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Transport from Pithiviers, Camp, France to Drancy, Camp, France on 22/08/1942

Transport
Departure Date 22/08/1942 Arrival Date 22/08/1942
Pithiviers,Camp,France
Pithiviers train station, Loiret, France
Freight Train
Drancy,Camp,France
On August 22, 1942 a transport left the Pithiviers camp for the Drancy camp with a total of 1,205 Jews, among them 779 children. The surveillance of the transport was undertaken by the Gendarmerie of Beaune. These children spent very little time in the Drancy camp and most were deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau on August 24, 1942.
Overview
    No. of transports at the event : 1
    No. of deportees at departure : 1205
    No. of deportees upon arrival : 1205
    Date of Departure : 22/08/1942
    Date of Arrival : 22/08/1942