Berlin Deportations1941–1945

The destinations

Where the transports from Berlin went, and what the perpetrators did to the people there.

People deported from Berlin, by destination

  1. AuschwitzOświęcim18,506 in 37 transports
  2. TheresienstadtTerezín14,965 in 125 transports
  3. Riga7,655 in 8 transports
  4. LitzmannstadtŁódź4,207 in 4 transports
  5. Minsk1,030 in 1 transport
  6. KownoKaunas1,006 in 1 transport
  7. Piaski973 in 1 transport
  8. Raasiku bei RevalRaasiku / Kalevi-Liiva (near Tallinn)809 in 1 transport
  9. SobiborSobibór746 in 1 transport
  10. WarschauWarsaw708 in 2 transports
  11. SachsenhausenOranienburg439 in 4 transports
  12. Maly TrostenezMaly Trostenets (Minsk)202 in 1 transport
  13. RavensbrückFürstenberg/Havel (Ravensbrück)28 in 1 transport

Places of onward deportation and murder

No transport went directly from Berlin to these places. The SS deported many Berlin Jews there later, from Theresienstadt or other ghettos, or moved them there from other camps.

  • Bergen-BelsenConcentration camp, Bergen-Belsen (near Bergen, north of Celle), Germany
  • IzbicaGhetto, transit camp, Izbica, Poland
  • LublinGhetto, Lublin, Poland
  • MajdanekConcentration camp, extermination camp, Majdanek, Lublin, Poland
  • TrawnikiConcentration camp, transit camp, killing site, Trawniki, Poland
  • TreblinkaExtermination camp, Treblinka, Poland

Picture credits

  1. Gatehouse and tracks of Auschwitz II-Birkenau (2019). Ingo Mehling / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source, licence

  2. Jewish cemetery and crematorium, Terezín. User יעקב / Wikimedia Commons (public domain). Source

  3. Rumbula Forest Memorial, Riga (2026). Dreamcatcher25 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0. Source, licence

  4. Radegast station, Łódź (2026). Kuroczynski / Wikimedia Commons, CC0. Source, licence

  5. Memorial stone for the Jews deported from Berlin, former Jewish cemetery, Minsk. Avner / Wikimedia Commons, CC0. Source, licence

  6. Monument to the victims of Nazism, Ninth Fort, Kaunas. Sergej Orlov / Kauno IX forto muziejus, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0. Source, licence

  7. Memorial stone at the new Jewish cemetery, Piaski (2026). Grażyna Adamczyk / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0. Source, licence

  8. Memorial stone at Kalevi-Liiva, Estonia. Kristjan Lust / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0. Source, licence

  9. Mound of ashes at Sobibór (before the redesign). Merlin (Wikimedia Commons user) / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0. Source, licence

  10. Inside the Umschlagplatz Memorial, Warsaw. Cyberwiked / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source, licence

  11. Former roll-call area, Sachsenhausen (2019). Geoprofi Lars / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source, licence

  12. Blagovshchina forest memorial, Maly Trostenets (2018). Homoatrox / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source, licence

  13. Ravensbrück Memorial seen from the Schwedtsee (2021). Zartesbitter / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0. Source, licence

  14. Obelisk and inscription wall, Bergen-Belsen Memorial. Losch / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0. Source, licence

  15. Memorial of Franconian communities in Izbica. Anton-kurt / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0. Source, licence

  16. Mausoleum at Majdanek (2018). Fallaner / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source, licence

  17. Barracks and watchtower at the State Museum at Majdanek. Adrian Tarnowski / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0. Source, licence

  18. Trawniki railway station (2019). Pietras05 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source, licence

  19. Field of stones at Treblinka (2013). Adrian Grycuk / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 pl. Source, licence

All credits