From the transport of 14 September 1943 (Westerbork-Auschwitz), after selection on arrival, the vast majority of men deemed suitable for work were taken to Monowitz-Buna and almost all of the remaining women were intended for experiments.
The transport of 14 September 1943 from Westerbork consisted roughly of:
Children uo to 15 years …………..…………. 119
Men from 16 till 50 years …. ……………... 302
Women from 16 till 50 years...…………….. 330
Persons over 50 years old …..….…………… 254
Total number of persons …..……….………. 1005
Number of surviving men …………….……. 21
Number of surviving women ….…………… 52
The large number of surviving women from this transport catches the eye, as the general rule also applies to this transport that young children (up to 15 years), mothers with children, pregnant women, as well as weak, sick and elderly persons (generally over ± 50 years), either immediately upon arrival or after their stay. of several weeks in so-called "quarantine", were killed by gassing.
About the transport of 14 September 1943: A. Men
Due to the employment of almost all men considered suitable for work on these transports in Monowitz and due to the fact that the personal details of the vast majority of these men appear in the preserved administration of the "Krankenbau" there for the period from 7 July 1943 to 19 June 1944. (see Chapter I, paragraph 2), virtually all matriculated persons are known by name from this administration.Apparently almost all of them ended up in this "Krankenbau" (hospital) at some point.
Furthermore, either from the changes mentioned in the said administration or from later documentary data (concerning Auschwitz or other camps to which those involved in the great evacuation or earlier were transferred), the fate of these men, with a few exceptions, is known individually, when dealing with these transports, there is no need to look further for general conclusions for determining the numbers and ages of those employed or their maximum lifespan.
Unless the existence of the missing persons involved has (later) become apparent in camps other than Monowitz, they fall under the conclusions formulated in chapter I, paragraph 3, sub I.
B. Women
According to the copious testimonies, the women who were not selected for use in experiments during the selections held at Auschwitz upon the arrival of this transport, (see chapter I, paragraph 3, sub III), were immediately taken to Birkenau to be gassed there. With regard to the women designated for experiments, reference is made mainly to the paragraph cited, and for the rest to what was communicated about these women during the treatment of the individual transports.
Some details about the transport of 14 September 1943 (pages 48 and 49)
The known matricule series runs from 150605 to 150837 (A to Z), so that 233 men (perhaps 1 or 2 more) have been matriculated. Of these are:
a): died in Monowitz: 38. (d.o.d. known from the Krankenbau-administration).
b): taken from the Krankenbau Monowitz to Birkenau on known dates: 79. 1 survived.
c): dito to Auschwitz: 48. 5 survived.
d): “entlassen” (dismissed) from the Monowitz-Krankenbau: 52. Dates known. 13 suvived.
e): letter writers, about whom no other information is available: 5.
f): unknown: 9
g): stayed in Auschwitz as male-nurse: 2. 2 survived.
In total: 233 men, of whom 21 have survived. With regard to the "unknowns" referred to under f, no other conclusion is possible than to regard them as deceased on or around the day of the transport's arrival at Auschwitz on 17 September 1943. For the others, insofar as further information is not available about them individually, the following conclusions regarding the Monowitz cases as in Chapter I, paragraph 3, sub I applies.
According to unanimous witness statements, 100 of the women on this transport were designated for experiments. The reconstructed fragment of the matricule series runs from 62463 (A) to 62558 (Z). An almost complete list of these women can also be compiled on the basis of the statements of the 52 (!) survivors. Their dates of death can be determined in accordance with the conclusions in Chapter I, paragraph 3, sub III.
CHAPTER I – paragraph III-sub III (page 12 to 16).
General conclusions regarding women who were included in the so-called "experiment blocks" to undergo "medical" experiments.
Also from the transport of 14 September 1943, a number of married women, who had no young children with them, and some unmarried women, who had registered as married, were designated to undergo "medical" experiments, and were included in the so-called "experiment blocks". ("Block 10" and later also "Block 1" of the Auschwitz camp). With regard to the fate of these women, it is also certain that in the beginning a number of women died from infectious diseases (typhus, dysentery, scarlet fever). Some women affected by these diseases were taken to Birkenau for gassing.
CHAPTER I – paragraph III – sub IV (pages 16 and 17). General conclusions regarding the deported:
1. from whom letters were received here in this country after their deportation;
2. who, according to the administration of the "Krankenbau-Auschwitz", were discharged from this institution, while nothing was heard from them afterwards;
3. of whom Fragebogen (questionnaire) have been found in the preserved remains of the Auschwitz administration;
4. whose names appear in the "Kommandobuch-Golleschau", although the time of their death is not stated therein;
In general, the same conclusions apply to the deportees in 1943 who fall under these categories as to the corresponding groups of the transports of 1942. In this regard, reference is made to pages 85 to 94 of part III of these publications, appendix II, pages 65, 66 and 67.
Summary of the conclusions of the transport September 14, 1943.
Men
1st. Individually, based on the administration of the "Krankenbau Monowitz", the time and place of death of the men belonging to the above-mentioned transport are determined who:
a): died in the Krankenbau (dates known);
b): were taken from the Krankenbau to Birkenau (died there no later than the day after the day on which they were written off from the administration);
c): were deported from the Krankenbau to Auschwitz (died there no later than the end of the third month after the date on which they were written off from the administration);
d): from the Krankenbau are "entlassen" (dismissed), (died during the evacuation on a date to be determined on the basis of the evacuation schedule drawn up by the Information Office), on the understanding that the "Entlassenen", whose matricule numbers are in the "Number book" of Auschwitz without indication of a camp mutation or a "checkings" (V) sign, must be considered to have died no later than 29 February 1944. All other men belonging to the transport are, unless individually known otherwise, considered to have died, died in Birkenau on or about 17 September '43 (transport 14-9-1943)
Women and children (In this summary, "children" means: children who were not yet 16 years old 3 days after the date of transport).
The time and place of death of the women selected to undergo experiments will be determined individually on the basis of lists compiled by the Information Bureau from witness statements and official documents. Women belonging to this group who were removed from the experimental blocks to Birkenau are deemed to have died there at the latest at the time determined for the individual groups in Chapter I, paragraph 3, sub III.
2nd: All other women belonging to the transport, as well as the children, are, unless individually known otherwise, deemed to have died in Birkenau, respectively, on or about 17 September 1943 (transport 14 Sept 1943).
Source: the archives of the Dutch Red Cross, publication “Auschwitz IV”, deportation transports to Auschwitz/autumn transports, edited October 1953. (see also the bold printed referring chapters, paragraphs and pages in the text).