This is a timeline of deportations of French Jews to Nazi extermination camps in German-occupied Europe during World War II. The overall total of Jews deported from France is a minimum of 75,721.Renée Poznanski, 'Reflections on Jewish Resistance and Jewish Resistants in France', Jewish Social Studies, 2:1 (Autumn 1995), pp. 124-158 (127)Serge Klarsfeld (1996). French Children of the Holocaust: A Memorial, pp. 418-419. New York: New York University Press. .
Date of departureConvoy #Place of departureDestinationNumber of deporteesNumber gassed upon arrivalMaleFemaleMaleFemale Selected to work at Auschwitz Surviving in 1945 1 Drancy/Compiègne Auschwitz 1,112 1,112 0 22 0 2 Compiègne Auschwitz 1,000 1,000 0 41 0 3 Drancy Auschwitz 1,000 933 66 29 5 4 Pithiviers Auschwitz 999 1,000 0 59 0 5 Beaune-la-Rolande Auschwitz 1,038 1,004 34 55 6 Pithiviers Auschwitz 928 809 119 45 7 Drancy Auschwitz 999 375 504 121 17 8 Angers Auschwitz 827 23 411 390 19 9 Drancy Auschwitz 996 615 385 7 10 Drancy Auschwitz 1,000 370 630 5 11 Drancy Auschwitz 1,000 248 742 12 1 12 Drancy Auschwitz 1,001 216 270 514 5 13 Pithiviers Auschwitz 1,049 693 359 15 1 14 Pithiviers Auschwitz 1,034 482 22 542 3 3 15 Beaune-la-Rolande Auschwitz 1,014 704 214 96 5 1 16 Pithiviers Auschwitz 1,069 794 63 211 5 2 17 Drancy Auschwitz 1,006 766 140 100 1 18 Drancy Auschwitz 1,007 705 233 62 11 19 Drancy Auschwitz 991 875 115 1 20 Drancy Auschwitz 1,000 878 65 34 3 21 Drancy Auschwitz 1,000 817 138 45 5 22 Drancy Auschwitz 1,000 892 90 18 7 23 Drancy Auschwitz 1,000 908 92 3 24 Drancy Auschwitz 1,002 937 27 36 24 25 Drancy Auschwitz 1,000 929 71 8 26 Drancy Auschwitz 1,000 961 12 27 16 1 27 Drancy Auschwitz 1,000 877 10 113 30 28 Drancy Auschwitz 1,013 959 16 38 25 2 29 Drancy Auschwitz 1,000 889 59 52 34 30 Drancy Auschwitz 1,000 909 23 68 43 31 Drancy Auschwitz 1,000 920 2 78 13 32 Drancy Auschwitz 1,000 893 58 49 45 33 Drancy Auschwitz 1,003 856 147 37 1 34 Drancy Auschwitz 1,000 859 31 110 22 35 Pithiviers Auschwitz 1,000 791 65 144 29 36 Drancy Auschwitz 1,000 475 399 126 22 4 37 Drancy Auschwitz 1,004 873 40 91 15 38 Drancy Auschwitz 904 733 123 48 20 39 Drancy Auschwitz 210 154 34 22 0 40 (41) Drancy Auschwitz 1,000 639 269 92 4 42 Drancy Auschwitz 1,000 773 145 82 4 44 Drancy Auschwitz 1,000 900 100 16 (43) 45 Drancy Auschwitz 745 599 112 34 2 46 Drancy Auschwitz 1,000 816 77 92 15 7 47 Drancy Auschwitz 998 802 143 53 13 1 48 Drancy Auschwitz 1,000 689 144 165 16 1 49 Drancy Auschwitz 1,000 881 100 19 4 2 50 Drancy Majdanek/Sobibor 1,003 950 min. ? ? 3 51 Drancy Majdanek/Sobibor 998 950 min. ? ? 5 52 Drancy Sobibor 994 950 min. ? ? 0 53 Drancy Sobibor 1,008 970 15 5 55 Drancy Auschwitz 1,018 518 383 217 42 44 57 Drancy Auschwitz 1,000 440 369 191 30 22 58 Drancy Auschwitz 1,000 727 218 55 16 28 59 Drancy Auschwitz 1,000 662 232 106 17 4 60 Drancy Auschwitz 1,000 491 340 169 35 4 61 Drancy Auschwitz 1,000 613 284 103 39 3 62 Drancy Auschwitz 1,200 914 241 45 27 2 64 Drancy Auschwitz 1,000 661 267 72 48 2 63 Drancy Auschwitz 850 505 233 112 25 6 66 Drancy Auschwitz 1,155 864 236 55 42 30 67 Drancy Auschwitz 1,214 985 166 49 20 23 68 Drancy Auschwitz 1,500 1,229 210 61 27 32 69 Drancy Auschwitz 1,501 1,311 110 80 20 14 70 Drancy Auschwitz 1,000 480 380 100 79 73 71 Drancy Auschwitz 1,500 1,265 max. 165 min. 91 39 91 72 Drancy Auschwitz 1,004 904 48 52 12 38 73 Drancy Kaunas/Reval 878 17 74 Drancy Auschwitz 1,200 904 max. 188 min. 117 49 117 75 Drancy Auschwitz 1,000 627 239 134 35 64 76 Drancy Auschwitz 1,100 479 398 223 67 115 77 Drancy Auschwitz 1,300 726 291 283 68 146 Lyon Auschwitz 430 128 min. 117 63 17 19 Drancy Buchenwald 51 31 4 Total 73,853 46,802 17,160 8,703 1,647 913
See also The Holocaust in France Camp du Récébédou Drancy internment camp Jewish ghettos in German-occupied Poland Timeline of Treblinka Vichy Holocaust collaboration timeline
Notes From August 26 to November 9, 1942, 15 convoys from France and a few from Belgium underwent a selection for a work detail at Kosel before arrival at Auschwitz; about 3,000 healthy men were taken, of whom about 2,000 were still alive on April 1, 1944, the day they were registered at Auschwitz. Only 377 were still alive in 1945, constituting the largest group of survivors from those deported in 1942, not including 256 survivors from the first six convoys, which arrived in Auschwitz before gas chambers operations were begun in July 1942. The numbers of the convoys of December 7 and 17, 1943 were inverted by the Gestapo; we have maintained that order. In addition to the 73,853 total, the following are added: Jews deported to Auschwitz from Nord and Pas-de-Calais (in France) through Belgium (about 1,000) Jews married to prisoners of war and deported to Bergen-Belsen with their children (257) Jews deported from Noé, Saint-Sulpice-la-Pointe, and Toulouse to Buchenwald on July 30, 1944 (at least 350) Jews deported to Auschwitz from Clermont-Ferrand on August 22, 1944 (at least 68) Jews deported to Auschwitz in convoys of "aryans" on July 8, 1942 and April 30, 1944 (at least 100) Jews deported individually (at least 100) Jews deported in resistance convoys (unknown)
The overall total of Jews deported from France is a minimum of 75,721.
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