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246 Carlo Mattogno, Jürgen Graf: Treblinka
On September 16, 1942, Martin Luther, director of the German Department
in the Foreign Ministry, sent a telegram to the German embassy in Bratislava
(Pressburg) stating that “in the process of taking the measures for the final solution
of the European Jewish problem” the Reich government was prepared
to immediately send “20,000 young strong Slovakian Jews” to the east, where
there existed “need for deployment of labor.” 710 The Slovakian government
accepted the German proposal “with eagerness,” 711 and the preparations for
the deportations could begin. The program for deporting the Jews was decided
upon on March 13, 1942, and provided for the dispatching of 10 trains each to
Auschwitz and Lublin according to the following scheme: 712
NO. TRAIN NO. DEPARTING FROM ARRIVING DESTINATION
1 Da 66 3/25/1942 Poprad 3/26/1942 Auschwitz
2 Da 67 3/27/1942 Žilina 3/27/1942 Lublin
3 Da 68 3/27/1942 Lama� (Patrónka) 3/28/1942 Auschwitz
4 Da 69 3/29/1942 Sered 30/3/1942 Lublin
5 Da 70 3/30/1942 Nováky 3/31/1942 Lublin
6 Da 71 4/1/1942 Lama� 4/2/1942 Auschwitz
7 Da 72 4/2/1942 Poprad 4/3/1942 Auschwitz
8 Da 73 4/5/1942 Žilina 4/5/1942 Lublin
9 Da 74 4/7/1942 Nováky 4/8/1942 Lublin
10 Da 75 4/7/1942 Poprad 4/8/1942 Auschwitz
11 Da 76 4/8/1942 Sered 4/9/1942 Lublin
12 Da 77 4/11/1942 Žilina 4/11/1942 Lublin
13 Da 78 4/11/1942 Lama� 4/12/1942 Auschwitz
14 Da 79 4/13/1942 Poprad 4/14/1942 Auschwitz
15 Da 80 4/14/1942 Sered 4/15/1942 Lublin
16 Da 81 4/16/1942 Nováky 4/17/1942 Lublin
17 Da 82 4/17/1942 Poprad 4/18/1942 Auschwitz
18 Da 83 4/18/1942 Lama� 4/19/1942 Auschwitz
19 Da 84 4/20/1942 Poprad 4/21/1942 Auschwitz
20 Da 85 4/21/1942 Nováky 4/22/1942 Lublin
Each transport was supposed to consist of 1,000 persons. 713
As we have seen in the preceding section, the Jews included in the direct
deportations to Lublin were distributed throughout the surrounding towns.
710 T-1078.
711 NG-2586-J, p. 6.
712 Riešenie židowskiej otázky na Slovensku (1939-1945). Dokumenty, Part 2, Edicia Judaica
Slovaca, Bratislava 1994, pp. 59f. Tragédia slovenských Židov. Fotografie a dokumenty,
Bratislava 1949, p. 91 (reproduction of the transport plan). Tragédia slovenských Zidov.
Fotografie a dokumenty, Banská Bystrica 1992, p. 161 (reproduction of the transport plan
from March 26 to April 7, 1942).
713 Riešenie…, op. cit. (note 712), pp. 38f.