The Shoah (1939–1945)
Beginning of deportations to the East
18 oct. 1941·Allemagne
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Emigration is forbidden to Jews of the Reich and convoys begin: the first train leaves Berlin for the Łódź ghetto.
On October 18, 1941, a train left Berlin for the ghetto of Łódź: it was the first convoy of the systematic deportation of Jews from Germany to the East. A few days earlier, emigration had been forbidden to them, closing the last way out for those still seeking a visa; the persecution ceased to aim at departure and aimed instead at annihilation.
The convoys that followed departed from Hamburg, Frankfurt, Vienna, and Prague toward Riga, Minsk, Kaunas, and the ghettos of Poland. The belongings left behind were seized for the benefit of the Reich, the apartments redistributed, and those concerned were forced to sign a declaration of assets before their departure. An entire German population thus left Germany by rail, under police escort.
- Period :
- The Shoah (1939–1945)
- Type :
- Shoah
- Region :
- Western Europe
- Country :
- Allemagne
Documents du Reichssicherheitshauptamt sur les convois ; archives des communautés de Berlin, Hambourg et Francfort.