Crammed into the cattle auction hall (above) on 9 May 1942 were 75 children, ranging in age between 2 and 17. Laura Hillmann, a young woman of 18 years, who survived the deportation described the arrival in the auction hall:
“The assembly place for the deportees was Weimar’s stock pen. Armed SA men guarded the entrance. Had the Nazis chosen this place to further humiliate us, to equate Jews with animals?
The sour smell of fear mixed with cow dung and straw was overpowering. More and more people arrived carrying suitcases. Old and young, they lined up to have their papers examined. I had never been in a stock pen before. Along the wall were individual stalls designed to hold animals, and to the side stood a large scale. Beyond that were the railroad tracks.”
Below is a list of the names of the 75 children. The link will take you to the profile in the geni.com database which will provide you with more information about the individual child.
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| PLACE | LAST | GIVEN | AGE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Altenburg | Kloß | Marion | 15 |
| Altenburg | Oronowicz | Hans | 10 |
| Altenburg | Oronowicz | Leo | 17 |
| Altenburg | Oronowicz | Margrete | 12 |
| Altenburg | Wandstein | Helene | 15 |
| Altenburg | Wandstein | Hermann | 13 |
| Arnstadt | Pillwinsky | Ella | 11 |
| Arnstadt | Strauß | Max | 4 |
| Bauerbach | Friedmann | Isaak | 3 |
| Berkach | Buxbaum | Dina | 14 |
| Eisenach | Baer | Lieselotte | 13 |
| Eisenach | Kuh | Ursula | 17 |
| Eisenach | Rothfels | Rosel | 12 |
| Eisenach | Rothfels | Werner | 15 |
| Eisenach | Rothschild | Liesel | 10 |
| Eisenach | Spangenthal | Ernst-Joachim | 6 |
| Eisenach | Spangenthal | Hans Günther | 12 |
| Eisenach | Spangenthal | Marianne (Clara) | 17 |
| Eisenach | Stern | Gerhard | 14 |
| Eisenach | Zimmer | Ilse | 16 |
| Erfurt | Ardel | Hanna Friedel | 16 |
| Erfurt | Beer | Günther Max | 4 |
| Erfurt | Glewicki | Arnulf | 10 |
| Erfurt | Gelfand | Margot | 18 |
| Erfurt | Hellmann | Bernd | 4 |
| Erfurt | Kahn | Marion Elly Susanne | 14 |
| Erfurt | Kleimenhagen | Ellen | 12 |
| Erfurt | Kleimenhagen | Eva Miriam Helga | 6 |
| Erfurt | Lang | Sophie | 6 |
| Erfurt | Ronsheim | Edith | 9 |
| Erfurt | Wertheim | Hannelore | 12 |
| Erfurt | Wertheim | Horst | 10 |
| Eisenberg | May | Manfred | 8 |
| Gera | Bütow | Waltraute-Gabriel | 16 |
| Gera | Eidelmann | Pesse | 2 |
| Gera | Fischmann | Evelyn | 11 |
| Gera | Fischmann | Marion | 16 |
| Gera | Lorbeer | Ruth | 6 |
| Gera | Löwenstein | Heinz | 15 |
| Gera | Scharf | Sonja | 15 |
| Gehaus | Klüger | Lothar | 14 |
| Gotha | Heilbrunn | Kurt | 4 |
| Gotha | Weißenberg | Judith | 10 |
| Hildburghausen | Blumenkron | Inge | 13 |
| Ilmenau | Eichenbronner | Gisela | 10 |
| Ilmenau | Münz | Herbert | 16 |
| Kaltensudheim | Urnstein | Lisel | 11 |
| Meiningen | Eisemann | Ingeborg | 16 |
| Meiningen | Frank | Lieselotte | 11 |
| Meiningen | Frank | Werner | 7 |
| Meiningen | Rawicz | Joachim | 16 |
| Meiningen | Stein | Erika | 14 |
| Meiningen | Stein | Stephan | 17 |
| Mühlhausen | Mayer | Edith | 15 |
| Mühlhausen | Pinkus | Manfred | 15 |
| Nordhausen | Ballin | Ruth-Sophie | 10 |
| Römhild | Naumann | Hanna | 4 |
| Römhild | Naumann | Mathel | 3 |
| Römhild | Naumann | Ruth | 6 |
| Schleusingen | Daniel | Liselotte | 7 |
| Schleusingen | Daniel | Margot Lina | 13 |
| Schleusingen | Götz | Herbert | 14 |
| Schleusingen | Götz | Siglinde | 9 |
| Sonderhausen | Simon | Heinz | 10 |
| Suhl | Hähnlein | Hanni | 3 |
| Suhl | Hähnlein | Susi | 12 |
| Suhl | Jacobi | Günther | 12 |
| Suhl | Jacobi | Renate | 5 |
| Saalfeld | Hirschowitz | Günther | 17 |
| Bad Salzungen | Weinmann | Inge | 4 |
| Themar | Neuhaus | Inge | 5 |
| Tiefenort | Isaksohn | Joel | 3 |
| Weimar | Appel | Günther | 17 |
| Weimar | Wolff | Selly | 14 |
| Weimar | Wolff | Wolfgang | 15 |