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Deportations to the »General Gouvernement,« 1941

The initiative to carry out deportations of Austrian Jews from Vienna to the »General Gouvernement« in former Poland already in early 1941, came from the new Reich Governor Baldur von Schirach. Thus, he met the wish of the Viennese NSDAP to have Jewish apartments vacated.

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Opole

Katherina EltbogenOn 15 February 1941 and 26 February 1941 two deportation transports with 2003 Jewish men, women and children on board left Vienna Aspang Station bound for Opole, a small town south of Lublin.

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Kielce

Group picture taken in Kielce ghettoOn 19 Feburary 1941 a deportation transport left Vienna Aspang Station with 1004 Jewish men, women and children on board, bound for Kielce, a town north of Cracow.

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Modliborzyce

CardOn 5 March 1941 a deportation transport left Vienna Aspang Station with 999 Jewish men, women and children on board. The tranport's destination was Modliborzyce in Janow Lubelski, Lublin district.

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Opatow and Lagow

LetterOn 12 March 1941 a deportation transport left Vienna Aspang Station with 997 Jewish men, women and children on board for Opatow and Lagow, two neighbouring small towns 50 km east of Kielce.

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