"The resettlement action still continues. The 9th transport left today," reports The Chronicle of the Łódź Ghetto on May 12. It continues, "900–1,000 people fill each transport, which means that close to nine thousand Western European Jews have left the ghetto."[1]
Once again, on May 12, 1942, Jews previously sent from Western Europe to the Łódź ghetto were deported to the Chełmno death camp (Kulmhof). The transport included 947 Western European Jews. This figure appears in the documents from the ghetto's Jewish self-administration archive[2] and is also recorded in an invoice for the transport submitted by the Reichsbahn Verkehrsamt (Transportation Authority of the German national railway) to the Gestapo Litzmannstadt. The total cost for this transport was 2,902,85 reichsmarks, including the fare for thirteen guards from the Schupo (Schutzpolizei—uniformed regular police force) in the only second-class passenger wagon as far as Koło—where other guards took over—and their return trip from Koło to Widzew.[3]
Amongst the deportees on May 12, and on the transport that left the previous day, were 300 Jewish residents of the old age home II, located at 26 Gnieźnieńska St. (Gnesener).[4] Likewise, more than 500 Jews from Frankfurt am Main were included in the two transports,[5] including Klara and Emilie Baum, two sisters living in the old age home. After receiving a summons to report for departure on May 10, Klara submitted an application for Emilie to be included in the transport. Emilie had not received a deportation summons but wanted to join her sister. They requested that their deportation be postponed by two days due to Emilie's ill health, but this objection was overruled.[6]...