- Preface II – In Dresden, the camp at Hellerberg was sealed off early on the morning of February 27, 1943. More Jews from Dresden and from nearby towns were also assembled there. On the evening of March 2, nearly all the inmates, including 293 Dresden Jews, were taken to Dresden-Neustadt station and loaded onto cattle trucks. They reached Auschwitz as part of a train that was by then carrying 1,500 people. **p9
- 1943, December 11, Saturday morning – Jacobi related in strictest confidence that a large Jewish transport to Theresienstadt passed through Dresden in the last few days. An eighty- six-year-old woman died on the way. The corpse was turned over to Jacobi. **p277
- 1944, October 29, Sunday after 1:00 p.m. – I can no longer stop thinking about them. Not until about 2:00 p.m. do I tell myself: probably not today Then in the evening I look out of the window before going to bed: If the sky around the Neustadt station is bright, if it is lit up, then in all likelihood, a quiet night can be expected. **p373
- Notes p522 – [1943] February 28— evacuation was imminent: At the end of February 1943, Commis- sar Schmidt (see note, December 11, 1942) received an order from Adolf Eichmann in person to liquidate the Hellerberg camp. During the night of March 2-3, the in- mates were taken to Dresden-Neustadt goods station, loaded into cattle trucks, and deported to Auschwitz. The transport, which eventually consisted of thirty trucks containing several thousand people, arrived at Auschwitz-Birkenau on the evening of March 3. The majority were “selected” on arrival and had to make their way directly from the ramp to the gas chambers. **522
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- **I Will Bear Witness, Volume 2: A Diary of the Nazi Years: 1942-1945, Victor Klemperer, Publisher : Modern Library; Illustrated edition
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