Source Information

JewishGen
Nolan Altman, Edward Mitelsbach, and Kurt Friedlaender, comp. Krakow, Poland, Jewish Residents Transport Lists, 1940 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.
Original data: Jüdische gemeinde Krakau [Jewish council in Krakau, 1939-1946]. 218/1 Evacuation of Jews from Kraków; list of Jews from individual transports; comprehensive list of Jewish transports evacuated from Kraków from 1940 to 1941. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. Microfilm, 1 roll. Manuscript RG 15.072M. This data is provided in partnership with JewishGen.org.

About Krakow, Poland, Jewish Residents Transport Lists, 1940

There were a large number of small transports of Jews (over 6,500 persons) from Kraków to various other locations in Poland during the period November 29, 1940 through April 2, 1941. The material does not include information on the ultimate fate of the persons.

This database includes 6,701 transported Jews listed on 234 images from records located on microfilm at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. (see source above)

The fields of the database are as follows:

  • Transport Number

  • Destination

  • Departure Date

  • Departure Place

  • District

  • Number

  • Surname

  • Given Name

  • Maiden Surname

  • Marital Status

  • Date of Birth

  • Last Residence - (Kraków or other town)

  • Last Address

  • Comments