Consists of 4 original folders from Gestapo Düsseldorf concerning the deportation of Jews 1942-43. - The folders contain: - Orders from the RSHA to Gestapo leaders and reports of the Gestapo leadersh ...

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Consists of 4 original folders from Gestapo Düsseldorf concerning the deportation of Jews 1942-43.
The folders contain:
Orders from the RSHA to Gestapo leaders and reports of the Gestapo leadership Düsseldorf to RSHA;
Orders from the Gestapo leadership Düsseldorf to branch offices and local authorities as well as reports from subordinate offices to Gestapo leadership Düsseldorf;
Documents concerning the confiscation of Jewish property, medical certificates dealing with the
transportability of Jews who were scheduled for deportation. Gestapo reports concerning suicides or flight of Jews who had been designated for deportation;
Statements by the Reichsminister of the Interior concerning people and state enemy tendencies of deportees. Documents relating to property declarations which deportees were required to fill out, various receipts concerning the acquisition of confiscated articles as well as travel money
Folder I: Document concerning the deportation of 941 Jews who were sent on 22.4.1942 from Düsseldorf towards Izbica, the address Trawniki is marked on the envelope containing the folder, which was the originally planned destination.
Folder II. Document concerning the deportation of 1003 Jews on 15.6.1942 from Düsseldorf towards Izbica
Folder III: Document concerning the deportation of 956 Jews on 21.7.1942 from Düsseldorf towards Theresienstadt and the deportation of 978 Jews on 25.7.1942 from Düsseldorf towards Theresienstadt
Folder IV: Document concerning the deportation of 32 Jews on 25.6.1943 from Düsseldorf towards Theresienstadt
The index pages contain notations about the most important documents in Folders 1 - IV
Four copies are included at the end of the folder, copies of which are held in folder HIST 1, pps. 26 - 29 and in the folder HIST 8, p. 22. It concerns documents relating to the instruction of the Reichsführer SS to eliminate all Jews in German KLs dated 29.9.1942, which belong in the broadest sense to this folder

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State Archive North Rhine-Westphalia