The S.S. Killing Squads could not deal with individually murdering so many people. So the Nazis began shipping the Jews off to more "efficient" death camps.
The Jews were lulled into false security. They were told they were going to work camps with better conditions.
A key element of the Final Solution was the railways, which made the mass transports possible.
The transports typically used cattle cars. At times, the floor had a layer of quick lime which burned the feet of the human cargo.
An average transport lasted about four days. There was no water. No food. No toilet. No ventilation. Some boxcars had 150 people stuffed into them. It did not matter if it was summer or winter, boiling hot or freezing cold.
Sometimes the Germans did not have enough cars to make it worthwhile to ship the Jews. So the victims were stuck in a switching yard – "standing room only" – for days on end.
The longest transport, from the Greek island of Corfu, lasted 18 days. When the train got to the camps and the doors were opened, everyone was already dead.
Eyewitness Testimony: Cattle Car Deportations
The Jews are deported to Auschwitz daily, on schedule. They leave from the ghetto embarkation depots, on schedule. Conductors signal, "All aboard." Brakemen wave lanterns. German and Hungarian guards shoot a few reluctant travelers, club and bayonet a last group of mothers into the compartments. The engineer opens his throttle. And the train is off for Auschwitz, on schedule.
Eighty Jews ride in every compartment. Eichmann [said] the Germans could do better where there were more children. Then they could jam 120 into each train room. But 80 is no reflection on German efficiency.
The 80 Jews must stand all the way to Auschwitz with their hands raised in the air, so as to make room for the maximum of passengers.
There are two buckets in each compartment. One contains water. The other is for use as a toilet, to be shoved by foot, if possible, from user to user.
I wonder here, why the water and toilet buckets? One water bucket, one toilet bucket for 80 despairing men, women and children plastered against each other as in a packing case, and riding to death. Why? One water bucket, one toilet bucket are not enough to relieve the misery of these barely living ones. Jammed together, how can they use any buckets? They must urinate and defecate in their clothes. They must continue to burn with thirst until they arrive at the gas ovens. But the buckets are there.
I look at these two buckets as some curious souvenirs. Of what? I answer hesitantly; of the fact that humanity is hard to stamp out completely. It persists. It sneaks a token of itself into each foul-smelling, Jew-jammed compartment. The two buckets are like the spoor of some wounded thing – a German memory of humanity not quite dead.
from: "Perfidy," by Ben Hecht, Julian Messner, Inc., New York, 1961
(66) Frank, January 15, 2015 9:51 PM
jewish misery
What exactly did the jewish people.do for a whole country to have so much hate towards them? Maybe Germans saw them as the people.in america view the muslims? I have never heard why an entire country could idly stand by and allow this to happen.
Jim, February 6, 2015 4:48 AM
Really?
are you for real? You're comparing nazis attitude toward Jews like Americans toward Muslims? You must be a simpleton! Radical Muslims have EARNED the wrath of the world not just Americans you jerk!!
venicementor, February 18, 2015 5:01 AM
Do us all a favor and read history
Frank - how old are you, anyway? I am not going to ask if you went to school as it obvious you did, with your questions. American academia for sure. Read some history and not just of regular Internet sources, read peer reviewed material and you will find out, the Jews did absolutely NOTHING to deserve this.
(65) Anonymous, January 15, 2015 6:13 PM
My father was there
He felt so humiliated, even after 60 years he couldn't talk about it
Anonymous, May 11, 2016 11:56 PM
They were brainwashed into thinking Jews were not humans, so it was seen as ok for this to happen. Its was like slavery.
(64) dylan clark, May 27, 2014 3:25 PM
Yolo
This was very helpful Ty
(63) John, May 13, 2013 11:38 PM
Very reliable thank you
(62) Anonymous, December 18, 2012 11:36 PM
i think that it's very sad.
I'm learing about the holocaust in school and my whole 6th grade class is watching boy in the striped pajama's. i'll recomend this site to my teacher.
FRozen Fire, October 10, 2014 2:53 PM
OMG SO ARE WE!!!
That is so cool! we are learning about it to!
(61) Anonymous, November 28, 2012 4:19 PM
so sad this happend less that 100 years ago how could someone do this 2 people =(
(60) haley decker, November 24, 2012 12:52 AM
these nazis are crazy
I can't beleive that this is what nazis did to those pour people. I'm a student studying the holocaust at my school. I'm appauled by what I've found out so far. It's just disgusting. Thank you for the good website.
(59) Anonymous, November 20, 2012 10:19 PM
This is truly evil. We need to learn from our past, and not repeat this; unfortunitly we are. This means that these prople have died in vain. For example, Bosnia and Cosivo. When my dad fought there, for two years, the cathlics were in the jews posit
superly duperly sad
(58) Anonymous, October 15, 2012 10:48 PM
that is really sad, especially the one where every 1 was dead even before they got to the extermination camps =(
(57) jojo, May 23, 2012 12:05 PM
thx for the amzing info. really usefull
thx for the amzing info. really usefull
(56) Anonymous, April 27, 2012 5:59 PM
This is soo sad it make me want to cry
(55) samie, April 16, 2012 3:40 PM
this was really sad for what they did.
this is sad
(54) Robin, April 11, 2012 8:07 AM
we need to learn
This is truly evil. We need to learn from our past, and not repeat this; unfortunitly we are. This means that these prople have died in vain. For example, Bosnia and Cosivo. When my dad fought there, for two years, the cathlics were in the jews position, while the muslims were the nazis. The village was under fire for a whole month, people only living in there basements. After the men were rounded up and marched to the top of the hill. If they behaved, they were only shot in the head; tried to escape and they were shot multiple times, beaten, and there bodies sent done the hill with a name tag for there families to be tortured, humiliated, and killed; just because they were disrespectful by trying to run for there lives. My dad was there to end this, but he saw this first hand, and it has happened only about ten to twelve years ago. We need to learn from our mistakes and soon, otherwise we' ll have another WW. We are curently being divided again, between racists, and religions again. ( I' m only 14 by the way) The truth is ugly and brutile, but we need to remember it and learn from it, othetwise were the same as our enemy.
Vyanni Krace, May 6, 2012 5:52 PM
That is truly horrifying. This is exacly why I chose to not have a religion-since religion seem to be the leading factor in wars-it sickens me and I dont want to be part of a religion if religions are constantly starting wars. 'If they behaved they were just shot in the head. Tried to escape and they were shot multiple times, beaten, and their bodies sent down the hill with a name tag for there families to be tortured, humiliated and killed...' Huh. Thats just sick. How humans can do such horrible things to one another I really do not understand and I never will. People like that dont count as humans to me. They dont even rank as scum. And all in the name of their religion. Thinking that by brutally torturing and murdering members of their opposing religion they will somehow reach their version of heaven. How disgusting. Sickening. If anything, by killing those people simply because they were of another religion they have given themselves a one-way ticket to their version of hell. And if not, if they somehow actually do reach heaven despite such actions. If those actions are deemed correct then that is just wrong. Heaven isnt really all that great if reaching it means doing horrible things to others because thats just wrong. Sorry about that rant. Im a very morally strong person with a strong sense of justice and an immense lack of faith in religion. *Religion lost my trust long ago due to the actions done in its name.* Im also 14 too by the way. Its nice to meet you.
Andrea Eller, June 19, 2012 8:43 PM
You are correct and you are incorrect.
I can see that you have a passionate sense of morality and justice. That's a wonderful thing, and I hope you never lose it. But do you know the expression, "Don't throw out the baby with the bath water"? In this case it means if you are Jewish, eliminating Judaism would be a terrible mistake. There were many, many Jews who went to the gas chambers thankful -- sometimes even singing in gratitude! -- that their religion and their devotion to it differentiated them from the sub-human, sub-animal levels of these Nazi (and other) killers.
(53) Muffin, March 22, 2012 9:49 AM
Have you ever noticed how those deniers are always saying that Nazis had no death camps or genocide policy - but they never deny the other things the Nazis did to the Jews: deportations, cattle cars, death marches, ghettos, pogroms, etc.
(52) Andy, February 15, 2012 3:35 AM
Now that is evidence of cruelty I am tired of those right nazis saying this never happened when you have overwhelming evidence in front of you
(51) Jacob, 13, January 18, 2012 2:09 AM
We sit here and think about how bad it was when I recently learned that the Nazis are still out there. They are extremely scarce in numbers but they still are there. After coming to the web-quest in my classroom I found out it's not about the Holocaust, but actually that fact that this is real and can happen again. To all the brave Jews who died in these camps, I hope they know they didn't die in vain. One day I may find some way to prevent such inhumanity to our fellow human beings.
(50) marie, December 22, 2011 1:27 AM
its was really sad when i heard this story people did not have to die they are people just like us.
why people have to do this thing its so horrible for me. I think some of the solders are burning in hell for what they had done to those people they are just people. they did not do anyhting bad well maybe but not o them those people are just horrible.
Anonymous, January 12, 2012 10:11 PM
this is horrible
did u know the nazis pushed people off of cliffs. some of the people in concentration camps are forced to go around and pick up dead people that were shot. one trip took so long that when they opened the doors every body was dead.
(49) Lindsay, December 19, 2011 6:12 PM
At me school we have a class we can take to learn about the Holocaust and genocide. Before taking it I had a slight idea about what happened after taking it I have learned so much about the Holocaust. we are doing this project where you have to use terms from the Holocaust from A-Z. Doing this shows you so many more things. It is sad I can honestly say but understanding the Holocaust can make you a better person. You learn to appreciate things and gain an understanding that nobody is less then you; people are different not inferior.
Scaranda, February 1, 2012 1:17 AM
Very well put, Lindsay: "people are different not inferior."
(48) Anonymous, December 13, 2011 7:09 PM
what happened
So this is really sad but most of you say it very,un maturly..im pretty sure most of you dont know what went on or how anyone in the holocaust felt,im pretty sure that this is more serious than sad.I feel like this is sad,but no one is doing really anything to stop genocide..its still going on,in places like darfur.so instead of saying its sad and feeling pitty,STOP STUPID, INSIGNIFICATE,CRAZY THINGS,like genocide.take action,(and im only 13 yrs old)so if i care than we need to do something
cheyanne, January 6, 2012 7:44 PM
Dear Lord
I am 13 years old and have full respect for what you all have to say but really in places like dafur we don't have much we can do. All we can do is pray that this inhuman killing will be stopped.
(47) Luna, December 9, 2011 1:49 AM
this is so sad, why would anyone ever do that to people? i hate it when innocent people are killed
(46) chenell, November 25, 2011 8:30 PM
sad
im suprise about this and thats sad how they done to them poeple and it doesnt matter who they are but that awful what they done. and i learn this in class and my hearts was drop how they done to them and same thing in the movie of boys in stripe pajamas.
(45) mads acree, November 2, 2011 6:46 PM
this was soo sad
i read a biography about this and it was extremley sad at the end when she was set free they thought she was in her 80s she was 13 that is both sad and nasty
(44) Rebecca Ekanem, August 4, 2011 10:18 PM
I felt horribly bad when i watched a video on d holocaust, i just couldn't stop crying. This is man's inhumanity to man. I still cant understand how on earth people could do this to their fellow humans without sympathy.I felt horribly bad when i watched a video on d holocaust, i just couldn't stop crying. This is man's inhumanity to man. I still cant understand how on earth people could do this to their fellow humans without sympathy.
(43) Amber, May 23, 2011 4:46 PM
This is sad
Why!!?? This is inhumain and horable. Every time i learn about the holocaust it makes me feel more and more gratefull to be in the centry and not in that time period alos i recamend people to watch paper clips the movie it about a small commmunity makeing a change that has to do with the holocaust. Thanks(::(
(42) Anonymous, May 3, 2011 6:23 PM
This is the saddest thing i have heard about my " GF" cries when i show her pics
(41) Anonymous, March 24, 2011 7:23 PM
sad
we learned about this in class and people started crying durning the videos. And there was one kid in the video who was like we don't need to learn about it, it happened in the 17th century and another person said they thought the holocaust was a jewish holiday it was a really bad video.
(40) Anonymous, March 17, 2011 2:29 PM
omg this is terrible i cant belibe anybody would do such a thing !
(39) chase, January 27, 2011 2:19 PM
this is
this is sad
Raggin Taylor, March 18, 2011 12:48 PM
Yes it is.
It is very sad.
(38) Kaitlyn, January 10, 2011 12:17 AM
Horrible Tragedy
That is just absolutely horrible nobody deserves that kind of treatment no matter what there belief is and I think we all need to study the holocaust and learn from this so we dont make that kind of mistake again in the future!
destiny, April 13, 2011 2:25 PM
yea this is really terible i hope and pray this does not happen in the future
(37) kelsey, November 19, 2010 12:53 AM
why
people think certain animals are dangerous but they dont no that the human mind is far more hazardous
(36) Anonymous, November 18, 2010 12:10 AM
ANIMALS AREN'T EVEN TREATED LIKE THAT!(thats if you are treating animals like they should be treated)
(35) Isaiah, November 5, 2010 6:15 PM
German People
GERMAN PEOPLE ARE SO FREAKIN RACIST! (only the nazi) There so racial noott kool I HATE THEM FROM WHAT THEY DID TO JEWS! gosh
(34) elicia, May 14, 2010 5:14 PM
the jews were put in a train and lied to by the nazi.
it is a very touching story.it is sad also, no one deserves to be treated like animals.
(33) Anonymous, May 14, 2010 5:14 PM
thats terrible 18 days innocent human beings were just pushed and teased into the cart, but why one may know
thats terrible 18 days innocent human beings were just pushed and teased into the cart, but why one may know
(32) Anonymous, May 14, 2010 3:01 PM
about the holocaust.
i think that was not right and it should have never happened we a studying the holocaust and i am reading the final journey by gudrun pausewang
(31) Anonymous, March 29, 2010 11:54 PM
this is sooo... wrong
(30) Ruvain ben Shia, March 28, 2010 10:54 PM
Prepair today to not repeat yesterday.
Watch for the slow removal of individual freedoms. At first the hurt is as an insect bite, then the lion jumps out of the bush. It's better to kill the insect than to wait for the lion.
(29) Anonymous, March 25, 2010 2:44 PM
whoa
(28) , March 17, 2010 5:14 PM
Thats sad how would some be able to do that? Its just to trick someone like that. I mean would you be to? I know I wouldn't be able to. Its just WRONG to do that to someone. Even if you dont beleive in the same things that they do.
(27) Anonymous, March 9, 2010 7:28 PM
I cant believe that Hitler would have even the mind to do this horrible thing!
(26) Andrea, January 31, 2009 10:01 PM
Interesting Commentaries
I found one person's comment to be interesting: why did Hitler only torture the Jews and not other people of different nationalties This is a false assumption. Many were persecuted in the Holocaust, whether based on nationality, appearance or supposed faults that Hitler decided to focus on. The Roma were among those persecuted and lets be realistic, it was because of their nationality, not because they were criminals or untouchable.
Anonymous, December 19, 2011 6:20 PM
Exactly!!! Thank you for saying that. Hitler also persecuted Gypsies, Homosexuals, Handicaps, Mentally Handicaped, and many others. Hitler wanted to make (he thought they were) Aryans the superior race and he was willing to do just about anything to do that. Even if it ment killing millions of inocent people. He was just so sick.. makes you wonder how a person can get that way
(25) Steve, January 14, 2009 7:05 AM
The 20th Train
I urge you to read the story of the 20th train. It was the only time that a death camp transport train (from Mechelen, Belgium) was ambushed and people (between 200 and 300) rescued. Three men on bicycles carrying pliers, pistols, and a lamp covered with red paper to signal the train to stop carried out the operation. It should be made into a movie.
(24) Σ,ο,λ,ω,ν, Α,.Φ,α,σ,ι,α,ν,ο,ς,-Salonica, January 5, 2009 7:22 PM
I was born in Salonica in 1946.My father was a distinguished med doctor with many Jewish people among his patients,being a close friend with many of them.I had my first vague experience of the Holocaust,in my early childhood,when I saw the "Number" on the arm of a family friend.I realized that something evil had happened but,as a child,didn t know,axactly what that was.I am absolutely conveinced that the total loss of OUR jewish friends,was a disaster for the city which CAN NEVER be repaired or forgotten.For myself,Holocaust is a nail in my heart until I die.
(23) komodo, December 25, 2008 3:29 PM
The Rise of Evil
Hitler was able to attain power legally because he knew how to use the system. He promised the German people change, a better tomorrow and an opportunity to once again take their rightful place in the world. He stifled dissent through the use of force and terror. German Jews were thoroughly assimilated in German society and did not believe they would be singled out for destruction even though the evidence against that way of thinking was mounting. When Hitler invaded Poland, and later on the Baltic countries and the Ukraine he sent the Einsatzgruppen closely behind the Wermacht to conduct what we call today "ethnic cleansing" which means the shooting of Jews along with Poles, Slavs and Gypsies. Killing pits were filled from Eastern Poland to Western Russia with hundreds of thousands of Jews who were shot down, murdered, by the killing squads with help from local militia and even occasionally Waffen-SS and Wermacht troops. There was very little dissent among the troops who did the killing.It was only later, perhaps early in 1942, that death camps were set up to receive Jews for destruction. The notes from the Wannsee Conference held in January 1942 that survived the war showed that the Nazi's estimated 11 million Jews that were going to be destroyed, from Western Europe including England, Scotland and Ireland to Siberia. That was too great a number to be shot and a more "efficient" method of destruction had to be found. Trains and death camps filled the bill.
(22) JH Abeles, November 12, 2008 3:33 AM
Personal Horror of "TRANSPORTS"
As a second-generation survivor, I cannot grapple with, cannot imagine, the horror of the transports. One thousand people were placed on each of these by force. Each car was way overloaded. Three of my four grandparents and my only aunt were taken by transport from Vienna to Sobibor and Maly Trostinets in 1942. My other grandfather had already, by then, been murdered in Buchenwald. When I recently in Sept 2008 visited Italy and inevitably rode trains on the European continent, I could not help but contemplate the suffering of my dear relatives, whom I never had the privilege to know, on other European trains 64 years earlier. When I was younger, I once stood for about 4 hours on a train from Boston to New York to get home from college one Thanksgiving. At that time I was not yet aware of the transports. Standing for 4 hours was unpleasant, believe me. How can I imagine standing for 96 hours (four days) or more? Without water? Without food? Without sanitary facilities? How can I imagine the murder of those who withstood the experience upon arrival at their destination? Who can imagine such things? The horror, the horror. Thi
(21) Anonymous, June 21, 2008 8:59 PM
Hitler was evil and did whatever he could to gain power even if it meant killing people
I am not a jew. I am an American of German descent. I know the German people knew what was going on because my family had relatives that visited in 1937. They spoke with much animosity toward anyone who was a jew. It disturbed me as a young child because I was able to pick up on the contempt in their conversation. I remember asking my father about it and he said our church tells us to love everyone. The relatives were angry with my father for saying this to me. It did not stop him, however, he continued telling me not to listen to such nonsense.
After the war when people would say they didn't know about what was happening, I knew better. Our German relatives told us they did not believe in Hitler and they knew nothing about the camps and what was happening there. How could they not know? Did they think all the missing people visited the land of Oz?
I read Mein Kampf and that book oozed such hatred that it sickened me. After world war I, Hitler wanted to have power and the people in Germany were starving. He gave them a scapegoat and made it the Jews. If he could give them something to hate and behave as their "savior" then he would gain much power.
I believe in forgiveness, but only for those that didn't realize their sin. Hitler knew what he was doing. He did it perfectly, and he will answer to God for all eternity for the suffering, pain, and loss that he inflicted on the Jewish people. I hope the Jews can find it in their hearts to forgive the German people for their learned hatred and find peace for themselves.
I will pray for you always. And I will also pray for the German people that they will never again be lead around in such a malevolent way.
(20) anoymous, June 4, 2008 9:26 PM
WHY???
Have you ever wondered why Hitler actually did what he did? I mean many poeple think that he had on mind that he was doing a deed towards god by murdering all those Jews. Jews are like any other people. They eat sleep breathe and do everything else that the Americans, Canadians and Mexicans do. So why did Hitler only torture the Jews and not other people of different nationalties. There is many cofusion both online and in novels about the Holocaust. Many poeple say that he was beaten and abused by his father at a young age. Sometimes this can lead to a mass murderer...but think about all of the other things that could have caused this. Hitler was a dangerous man that caused families to be separated, families to be killed and devastation all around the world. People had their identities taken away from them, and when they were out in lines to go the either the smoke chambers or the barracks, it was like a path to either life or death. Today, we have it really good. Our ACTIONS speak for themselves, and we have the option to CHOOSE what we do in life. The poor Jews back in the Holocaust had no idea or choice where their life and family was headed. It was a very upsetting time and if you ever get the chance to pick up a copy of Mein Kampf anywhere get it and read it. That is the only way that you are going to know anything about what when through Hitler''s mind. God Bless all Jews!
(19) Anonymous, April 3, 2008 3:56 PM
we are watching a movie about the holocaust at my school it is calles "paperclips" it is very interesting but sad at the same time. hitler was an evil man. god bless you and all the jews
(18) shamil mohamed, February 23, 2008 10:46 PM
hitler is evil and is burning in hell right now and forever,for what he has done to the jewish people.may god be with the jewish people always.
(17) hebrown, February 19, 2008 10:33 AM
I trouble and arrogance.
Hitler (and his pals) had I trouble.
In his book Mein Kampf (My Struggle)
it is all about him/me.
We must all be careful of I trouble because when we begin to think it is all about me ARROGANCE sets in and then we begin to think we are Superior than anyone else and then we become Racist and then dangerious.
God helps us to watch out.
(16) H.E.BROWN, February 1, 2008 4:57 PM
The Holocaust
Hitler is burning in Hell right now and will be forever!
(15) Danielle, January 11, 2008 3:49 PM
Cruelity
How could somebody be so cruel. To use people as human stairs. To be stuffed into jail cells, to kill innocent people. Those people are cowards epscially Hitler, he is a coward to me
(14) nirav, December 19, 2007 6:13 AM
holocaust
the holocaust is indeed a very bad and worst night mare ever happened in the history of humanity. 6 million people were wiped off and GOD did nothing much! Why did hitler kill jews? If at all he hated them why did not he let them deported only, why he had to kill them? And why he hated the jews? If he was a real Christian, was he not supposed to even love his own enemies? If at all any jew would have offended him, he should have held a grudge against that person and not against the entire community. No where did the Jewish community maligned him so as to earn his ire. The Jews are the most intelligent people in the world and just like the Gujaratis of India are very entrepreneurs.
Its good that nazisim has been wiped out now but Israel now faces another like wise enemy - the islamic fundamentalism. Now we only have to pray to GOD to stop the atrocities on Jewish people. And those Christians who say that jews killed Jesus should well understand that the romans were not counting the rosaries at the time of crucification. What happened was the will of God and cannot be related to present day sufferings of the diaspora.
USA must support Israel whole heartily and stop applying double standards.
Shalom!
(13) greg volansky, November 9, 2007 9:22 PM
great lesson
what about the train crews? they had to know the fate that awaited their cargo.were they guilty of war crimes or murder?
(12) john guzlowski, October 25, 2007 12:14 PM
Cattle Trains to Germany
My parents were both taken by train to the concentration camps in Germany. Thank you for providing the personal accounts of what that was like.
(11) sarah, September 30, 2007 1:34 PM
very good
i read the article by Ben Hecht and it really opened my eyes to these nazi's a brutal people making you feel horrible and then mocking you in your face cause theres nothing that you can do about it if you had to use one of the buckets you couldn't because then for the rest of the train ride you would be in soacked, urinated clothes and this was children to not just grown-ups
(10) Tyrell Powell, April 24, 2007 8:53 AM
This is very sad.
This was very difficult to learn about.It very sad to watch movies about this subject
(9) Alisha, April 17, 2007 6:13 PM
Great!
This helped me soooo much on my report!
(8) harry thomas, January 20, 2007 5:18 PM
pray for them
people live what they learn. The jews have a moral responsibility to humanity not to learn from the Aryans the level of depravity meted out to them.Show the world that you are Abrhm's seed.Treat Plstnians well.
(7) Kelsey, June 9, 2005 12:00 AM
German I Agree
I read Sam's comment and I do agree. I come from a German Heritage as well and it is great to see Germany the way it is today. Excellent.
(6) Sam, April 19, 2004 12:00 AM
Having Volga-German heritage
I came across this web site. I am German, and sympathize. My grandfather and his brother both fought against 1942 Germany. I am glad to see people are not so different. I am glad to see Germany the way it is today, peaceful and markedly opposite to what the nation once stood for. Good site, my regards.
(5) Alexandra, April 10, 2004 12:00 AM
those trains
i cant even begin to imagine how our people managed to withstand those trains. my grandparents, who are german, were forced on these trains as children and there stories of what they saw and how they were treated chill me to the bone. its a wonder any of us are left
(4) kimberly, February 12, 2004 12:00 AM
trains
my grandfather is polish and was put on a train from poland to siberia, to a forced labour camp. the trip took two weeks and half of the one hundred men died. there was no food and no water, but the passengers could stick their hands through the holes in the roof and eat snow. yet this is hwat killed many of them, causing dissentry. the older men aboard told my grandfather not to eat the snow, and he survived.
(3) fern, January 22, 2003 12:00 AM
Broken Heart
I wish everyone could see the pictures and know what our people went through. My grandmother lost her family during the war.It breaks my heart.
(2) Tessie Lumabao, February 27, 2002 12:00 AM
Good information it is what I needed, thankyou!
You guys did a great job, good job! I am teeling my friends because we all needed this.
(1) Tess Udall, February 25, 2002 12:00 AM
Very good information! Thank you. Good pics.
Thank you so much for publishing this information and these pictures. They are very appalling and I am telling friends about this wonderful site. Thank you so much!