Deportation of German Jews from Hanau, Germany- Photograph

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These photographs were taken on May 30, 1942, in the German town of Hanau during the deportation of Jews from the town. They show Jews from Hanau and neighboring communities at the Hanau train station, with their luggage being loaded onto passenger cars. German policemen and other Nazi officials appear in the images. In a few photos, the mandatory yellow Star of David badges are visible on the Jewish deportees' outerwear.

Records indicate that the Nazi authorities sent this deportation transport to the General Government, part of German-occupied Poland. It first stopped at the Lublin concentration camp (called Majdanek) where able-bodied men were taken off the train as forced laborers. Those remaining on board were then taken to the Sobibor killing center and murdered upon arrival in the gas chambers. The only known survivor from this transport is Robert Eisenstaedt. Eisenstaedt was selected as a forced laborer and successfully escaped from Majdanek.