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German police guard Jews during deportation from the Żychlin ghetto

Young German soldiers assist in the deportation of Jews from the Zychlin ghetto to the Chelmno camp. [LCID: 18876]

Young German policemen assist in the roundup and deportation of Jews from the Żychlin ghetto in German-occupied Poland. Jews from Żychlin were transported to the Chełmno killing center, where they were murdered in gas vans. This brutal roundup took place on Jewish holiday of Purim. Poland, March 3, 1942.

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Deserted street in Sighet Marmatiei

View of a deserted street. The street is made of dirt with a large puddle close to the camera. The surrounding buildings are battered and dirty.

A deserted street in the area of the Sighet Marmatiei ghetto. This photograph was taken after the deportation of the ghetto population. Sighet Marmatiei, Hungary, May 1944.

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Deportation of Jews from Budapest

Deportation of Jews from the Jozsefvarosi train station in Budapest. [LCID: 74019]

Deportation of Jews from the Jozsefvarosi train station in Budapest. Hungary, November 1944.

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Deporting Hungarian Jews

Deportation of Hungarian Jews. Koszeg, Hungary, May 1944. [LCID: 68629c]

Jewish deportees marching down a main street of Koszeg during the deportation of Hungarian Jews. Koszeg, Hungary, May 1944.

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Deportation from Hungary

Deportation of Jews. Koszeg, Hungary, July 1944. [LCID: 68628b]

Deportation of Jews. Koszeg, Hungary, July 1944.

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Deportation from Koszeg

Jewish women, children and the elderly await deportation at the railroad station in Koszeg, a small town in northwestern Hungary. [LCID: 68628a]

Jewish women, children, and the elderly await deportation at the railroad station in Koszeg, a small town in northwestern Hungary. Koszeg, Hungary, 1944.

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Deportation from Szeged

Jewish residents of the Szeged ghetto assemble for deportation. [LCID: 37207]

Jewish residents of the Szeged ghetto assemble for deportation. Szeged, Hungary, June 1944.

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Arrival of Hungarian Jews at Auschwitz

A large group of people in two groups stand near empty train tracks. Guards survey the groups. The Auschwitz II-Birkenau gatehouse can be seen in the background.

A transport of Hungarian Jews lines up on the ramp for selection at the Auschwitz-Birkenau killing center in German-occupied Poland. May 1944.

In mid-May 1944, the Hungarian authorities, in coordination with the German Security Police, began to systematically deport the Hungarian Jews. SS Colonel Adolf Eichmann was chief of the team of "deportation experts" that worked with the Hungarian authorities. The Hungarian police carried out the roundups and forced the Jews onto the deportation trains.

In less than two months, nearly 440,000 Jews were deported from Hungary in more than 145 trains. 

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Deportation to Belzec

A line of people walk into a boxcar, holding bags, suitcases, and other personal belongings. A uniformed soldier stands to the left of the boxcar door supervising with his back facing the camera. The boxcar has German text on the side.

Jews are forced into boxcars for deportation to the Belzec killing center. Lublin, Poland, 1942.

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Deportation to Chełmno

Jews carrying their possessions during deportation to the Chelmno killing center. [LCID: 10047]

Jews carrying their possessions during deportation from the Łódź ghetto to the Chełmno killing center. Jewish prisoner Mendel Grossman, who worked as an official photographer in the ghetto, took this photo. Łódź, Poland.

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Deportation from Siedlce to the Treblinka killing center

Under guard, Jewish men, women, and children board trains during deportation from Siedlce to the Treblinka killing center. [LCID: 11158]

Under guard, Jewish men, women, and children board trains during deportation from Siedlce to the Treblinka killing center. Siedlce, Poland, August 1942.

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Jews carrying their possessions during deportation to the Chelmno killing center. [LCID: 10047]
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