Intro (from page 12 sub 6.)
An overview of the transport of 10 November 1942, stating the number of deportees and the number of persons fit for work, who are estimated to have disembarked in Cosel, as well as the overall routes followed (i.e. the camps, in which large groups of the transport were successively placed until the arrival in Blechhammer, in the Gross Rosen resort, in the Auschwitz-Birkenau-Monowitz resort or in Glvezelz, but excluding the movements of small groups or individual persons, for example the sick, professionals, prisoners, etc.). Finally (no. 5) the number of survivors is stated.
1): Transport date from Westerbork…………………….. 10 November 1942
2): Total number of deportees…………………….…………. 758
3): Number of men ± got off in Cosel (15-50 years) ...... 180
4): Route followed by most of the transport from St. Annaberg, Johannsdorf, Klein Mangersdorf, Oderberg, Malapane, Seibersdorf, Blechhammer and some to the Gross Rosen resort.
5): Number of survivors……………………………………………………. 9
From page 27: Transport of 10 November '42 from Westerbork - Arrival in Blechhammer:
- 1 rep.(x) on 4 Dec ‘42 from Klein Mangersdorf (transport strength not specified).
- 1 rep.(x) beginning Mar.44 from Malapane with 30 Dutch people
- 1 rep. (xx) summer '43 from Seibersdorf with 50 Dutch people. This rep. left for St. Annaberg in the spring of '44 as a shoemaker; from there he came back to Blechhammer in the summer of '44
x = participated in an evacuation transport - xx = liberated in Blechhammer
Page 33: Transport of 10 November '42 from Westerbork - Arrival in the Gross Rosen ressort:
A): 1 rep. on 25-April '43 from Johannsdorf in Neukirch (transport strength not specified). Further route: 7 March '44 to Edmannsdorf and then to Hirschberg. January '45 on evacuation transport via Edmannsdorf and Reichenau to Theresienstadt, where liberated.
B): 1 rep. on 22 November '42 from St. Annaberg in Tränke with 70 Dutch people. Further route: 14 December '43 to Wisau. May 44 to Bunzlau. On evacuation transport via Buchenwald-Ellrich to Bergen Belsen.
C): 1 rep. in June 43 from St. Annaberg in Ludwigsdorf with an unknown number of Dutch people. Further route: August '44 to Faulbrück, and then to Reichenbach, where it was liberated on 7 May 1945.
D): 1 rep. on 22 January '43 from Johannsdorf via Brande in Ludwigsdorf with 1 other Dutchman. Further route: 14 February '43 to Markstadt as the only Dutchman. (no Dutchman was found in Markstadt upon arrival; one later arrived, unknown from where). March '44 to Fünfteichen with the other Dutch people. (found 3 more Dutch people in Fünfteichen). 22 January '45 on evacuation transport via Gross Rosen-Buchenwald-Bissingen to Allach/Dachau, where it was liberated 30 April 1945.
From paragraph 11: page >41: Separate transports; Pages 53 and 54, the transport of 10 November 1942.
The entire contingent that disembarked in Cosel went to St. Annaberg. From there, each of the 9 returnees took a different route, each time with groups from other transports. It can be deduced from the statements that some of these groups ended up in Blechhammer via Klein Mangersdorf and/or Sakrau, Malapane and Seibersdorf, while others were deported directly or via Johannsdorf, Ludwigsdorf or Gogolin to the Gross Rosen district. No other conclusion can be drawn for this transport than that those who were not found in Blechhammer or elsewhere must be considered to have died no later than the end of March 1944 (time of termination of the contraction of the occupations of the "Zwangarbeitslager" in Blechhammer and the beginning of a more clear situation in the Gross Rosen district).
The place of death: one of the labor camps in Silesia (Poland).
The general conclusion in section 12 of this chapter applies to the Blechhammer cases.
Paragraph12 : General Blechhammer conclusion. (pages 59 and 60)
In view of the general course of events in Blechhammer, as outlined in the previous pages, it can therefore be safely assumed that in general those who are only mentioned as having been found in Blechhammer, but whose existence is no longer known discovered after 31 March 1944, must be considered to have died no later than that date.
It has been calculated that if this restriction is accepted, the known figure of 4 to 500 men who must have still been alive when Blechhammer was evacuated is approximated quite accurately, which once again confirms the correctness of the statement.
From the publication Auschwitz III, Cosel transports, Appendix III: SUMMERY of CONCLUSIONS for the Cosel transports, here regarding the transport of 10 November 1942 from Westerbork.
A): General
1): At Cosel station, with exceptions, men who were born after 13 November 1891 but before 13 November 1927, got off at Cosel station. Those who did NOT get off at Cosel, unless it appears that they lived longer, must be considered to have died on or about 13 November 1942.
2): Those who traveled directly to Auschwitz and did not die immediately upon arrival must be considered to have died in or in the vicinity of Auschwitz AFTER 13 November 1942, but no later than 28 February 1943.
3): Those who have been placed on sick-transport from any camp and who have not been heard from since, must be considered to have died during the month in which the sick-transport left. The place of death for those who were deported from Blechhammer is Auschwitz II (Birkenau) and for those who left other camps: one of the labor or concentration camps in Silesia (Poland).
4): Those who were found in Blechhammer before 1 April 1944, but about whose further fate is unknown, must be considered to have died no later than 31 March 1944.
Those whose existence in Blechhammer has become apparent after the last mentioned date, while nothing has been heard about them since, must be considered to have been alive at the time of the evacuation and to have accompanied the evacuation transport.
The rules set out in the "Auschwitz VI" section of these publications apply to determining the place and time of their death.
5): Those who were found in Bismarckhütte or Monowitz after 1 October 1944, but whose further fate is unknown, must be considered to have been alive at the time of the evacuation and to have accompanied the evacuation transport.
The rules set out in the "Auschwitz VI" section of these publications apply to determining the place and time of their death.
6): Those who were found in Ottmuth, but who have not been heard from since, must be considered to have died no later than 30 April 1944 in one of the labor camps in Silesia (Poland).
B): Regarding separate transports
7): The men who, according to the overview under 1 above, disembarked in Cosel must, unless it appears otherwise, and with due observance of the general conclusions stated above, be deemed to have died at the time and on the spot as in the following overview is given, with regard to the transport of 10 November 1942 from Westerbork: Unless it appears otherwise in individual cases and taking into account the general conclusions stated, the men who disembarked in Cosel must be considered to have died AFTER 13 November 1942, but NO LATER THAN 31 March 1944 in one of the labor camps in Silesia (Poland).
Source: the archives of the Dutch Red Cross, parts of the publication “Auschwitz III”, the deportation transports in the Cosel period, published October 1952, concerns transport 10 November 1942 Westerbork-> Auschwitz, Page 12, sub. 6; Page 27; Page 33; Section 11, from page 41 and pages 53 and 54; Paragraph 12, pages 59 and 60 and Annex III paragraphs A and B.