Transport from Stuttgart, Stuttgart (Stuttgart), Wuerttemberg, Germany to Auschwitz Birkenau, Extermination Camp, Poland on 07/03/1944

In 1944 the Gestapo launched five relatively small transports from Stuttgart, consisting of 78 Jews altogether. After the transports from Stuttgart in January 1944 there were still about 150 Jews remaining in the city. Due to the lack of archival records, no information is available regarding this transport that left from Stuttgart to Auschwitz on March 7, 1944. Since the Jewish community had officially been dissolved by June 30, the deportees were most likely arrested by the Gestapo and taken to a local police station. While they waited for their deportation they underwent registration and a search, a process which was often accompanied by violent assault. They had to endure bureaucratic procedures and were forced to declare their assets before undergoing the final stages of expropriation. Their declarations of property were collected and they were informed that because they were “enemies of the Reich” their assets had been seized. They were also forced to hand over all valuables and cash to the Gestapo officials who were present. In accordance with regulations, armed policemen guarded the deportees throughout the journey to Auschwitz. Their further fate is not known. It can be assumed that they were murdered in the gas chambers immediately upon arrival.