institutionalized for mental illness free of charge. He was too poor to pay for the service. The request had been made verbally, at first.

7. Scan #

    Dated 5 Apr 1916. Medical certificate issued by a doctor, certifying that a man named Hersz Majer Goldstein/Oldstein, suffered from mental illness (indicated a form of early-onset dementia; what was later known as schizophrenia). requested that he be admitted to a psychiatric hospital.

8. Scan #33

Request for the Community Board to arrange for Hersch David Dawidowicz's immediate admission/transfer into a mental hospital for a recurring mental illness (previously treated successfully at a psychiatric hospital).

9. Scan #50

Adam Rode, 11 year old homeless boy. Taken into custody because he was homeless. Police requested the Jewish community take charge of Adam to prevent neglect.

This is only a partial listing. Continue on to the additional scans for additional names & other information, using your favorite translators as needed. I used ChatGPT, Claude, & Perplexity Pro, & Google Translate. I can't guarantee the accuracy of the translations.

1918 Archival Information: Asylum For The Mentally Ill

STATE ARCHIVES IN LODZ: Fund-- Jewish Community of Lodz

https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/11314628?_Jednostka_delta=1&_Jednostka_resetCur=false&_Jednostka_cur=3&_Jednostka_id_jednostki=11314628

YEAR: 1918

"Mentally Ill At 17 Wesola Street" [259 pages]

Page translated by Google Translate:

Some Names:

Scan 15-16

Beila FASS, 57: 

mentally ill, epilepsy, arteriosclerosis, enlarged heart (signed by physician & dated 16 Oct 1917.)

Josef FASS: her husband.

Lived in Lodz/Baluty

Husband's request for poverty assistance; possible transfer/admission to Kochanowka psychiatric institution. 

[Info. as translated by ChatGPT]

Scan18

Malstina MILLER: 

unmarried; no parents

Scan 19

signed by Helena NEUMANOWA, curator of Asylum for the Mentally Ill.

Scan 21

Selection of women to serve as patrons/guardians/volunteers for mentally ill patients. This was a list of proposed women's names and their addresses.

Scans 22-25 

Dr. Eliasberg

Rifka JAKUBOWICZ, 20: 

Post-typhus symptoms of "mental disturbances"/ episodic, transient. Recommended placement in a general hospital. Headaches.

Summary (according to translation from Claude.ai [I am unsure of Claude's accuracy])--

Ryfka was taken into custody by the vice police on 26 Dec. 1917, for improper/indecent conduct and, citing a doctor's certificate describing "mental disturbances", pushed to have her institutionalized since her parents were unable to keep her at home. 

A doctor's opinion pushed back--attributing her symptoms (headaches) to lingering effects of typhus, noting she was treatable as an outpatient, stating that commitment to a psychiatric hospital was unnecessary.

Note written by S.M. Bender, Ryfka's parent, acknowledging responsibility for providing her with personal items and payment for costs of confinement in asylum for the mentally ill at Wesola St., #17.

Scans 35, 37-39

Scan 37: 

Cecylia vel Cyr_  FUKS:

Request by husband, Dawid FUKS (residing at Zgierska St, #43-45)--States wife, Cecylia, was mentally ill due to the war. He's in a state of poverty with three children. Prior to war, he was the manager of several buildings; now manager of only one, with no other income. Requested placement of wife in hospital for the mentally ill in Kochanowka.

No vacancies available in Kochanowka.

Doctor tried to visit Cecylia at home but doors were locked & no one was home.

Continue to rest of scans for additional names & other information. Use your favorite translators, as needed. I used: Google Translate, ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude. I can't guarantee that the translations are all accurate.