Berlin Deportations1941–1945

24.11.194428 peopleBerlin to Ravensbrück

59. Osttransport

What happened

Unlike earlier "Osttransporte", this group did not go to Auschwitz: the Gestapo sent separate lists of men and women, and testimonies and International Tracing Service records show the women taken to the Ravensbrück concentration camp and the men to Sachsenhausen.

About Ravensbrück (Fürstenberg/Havel)

The people on this transport

The names of the people on this transport are being compiled. We are working from the Memorial Book of the German Federal Archives and the surviving transport lists, and add each name only once it has been checked against them.

If someone you know of was on this transport, you can search the Memorial Book of the Federal Archives or write to us so that they can be remembered here.

Sources

Notes on the sources

Destination split: women to Ravensbrück, men to Sachsenhausen (Yad Vashem, based on 1950s affidavits and ITS data); statistik-des-holocaust.de and Gleis 17 give "Ravensbrück/Sachsenhausen"; the Bundesarchiv chronology (Gottwaldt/Schulle) gives "Auschwitz?" with 27 people. Recorded under Ravensbrück as the first-named destination; men went to Sachsenhausen. Count: 28 (statistik-des-holocaust.de, 22 with a Berlin address; Yad Vashem; Gleis 17). Survivors: Rita Meyhöfer gives 2, but Yad Vashem notes that the testimonies indicate at least 4; the minimum of 4 is recorded. Station not stated; Yad Vashem notes that late transports may have used trucks or municipal railways.

  1. Statistik des Holocaust – Bezirksstelle Berlin: overview table of deportations (counts from corrected Gestapo transport lists in the files of the Oberfinanzpräsident Berlin-Brandenburg, NARA A3355) 24.11.44, 59. Osttransport, Ravensbrück/Sachsenhausen, 28 (22 Berlin)
  2. Statistik des Holocaust – 40.–63. Osttransport Departure 24.11.44; 28 deported; Ravensbrück/Sachsenhausen
  3. Yad Vashem, “Transports to Extinction” deportation database, item 5092821 Separate lists of men and women; women to Ravensbrück, men to Sachsenhausen; Meyhöfer 2 survivors, testimonies at least 4
  4. Bundesarchiv, Gedenkbuch – Chronologie der Deportationen aus dem Deutschen Reich (states it relies primarily on Gottwaldt/Schulle, Die „Judendeportationen“ aus dem Deutschen Reich 1941–1945, 2005) 24 Nov 1944, 27, "Auschwitz?"
  5. Bezirksamt Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf (berlin.de): Liste der Deportationszüge aus Berlin von 1941 bis 1945 (compiled after Gottwaldt/Schulle 2005) No. 59, 27, "Auschwitz (?)"
  6. Mahnmal Gleis 17, Bahnhof Grunewald (Deutsche Bahn, 1998) – plate inscriptions (date, number, destination) as transcribed by Gedenktafeln in Berlin Plate: 24.11.1944 / 28 / Berlin-Ravensbr./Sachsenhsn.