Erna SCHLOSS

From <A HREF="http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/holocaust/h-deport.htm">The History Place: Holocaust Timeline</A>:

The Jews of Wuerzburg were taken by police officials into the Platzscher Garten hotel. In one room of the hotel, their luggage was inspected by Gestapo officials and all valuables were confiscated. The luggage was then taken to a collecting area, from where it would supposedly be taken to the deportation train. However, the deportees never saw their luggage again.

In a second room, the deportees surrendered all their personal papers showing ownership of securities and property. They were left only with their identification cards, watches and wedding rings. In the next room the deportees underwent body searches for concealed valuables. Even gold fillings were removed from their teeth. Next, their identification cards were stamped "evakuiert" [deported].

They were then surrendered to an SS detachment until ready to leave for the railway station. To facilitate the march through the city and the boarding of the trains, the deportees were organized into groups led by Jewish ordners. The transport traveled to Nuremberg, where it was attached to a larger Judentransport departing for ghettos and concentration camps in the East.

According to Michael Schneeberger, Erna emigrated through Holland to Haifa/Palestine and was living in Israel in 1985. Her brother, <INDI ID="16837">Erich Schloss</INDI>, was looking for her in 1945, as evidenced by the Nov. 2, 1945 edition of US published German-language newspaper, AUFBAU. See more details for Erich.

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