Category:05Feb45 Train (subject)

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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.

  • Alfred Drielsma (M / Netherlands, 1938-2015) - 27 Apr 1938 (The Hague) - d. 18 Feb 2015

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