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27 November 1941 – The First Deportation from Würzburg to the East

At the end of November 1941, Jews were for the first time deported from Würzburg toward the East. On the 27th of November they were taken by passenger train to Langwasser concentration camp on the outskirts of Nuremberg, from where they were transferred, two days later, to Riga, Latvia. This was the first deportation of Jews from Germany to Riga. The transports arrived at the Jungfernhof concentration camp.

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27 November 1941, early morning: photographs depicting the first deportation of Jews from Würzburg
27 November 1941, early morning: photographs depicting the first deportation of Jews from Würzburg

Yad Vashem Photo Archives 7900/59
Courtesy of the State Archives in Würzburg (Staatsarchiv Würzburg)

27 November 1941, early morning: photographs depicting the first deportation of Jews from Würzburg
26 November 1941: an inspection of Jews and their belongings, immediately prior to deportation.
26 November 1941: an inspection of Jews and their belongings, immediately prior to deportation.

Yad Vashem Photo Archives 7900/11
Courtesy of the State Archives in Würzburg (Staatsarchiv Würzburg)

26 November 1941: an inspection of Jews and their belongings, immediately prior to deportation.
26 November 1941: Jews in Würzburg, gathered prior to deportation; among them Heinrich Michel (deportation number 339).
26 November 1941: Jews in Würzburg, gathered prior to deportation; among them Heinrich Michel (deportation number 339).

Michel, a cobbler by profession, was born in Würzburg in 1911. According to the Nazi register Michel possessed German citizenship. The list of confiscated property notes a pocket watch of Heinrich-Israel Michel as item number 11. Michel died in Riga. Yad Vashem, the Documents Archive, Eichmann Trial Division, TR.3/1286

Yad Vashem Photo Archives 7900/12
Courtesy of the State Archives in Würzburg (Staatsarchiv Würzburg)

26 November 1941: Jews in Würzburg, gathered prior to deportation; among them Heinrich Michel (deportation number 339).
26 November 1941: Jews in Würzburg, prior to deportation. First from the right - Wilhelm Reinstein (deportation number 227).
26 November 1941: Jews in Würzburg, prior to deportation. First from the right - Wilhelm Reinstein (deportation number 227).

Reinstein, a salesman by profession, was born in Würzburg in 1889. Item number 7 in the list of confiscated property – a silver ring set with precious stones – seems to have belonged to his wife, Irma Sara Reinstein (née Strauss). Irma was born in Würzburg, in 1895. Her deportation number was 278. (Yad Vashem, the Documents Archive, Eichmann Trial Division, TR.3/1286) Wilhelm and Irma Reinstein were murdered in Riga.

Yad Vashem Photo Archives 7900/15
Courtesy of the State Archives in Würzburg (Staatsarchiv Würzburg)

26 November 1941: Jews in Würzburg, prior to deportation. First from the right - Wilhelm Reinstein (deportation number 227).
27 November 1941: Jews being marched from the concentration point to the train station in Würzburg, in preparation of deportation.
27 November 1941: Jews being marched from the concentration point to the train station in Würzburg, in preparation of deportation.

The deportation itself took place under the cover of darkness, during the early hours of the morning.

Yad Vashem Photo Archives 7900/8
Courtesy of the State Archives in Würzburg (Staatsarchiv Würzburg)

27 November 1941: Jews being marched from the concentration point to the train station in Würzburg, in preparation of deportation.
27 November 1941, early morning: photographs depicting the first deportation of Jews from Würzburg.
27 November 1941, early morning: photographs depicting the first deportation of Jews from Würzburg.

Yad Vashem Photo Archives 7900/61
Courtesy of the State Archives in Würzburg (Staatsarchiv Würzburg)

27 November 1941, early morning: photographs depicting the first deportation of Jews from Würzburg.
27 November 1941, early morning: photographs depicting the first deportation of Jews from Würzburg
27 November 1941, early morning: photographs depicting the first deportation of Jews from Würzburg
26 November 1941: an inspection of Jews and their belongings, immediately prior to deportation.
26 November 1941: an inspection of Jews and their belongings, immediately prior to deportation.
26 November 1941: Jews in Würzburg, gathered prior to deportation; among them Heinrich Michel (deportation number 339).
26 November 1941: Jews in Würzburg, gathered prior to deportation; among them Heinrich Michel (deportation number 339).
26 November 1941: Jews in Würzburg, prior to deportation. First from the right - Wilhelm Reinstein (deportation number 227).
26 November 1941: Jews in Würzburg, prior to deportation. First from the right - Wilhelm Reinstein (deportation number 227).
27 November 1941: Jews being marched from the concentration point to the train station in Würzburg, in preparation of deportation.
27 November 1941: Jews being marched from the concentration point to the train station in Würzburg, in preparation of deportation.
27 November 1941, early morning: photographs depicting the first deportation of Jews from Würzburg.
27 November 1941, early morning: photographs depicting the first deportation of Jews from Würzburg.