Category:05Feb45 Train (subject)

05Feb45 Train (see Holocaust Children Studies)

• See list of passengers on USHMM

Overview

In 1945, hoping to use the surviving prisoners at Theresienstadt as a bargaining chip for opening negotiations with the western powers, SS chief Heinrich Himmler, Security Police Chief Ernst Kaltenbrunner, and other SS leaders agreed, as a token of good faith, to the release of 1,200 Theresienstadt prisoners in exchange for five million Swiss francs put up by Jewish organizations in an escrowed account in Switzerland. The 1,200 Jews (523 German Jews, 433 Dutch Jews, 153 Austrian Jews, and 91 Protectorate Jews) reached Switzerland on February 5, 1945.

The Children (List of Refugees arrived in St. Gallen in February 1945 from Theresienstadt)

Among the 1200 passengers were around 120 children.

• Debora Frenkel (F / Netherlands, 1929) - 21 May 1929

• Michael Jacobsohn (M / Netherlands, 1937) - 19 May 1937

• Elly Herrmann (F / Czechia, 1931) - 27 Jun 1931

• Hana Kantor (F / Czechia, 1937) - 26 Mar 1937

• Alida Lampie (M / Netherlands, 1932) - 2 Mar 1932

• Peter Lorber (M / Germany, 1938) - 30 Jun 1938

• Freddy Markovics (M / Netherlands, 1942) - 3 Sep 1942
• Martin Mayer (M / Czechia, 1930) - 19 Nov 1930

• Alfred Nieuwkerk (M / Netherlands, 1930) - 10 Jun 1930

• Leopold Schiffer (M / Poland, 1928) - 8 Nov 1928

• Carola Simons (F / Netherlands, 1937) - 19 Mar 1937

• Moses Stein (M / Romania, 1928) - 15 Jun 1928 - Borsa

• Johannes Van Emden (M / Netherlands, 1942) - 10 Jan 1942

• Annie Wyler (F / Netherlands, 1935) - 27 Aug 1935 - Holland
• Martha Wyler (F / Netherlands, 1931) - 12 Apr 1031

External links

• Theresienstadt Final Weeks]