Transport from Noe, Camp, France to Drancy, Camp, France on 10/08/1942

A transport was organized on August 10, 1942, with Jews who were, for the most part, already detained in various internment camps of the unoccupied zone. This transport included 400 Jews from the Rivesaltes camp, 260 from the Milles camp, and 120 from the Noé and Récébédou camps. Parents were given the choice of leaving their children in the unoccupied zone in the care of Jewish relief organizations. At the beginning of August Jews were transferred from the Noé camp to the Récébédou camp in preparation for deportation to the occupied zone. On August 8, two days prior to that transfer, 120 Jews were separated from the rest of the detainees in Récébédou, destined for the transport scheduled for August 10; among this group 58 had been transferred from the Noé camp. Directives were sent from the ninth police bureau of the national police in Vichy, which was responsible for coordinating the transports to the occupied zone, to the Intendant of the Toulouse regional police, Antoine Poggioli, concerning the upcoming deportation of some 120 Jews from the Noé and Récébédou camps. The train was to be made up of four freight cars, one compartment for the luggage, and one passenger car. The Jews were to be given six days’ worth of provisions. An escort of 20 men from the Récébédou GMR (Groupes mobile de réserve, Mobile Reserve Groups) was to be made available. Most of the deportees had to walk the 2 kilometres to the train station, but their luggage was taken by truck and 10 people who were sick were taken in trucks provided by the Quakers....