Kladovo transport

The '''Kladovo Transport''' was, according to the British government, an "illegal" [[Jewish refugee]] transport of 822 Jewish refugees (whose numbers subsequently grew to ~1100), which started in Vienna on November 25, 1939. Its aim was to flee from the Nazis by travelling down the Danube River on a journey to [[Eretz Israel]] (the Land of Israel which at that time was called [[British Mandatory Palestine]]). The refugees overwintered in the Yugoslav river-port of [[Kladovo]] because of an early freeze of the [[Danube]]. As 1940 progressed, they waited in vain for a sea-going vessel to continue their journey via the Black Sea. In September 1940, they were forcibly moved by the Yugoslav government to the port of [[Šabac]] on the [[Sava River]], where they were subsequently caught by the Nazis in April 1941 and imprisoned in the [[Šabac concentration camp]]. Only about 200 young people and a few adults were able to be saved or escape on their own. In October 1941, the men of the transport were transported ~40 km to a farmer's field near the village of Zasavica and shot on the 12th and 13th of October by units of the [[Wehrmacht]] on the orders of General [[Franz Böhme]]. In late January 1942, the women and children were transferred to the [[Sajmište concentration camp]], where they were subsequently murdered between 19 March and 10 May 1942 in a [[gas van]], by order of the camp commander {{Interlanguage link|Herbert Andorfer|de}}.

The '''Kladovo Transport''' was, according to the British government, an "illegal" [[Jewish refugee]] transport of 822 Jewish refugees (whose numbers subsequently grew to ~1100), which started in Vienna on November 25, 1939. Its aim was to flee from the Nazis by travelling down the Danube River on a journey to [[Eretz Israel]] (i.e., the Land of Israel which at that time was called [[British Mandatory Palestine]]). The refugees overwintered in the Yugoslav river-port of [[Kladovo]] because of an early freeze of the [[Danube]]. As 1940 progressed, they waited in vain for a sea-going vessel to continue their journey via the Black Sea. In September 1940, they were forcibly moved by the Yugoslav government to the port of [[Šabac]] on the [[Sava River]], where they were subsequently caught by the Nazis in April 1941 and imprisoned in the [[Šabac concentration camp]]. Only about 200 young people and a few adults were able to be saved or escape on their own. In October 1941, the men of the transport were transported ~40 km to a farmer's field near the village of Zasavica and shot on the 12th and 13th of October by units of the [[Wehrmacht]] on the orders of General [[Franz Böhme]]. In late January 1942, the women and children were transferred to the [[Sajmište concentration camp]], where they were subsequently murdered between 19 March and 10 May 1942 in a [[gas van]], by order of the camp commander {{Interlanguage link|Herbert Andorfer|de}}.

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