At the end of November 1941, Jews were for the first time deported from Würzburg toward the East. On the 27th of November they were taken by passenger train to Langwasser concentration camp on the outskirts of Nuremberg, from where they were transferred, two days later, to Riga, Latvia. This was the first deportation of Jews from Germany to Riga. The transports arrived at the Jungfernhof concentration camp.
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Michel, a cobbler by profession, was born in Würzburg in 1911. According to the Nazi register Michel possessed German citizenship. The list of confiscated property notes a pocket watch of Heinrich-Israel Michel as item number 11. Michel died in Riga. Yad Vashem, the Documents Archive, Eichmann Trial Division, TR.3/1286
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Reinstein, a salesman by profession, was born in Würzburg in 1889. Item number 7 in the list of confiscated property – a silver ring set with precious stones – seems to have belonged to his wife, Irma Sara Reinstein (née Strauss). Irma was born in Würzburg, in 1895. Her deportation number was 278. (Yad Vashem, the Documents Archive, Eichmann Trial Division, TR.3/1286) Wilhelm and Irma Reinstein were murdered in Riga.
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The deportation itself took place under the cover of darkness, during the early hours of the morning.
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