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Report of transport of Jews from Düsseldorf to Minsk


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 1556 WL 1113

Held at: Wiener Library

Title: Report of transport of Jews from Düsseldorf to Minsk

Date(s): 1941

Level of description: collection

Extent: 1 folder

Name of creator(s): Meurin | fl 1941 | Captain of German Security Police

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

On 10 November 1941, Jews began to be transported from Düsseldorf to Minsk -altogether 5,895 Jews being deported, most of them between Autumn 1941 and Summer 1942. The other destinations for Jews were Theresienstadt, Riga, Litzmannstadt and Izbica. All Jews males under the age of 65 years of age and women under 60 came into consideration and individuals concerned received an 'evacuation order' from the Gestapo, by registered mail, informing them to report one day before 'evacuation'.

Those transported would be subject to special regulations for the duration of transport. Assets were confiscated, though each individual could take a suitcase of belongings with them. In addition they had to fill out an inventory of assets. This 'declaration of assets' ('Vermögenserklärung') consisted of 8 pages and had to be filled out separately for each person. These forms required information concerning bank accounts details, cash and securities, insurances, properties, other receivables, business shares, and total assets.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Report of transport of Jews from Düsseldorf to Minsk, 1941, comprises a certified copy of a report about the transport of Jews from Düsseldorf to Minsk, including Jews from Essen and Wuppertal, by Hauptmann der Schutzpolizei, Meurin. The report has the following sub-headings: description of the transport; description of the city and ghetto of Minsk; Russian POWs; return (to Düsseldorf) of the Transportkommando and recommendations.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: German

System of arrangement:

1 item.

Conditions governing access:

Open

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies can be made for personal use. Permission must be sought for publication.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

A detailed description exists on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

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Immediate source of acquisition:

Jewish Central Information Office.

ALLIED MATERIALS

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Compiled by Samantha Velumyl.

Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: March 2008


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Concentration camps | War crimes | Humanitarian law
Jews | Religious groups
Occupied territories | Humanitarian law
Racial segregation | Interethnic relations
Refugees | Migrants
War | International conflicts
War prisoners | War victims | International conflicts
World War Two (1939-1945) | World wars (events) | Wars (events)
Ghettos x Racial segregation
Racial discrimination

Personal names
Meurin | fl 1941 | Captain of German Security Police

Corporate names
Minsk Ghetto

Places
Düsseldorf | North Rhine-Westphalia | Germany | Western Europe | Europe
Minsk | Belorussia | Europe