what were the stages involved in their journey
2007-05-22 11:08:20 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
In France, Belgium and the Netherlands they were first moved by trucks to a transit camp like the Kazerne Dossin ("Dossin Barracks", "SS-Sammellager Mecheln") in Mechelen in Belgium, Kamp Westerbork ("Polizeiliches Durchgangslager Westerbork") in Drenthe in the Netherlands, the "Vélodrome d'Hiver" ("Winter Velodrome") and the transit camps of Drancy, Pithiviers and Beaune-la-Rolande in France. These deportations were organized by the Germans with the help of the local police and the local Jewish community. Many believed they would be resettled in Eastern Europe. From there they were regularly transported by train to "unknown destinations" in Eastern Europe.
2007-05-22 11:46:37 · answer #1 · answered by Erik Van Thienen 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From what I recall, in Warsaw they were forced to move into a certain area called the "ghetto" and the Nazi's helped keep them in there by building walls, using force, etc. As time moved forward, if your name, number, which ever was called you were to report to a certain area and eventually put on a train. Most people thought they were going to labor camps, others knew the rumors of the concentration camps. A good movie to watch would be "the Pianist" or “Schindler’s List” if you want more of an idea.
2007-05-22 18:14:30 · answer #2 · answered by dudeinnorcal 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the jewish community was transported to concentration camps by train.
they were typically segregated to a ghetto before being taken to forced labor or extermination camps but the stages were much more in depth than that.
read witness to the holocaust. its a collection of first person stories and testimonials exploring every aspect of the holocaust, from the veiwpoint of the nazi youth to the politics and culture that allowed that to happen to the american soliders that liberated the camps to ghetto life to camp life.
2007-05-22 18:19:23 · answer #3 · answered by green13 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They usually received a letter from the authorities, requiring them to report to a railway station at a specific time, and to bring with them specific things as for a holiday (many actually thought they were going away for a brief stay). The list they were given looks very much like the list I was given when going to secondary school for the first time (including a pair of indoor shoes).
2007-05-22 18:15:00 · answer #4 · answered by lakelounger 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most of them were forced out at gunpoint, then herded into railway cars, stuffed in like cattle, and moved by railroad to the concentration camps.
2007-05-22 18:10:49 · answer #5 · answered by Mark S, JPAA 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Usually by cattle truck on the railway from their nearest station. They were confined in the truck until they reached the camp. This could take days.
2007-05-23 00:45:50 · answer #6 · answered by brainstorm 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Arrest, local detention center, march to a railway station on foot, loading into cattle cars (usually, with standing room only), unloading, march to the camp on foot...
2007-05-22 19:10:11 · answer #7 · answered by NC 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They were taken from their homes and put onto crowded cattle carts with tons of other jews and minorities on them.
2007-05-22 18:11:19 · answer #8 · answered by ash 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
they are first forced into ghettos then forced again by gun point into concentration camps
2007-05-22 23:03:02 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
they were not moved....they were forced out of their homes
2007-05-22 18:23:07 · answer #10 · answered by mups mom 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋