Transports to Sobibor

The SS contracted the fare for transporting the Jews to their death with the German railroad authorities: children up to 10 years of age traveled for half the regular fare and those under 4 years old traveled free with their parents. The SS paid for their transportation from the funds robed from their victims.

From the end of July to the beginning of October 1942, the railroad was on repair and alternative forms of transports were found: trucks, horse drawn wagons, even forcing the Jews from local villages and towns to came by foot. Later, the railroad transport resumed bringing Jews from Holland, France, the Soviet Union and other countries.

In the Hagen court proceedings against former Sobibor Nazis, Professor Wolfgang Scheffler, who served as an expert, estimated the total figure of murdered Jews at a minimum of 250,000.

Sketches by Josef Rychter (on scraps of newspapers)
Only his name is known. He risked his life to record the Nazi crimes around Sobibor.

Some Verified Transports of Jews to Sobibor Data abstracted from court documentation and other sources.

Jews from occupied Polish territories:
Year	Date	City	Number
1942	Mid-April	Krychow (labor camp)	250
	May 3	Komarow	2000
	May 5	Opole Lubelskie	2000
	May 6	Demblin-Irena	2500
	May 7	Ryki	2500
	May 7	Jozefow	1270
	May 8	Baranow	1500
	May 8	Konskowola	1580
	May 9	Markuszow	1500
	May 9	Leczna	200
	May 10	Michow	2500
	May 12	Opole	2000
	May 12	Turobin	2000
	May ?	Pulawy	2500
	May 12,15	Zolkiewka	1000
	May 13-14	Gorzkow	2000
	May 14-15	Krasnystaw	3400
	May 15	Izbica	400
	May 15-16	Zamosc	5000
	May 18	Siedliszcze	630
	May 21-23	Chelm	2300
	May 23	Wlodawa	1200
	May 25-30	Chelm	1500
	May ?	Lysobyki	500
	May ?	Wawolnica	500
	May ?	Krasniczyn	?
	May ?	Rudnik	?
	May ?	Wysokie	1000
	May ?	Cycow	?
	May ?	Krasnystaw	?
	June 1-2	Hrubieszow	3049
	June 2	Belzec	1000
	June 2	Dubienka	2670
	June 6	Krasniczyn	800
	June 7-9	Hrubieszow	500
	June 8	Grabowiec	1200
	June 10	Uchanie	1650
	June 10-13	Biala Podlaska	3000
	June ?	Cycow	500
	June ?	Slawatycze	1000
	June ?	Dubeczno	?
	June ?	Olchowiec	?
	June ?	Pawlow	?
	June ?	Sawin	?
	June ?	Krzywowierzba	?
	June ?	Krasniczyn	?
	June 29	Majdanek	5000
	July 24	Wlodawa	hundreds of children
	July (end)	Chelm	300
	Aug. 10	Rejowiec	2000
	Aug. 10	Zolkiewka	1000
	Sept. 6	Ustrzyki	?
	Sept. 8	Ryczywol	69
	Oct. 1-5	Duchaczow	150
	Oct. 8	Izbica	1500
	Oct. 10	Rejowiec	2400
	Oct. 11	Lubartow	3000
	Oct. ?	Wojslowice	1200
	Oct. 22	Siedliszcze	500
	Oct. 22-30	Piaski and Izbica	5000
	Oct. 23	Leczna	3000
	Oct. 24	Wlodawa	5000
	Oct. 27-28	Chelm	3000
	Oct. 28	Hrubieszow	2000
	Oct. 30	Wlodawa	500
	Oct. ?	Belzyce and Bychawa	7000
	Nov. 2	Izbica	1750
	Nov. 6	Chelm	10000
	Dec. 22	Staw	800
	Dec. ?	Dubeczno	650

Year	Date	City	Number
1943	Jan. ?	Izbica	750
	Jan. ?	Chelm	?
	Feb. ?	Chelm	300
	April 28	Izbica	200
	April 29	Leczna	200
	April 30	Wlodawa	2000
	May 1-7	Wlodawa	150
	May 22	Lwow	?
	June 26	Belzec (death camp liquidation)	306
	July 4	Lwow	?
	Aug. 8	Debica	2000
	Aug. 15-29	Bialystok	200
	Sept. 10	Dorohucza	?
	Sept. 29	Bialystok	?
	Oct. 20	Treblinka (to dismantle Sobibor)	aprox100

Jews from other European countries:
Year	Date	City	Number
1942	April-June 13	Czechoslovakia	6000
	April-June 30	Germany - Austria	10000
	April-Oct. 20	Slovakia	24378
	March 5-6	Holland	1105
	March 6	France	71
	March 11	France	?
	March 13	Holland	964
	March 26	Holland	1250
	March 26	France	994
	March 31	Germany	?
	April 2	Holland	1255
	April 9	Holland	2020
	April 16	Holland	1204
	April 21	Germany (Berlin)	938
	April 23	Holland	1166
	April 25	France	2000
	April 30	Holland	1204
	May 7	Holland	1187
	May 14	Holland	1466
	May 21	Holland	2511
	May 28	Holland	2862
	June 4	Holland	3006
	June 8	Holland (children)	1266
	June 11	Holland	3017
	July 2	Holland	3397
	July 9	Holland	2417
	July 16	Holland	1988
	July 23	Holland	2209
	Sept. 18-19	Sov Union (Lida)	2700
	Sept. 18-23	Sov Union (Minsk)	6000
	Sept. 23-24	Sov Union (Vilno)	5000

Source: Historical research of Thomas ‘Toivi’ Blatt, survivor of the Sobibor death camp who escaped during the uprising on October 14, 1943. Provided by his daughter Rena Smith.