@AuschwitzMuseum 1/n The first deportations from Westerbork took place on 15th July 1942, when 1,135 Dutch Jews were sent to Auschwitz-Birkenau. By the end of July, over 6,000 had been sent East. This was only the beginning. In November railways were constructed that ran directly 
@AuschwitzMuseum 2/n into Westerbork to facilitate deportations not just to Auschwitz-Birkenau, but to Bergen-Belsen, Theresienstadt, Vittel, and Sobibor. More than 103,000 Jews were deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau from Westerbork, and only 5,000 survived. By February 1943, trains were leaving
@AuschwitzMuseum 3/n Westerbork every Tuesday. Dr Joseph Melkman, a Jewish teacher who was interned at Westerbork, testified about the deportation process at the Eichmann Trial: “From all the terrible things I saw...my strongest recollection, and that of others, is from that night, 3 AM Tuesday
@AuschwitzMuseum 4/n morning, in the total silence and darkness, when they read, as though they were meting out the death penalty to those who were being deported”.
The establishment of measures to persecute Dutch Jews occurred at a very fast pace, leading to mass deportations beginning in 1942.
The establishment of measures to persecute Dutch Jews occurred at a very fast pace, leading to mass deportations beginning in 1942.
@AuschwitzMuseum 5/5 Many of these people were completely unaware of where they were being transported to and what the future would hold for them.
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