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At least in the area of the Reich the evacuation of the
Jews has taken the place of the emigration of the Jews. Following the ban
on Jewish emigration from Fall 1941 [the evacuation] was prepared on a
large scale and carried out to a far-reaching extent throughout the area of
the Reich in 1942. In the balance sheet of Jewry (Bilanz des Judentums)
it appears as "Emigration."
According to the figures of the Reich Security Main
Office (Reichssicherheitshaptamp) up to January 1, 1943, the
following moves took place:
From the Altreich** and Sudetenland 100,516 Jews
From the Ostmark [Austria] 47,555 Jews
From the Protectorate 69,677 Jews
Total 217,748 Jews
These figures include Jews evacuated to the Old-Age
Ghetto in Theresienstadt.
The total of these evacuations from the area of the
Reich, including the eastern territories, and beyond them in the area of
German control and influence in Europe, from October 1939 or later, and up
to December 31, 1942, were as follows:
1. Evacuation of Jews from Baden and the
Palatinate (Pfalz) to France 6,504 Jews
2. Evacuation of Jews from the Reich, including
the Protectorate and the District of Bialystok
to the East 170,642 "
3. Evacuation of Jews from the Reich and the
Protectorate to Theresienstadt 87,193 "
4. Transportation of Jews from the eastern
provinces to eastern Russia 1,449,692 Jews
[Numbers] who passed through the camps
in the Government-General 1,274,166 " Through the
camps in the Warthegau 145,301 "
5. Evacuation of Jews from other countries:
France (insofar as it was occupied before
November 10, 1942) 41,911 "
Netherlands 38,571 "
Belgium 16,886 "
Norway 532 "
Slovakia 56,691 "
Croatia 4,927 "
Total evacuations (including Theresienstadt
and
Special Treatment – Sonderbehandlung) 1,873,549
"
Without Theresienstadt 1,786,356 "
6. To this must be added, according to the
figures of the Reich Security Main Office,
the evacuation of 633,300 "
from the Russian territories, including the
former Baltic countries, from the start of
the Eastern Campaign.
These figures do not include the inmates of ghettos and
concentration camps.
The evacuations from Slovakia and Croatia were carried
out by these states themselves.
These include:
1. The Old-Age Ghetto Theresienstadt to which
were sent
altogether 87,193 Jews
of these, from the Reich 47,471 "
(Ostmark 14,222)
of these, from the Protectorate 39,722 "
The total number of Jewish inmates at the beginning of
the
year 1943 was: 49,392
of these, German subjects 24,313
Protectorate 25,079
The reduction in numbers was due mainly to deaths. In
addition to Theresienstadt there were a number of smaller Jewish
old-age and invalid homes within the area of the Reich, but these were not
considered either ghettos or evacuation centers.