Item D1.69 - Paris List No 1195: The unknown fate of Jews liberated from the Klooga concentration camp, Estonia

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Paris List No 1195: The unknown fate of Jews liberated from the Klooga concentration camp, Estonia

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  • 1946 (Creation)

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This document provides information related to the previously unknown fate of Jews imprisoned in the Klooga concentration camp in Estonia. An explanation is given regarding the September 1944 evacuation of Jews in the direction of Stutthof. Among this group were Jews from Lithuania and Hungary. Allegedly, there were still several thousand Lithuanian men and women in the camp. The names of 11 Jews from Poland and Lithuania are listed.

The document enumerates possible information, or rumours, emerging from the Klooga camp, including the SS massacre of evacuees in the camp, and of the sinking of those evacuated by boat, the Soviet liberation, and the fate of other Jews.

There is also a list of 46 Jews murdered in the Dautmergen concentration camp, a subcamp of Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp in Germany. The name, occupation, and place of origin of each known individual is listed. The list details the names of Jews, journalists, teachers and doctors murdered in concentration camps in Germany and Estonia. It provides information related to the location of Jewish doctors.

The document is stamped by the Relatives Information Service on 16 January 1946.

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The list can be downloaded in its entirety. Any reference to this document should acknowledge the original source and the repository of the physical collection: SAHGF Archive, UCT Special Collections.

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