Language:
English
Year of publication:
1986
Titel der Quelle:
Yad Vashem Studies
Angaben zur Quelle:
17 (1986) 219-246
Keywords:
Jews
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
;
Jewish ghettos
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Abstract:
An account of the 35,442 Jews who were deported from the Reich and the Protectorate to Minsk (Belarus) between November 1941-October 1942. Those in the first transports were "housed" in the Minsk ghetto, in the homes of local Jewish residents who were killed in the first ghetto "Aktion" on 7 November. Most of the subsequent transports were sent directly to nearby Maly Trostinets, where they were killed immediately in gas vans. Approximately half of the deportees came from Vienna and Theresienstadt. Describes life in the Reich Jews' ghetto (as distinct from the Russian Jews' ghetto - there was little contact between the two). Only ten of the Reich Jews survived the Holocaust. Quotes from three survivors' testimonies, which include details of persecution and atrocities.
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