Dortmund Holocaust Victims

Background

This database includes the names of Holocaust victims who were citizens of Dortmund (Westphalia) between 1933 and 1945.  In addition to the individuals on this list, there were 110 Jewish citizens who were deported from Dortmund, but survived ghettos, camps and the war.

There were four deportation-transports from Dortmund:

• 27-Jan-1942 — to the ghetto of Riga (Latvia)
• 30-Apr-1942 — to the ghetto of Zamosc (Generalgouvernement)
• 27-Jul-1942 — to Theresienstadt
• 02-Mar-1943 — to Auschwitz

Database

This database contains 2,078 deportees.  The fields for this database are as follows:

• Surname
• Given Name
• Maiden Name
• Date of Birth
• Place of Birth
• Date, place, and estination of Deportation.  (See Note A below)

Acknowledgments

The information contained in this database was indexed from a list compiled by the historian Rolf Fischer in cooperation with the Stadtarchiv, Dortmund.  The list is published in the Memorialbook Verfolgung und Vernichtung. Die Dortmunder Opfer der Shoah. by Rolf Fischer (Klartext Verlag, 2015).

Inquiries may be sent to Mr Fischer at rolffischer-dortmund@t-online.de

In addition, thanks to JewishGen, Inc. for providing the website and database expertise to make this database accessible, especially to Nolan Altman, VP Data Acquisition and coordinator of Holocaust files.

Nolan Altman
Coordinator - Holocaust Database
Dec 2015

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