Places of Death

For the places of death, where this information is available, the last place of burial is given. In some cases, the grave is located far away from the place of death. This is usually due to the fact that the deceased person was exhumed and transferred to their country of origin. Corresponding information on reburials can be found at the locations concerned.

The figures given below for the individual places of death and burial refer to the deceased persons whose name is known. The number of those actually buried may differ considerably, for example at Bergen-Belsen (10,600 known names compared to at least 52,000 dead).

1 deceased person (Dr Leonard Alexander Levy)

After being liberated on 23 April 1945 in Tröbitz, he was repatriated to the Netherlands and died on 23 November 1945 in Amsterdam.

Grave:
Begraafplaats Tongerseweg, Maastricht

 

5 deceased dead

These were former Polish forced labourers who were housed in Bardowick in the district of Lüneburg for repatriation to Poland after the liberation of Bergen-Belsen on 15 April 1945. They died there between 29 May and December 1945.

Grave:
Friedhof St. Peter und Paul, Bardowick

 

More than 10,600 dead (of at least 52,000)

These people died in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in 1943 and 1945, in the supplementary camp in the nearby Wehrmacht barracks in April 1945 and after the liberation and evacuation from the main camp to the barracks in the emergency hospital and displaced persons camp. Five bodies were reburied in France, Belgium or the Netherlands. For a detailed overview of the number and grave locations of the victims, see the essay “The Dead of Bergen-Belsen”. 

Graves:
Gedenkstätte Bergen-Belsen, primarily mass graves and a few individual graves (more than 5,200 known names)
Zelttheaterfriedhof, Niedersachsen-Kaserne, Lohheide (3,215 known names)
Kleiner Friedhof, Niedersachsen-Kaserne, Lohheide (5)

1 deceased person (Martha Cohen-van Baaren)

She was liberated in Tröbitz on 23 April 1945. According to records kept by Chanoch Mandelbaum, she died in Bochum on 22 June 1945 on her return journey to the Netherlands.

Grave:
Gem. Begraafplaats aan de Tongerseweg te Maastricht

 

1 deceased person (Greti Skala-Bley)

She was liberated in Bergen-Belsen on 15 April 1945 and contracted typhoid fever in the camp. After being repatriated to Bratislava with her mother in May 1945, she died there the same month.

Grave:
Martinský Cintorin, Bratislava

 

4 deceased persons

They died during the evacuation transport to Theresienstadt (leaving Bergen-Belsen on 9 April 1945) on 11/12 April 1945 on the Munster-Ebstorf railway line near Brockhöfe in the district of Uelzen and were buried, probably reburied at a later point.

Grave:
unknown

 

1 deceased person (Milan Richter)

He was liberated in Tröbitz on 23 April 1945 and contracted typhoid fever in the camp. On the return journey to Belgrade, he died in Budapest on 23 August 1945 and was buried there.

Grave:
Budapest, unknown grave

 

11 deceased persons

Ten of the eleven dead died after the liberation on 15 April 1945 in Celle hospital as a result of their imprisonment in the concentration camp. One woman died on 13 December 1943 in Celle Municipal Hospital and was cremated the next day in the crematorium of Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.

Graves:
Bergen-Belsen (1)
Waldfriedhof Celle (4)
Jüdischer Friedhof Celle (1)
Oostende (1, unknown grave)
Unknown (4)

1 deceased person (Maria Josefa Winterstein-Winter)

She was liberated in Bergen-Belsen on 15 April 1945 and died shortly after her return to her hometown of Düsseldorf on 26 June 1945 as a result of her imprisonment in the concentration camp.

Grave:
unknown

 

2 deceased persons

After liberation on 15 April 1945 in Bergen-Belsen and on 23 April 1945 in Tröbitz, both died in July 1945 as a result of their imprisonment in the concentration camp.

Graves:
Ned. Isr. Begraafplaats, Eindhoven (1)
Gem. begraafplaats, Eindhoven (1)

 

19 deceased persons

Seven people died on the first transport train to Theresienstadt in April 1945, and twelve more died in the days following the liberation near Farsleben between 13 April and 25 April 1945.

Graves:
Friedhof Farsleben, Wolmirstedt (8)
Jüdischer Friedhof, Hillersleben (2)
Unknown (9)

 

21 deceased persons

They died on the third transport train (“The Lost Train”) to Theresienstadt on 21/22 April 1945 on the Finsterwalde-Falkenberg section of the line. The train was liberated near Tröbitz on 23 April 1945.

Graves:
Gedenkstätte km 101,6, Langennaundorf, Uebigau-Wahrenbrück (9)
unknown (12)

 

9 deceased persons

They died on the second transport train to Theresienstadt on 19/20 April 1945. The train reached the Theresienstadt concentration camp on 21 April 1945.

Graves:
unknown

 

16 deceased persons

They died on the third transport train (“The Lost Train”) to Theresienstadt on 16 April 1945 on the Hagenow Land-Wittenberge section of the railway. The train was liberated near Tröbitz on 23 April 1945.

Graves:
VVN-Gedenkstätte, Wittenberge

 

2 deceased persons

Kristian Mugaas was transported to Sweden in early April 1945 as part of the “Aktion Bernadotte” (also known as the “White Bus Rescue Operation”). Katalin Kardos was taken to Sweden after her liberation in Bergen-Belsen. They died there as a result of their imprisonment in the concentration camp.

Graves:
Øvsttun Kirkegård (1)
Unknown (1)

 

2 deceased persons

After liberation on 15 April 1945 in Bergen-Belsen, they were transported to Hildesheim Hospital for further medical treatment and died there in June 1945 as a result of their imprisonment in the concentration camp.

Graves:
Nationaal Ereveld Loenen (1)
Gem. Begraafplaats Jaffa te Delft (1)

 

140 deceased persons

On 13 April 1945, the people were liberated near Farsleben (on the first evacuation transport to Theresienstadt in April 1945) and died between April and July 1945 in Hillersleben as a result of their imprisonment in the concentration camp and the conditions on the train.

Graves:
Jüdischer Friedhof, Hillersleben

 

2 deceased persons

They were transported to Sweden in July 1945 to convalesce and died there in August and December 1945 respectively as a result of their imprisonment in the concentration camp.

Graves:
unknown

 

1 deceased person (Marcel van Heucq)

He was liberated in Bergen-Belsen on 15 April 1945 and died on his return journey to Belgium on 7 June 1945 in the provisional hospital in Kevelaer on the border with the Netherlands as a result of his imprisonment in the concentration camp.

Grave:
unknown

 

1 deceased person (Frida Rosenberg)

After her liberation in Bergen-Belsen on 15 April 1945, she was taken to Sweden in July 1945 to convalesce. She died there on 5 August 1945 in the Loka Brunn refugee camp near Grythyttan (Sweden) as a result of her imprisonment in the concentration camp.

Grave:
unknown

 

1 deceased person (Abraham Zeehandelaar)

He died on the third transport train (“The Lost Train”) to Theresienstadt on 18 April 1945 near Lübben. The train was liberated near Tröbitz on 23 April 1945.

Grave:
unknown

 

11 deceased persons

They died on the third transport train (“The Lost Train”) to Theresienstadt on 18 April 1945 on the Lübben-Schipkau section of the line. The train was liberated near Tröbitz on 23 April 1945.

Graves:
Gemeindefriedhof Schipkau, Klettwitzer Straße

 

1 deceased persons (Sarah Neujahr)

After liberation on 15 April 1945 in Bergen-Belsen, she was to be taken to convalesce in Sweden, but died on the way there on 27 June 1945 in Lübeck.

Grave:
Jüdischer Friedhof, Lübeck-Moisling

 

11 deceased persons

Eight of these deceased died on the third transport train to Theresienstadt on 15 April 1945. The train was liberated near Tröbitz on 23 April 1945.

Graves:
Gedenkstätte Hagenow (1)
Kriegsgräberstätte im Städtischen Friedhof, Wittenberge (4)
km stone 133.7 on the railway line (3; probably reburied at a later time, present grave: unknown)

Three of the deceased were transported to Lüneburg Hospital for further medical treatment and died there between June and December 1945 as a result of their concentration camp imprisonment.

Graves:
Friedhof Bardowick (1)
Zentralfriedhof Lüneburg (1)
Unknown (1)

 

8 deceased persons

They died on the third evacuation transport (“The Lost Train”) from the exchange camp to Theresienstadt on 15 April 1945 on the Lüneburg-Büchen section of the line. The train was liberated near Tröbitz on 23 April 1945.

Graves:
VVN-Gedenkstätte, Wittenberge

 

2 deceased persons

After liberation on 23 April 1945 in Tröbitz, they were repatriated to the Netherlands and died in Maastricht in July and September 1945 respectively.

Graves:
Gem. Begraafplaats aan de Tongerseweg te Maastricht (1)
Ned. Isr. begraafplaats Moscowa te Arnhem (1)

 

3 deceased persons

After liberation on 15 April 1945 in Bergen-Belsen, they were transported to Sweden in July 1945 for convalescence. They died in Malmö in August/September 1945 as a result of their imprisonment in the concentration camp.

Graves:
Nya Judiska Begravningsplatsen i Malmö; Östra Kyrkogården

 

1 deceased person (Emile Raymond Delaunois)

He was repatriated to Belgium in Bergen-Belsen after the liberation on 15 April 1945 but died on the return journey on 5 June 1945 in Melle (near Osnabrück) as a result of his imprisonment in the concentration camp.

Grave:
unknown

 

1 deceased person (Suzanne Gerondeau)

She returned to France after the liberation in Bergen-Belsen on 15 April 1945 and died in her birthplace of Meung-sur-Loire on 24 June 1945 as a result of her imprisonment in the concentration camp.

Grave:
Cimetière de Meung-sur-Loire

 

1 deceased person (Ida Gabriela Lucienne Wreschner)

She was liberated in Tröbitz on 23 April 1945 and transported to Mühlberg for further medical treatment. She died there as a result of her imprisonment in the concentration camp and the conditions on the train.

Grave:
Soldatenfriedhof Neuburxdorf, Bad Liebenwerda

 

3 deceased persons

Together with their families, they were exchanged for German prisoners of war in Constance near the German-Swiss border in January 1945 and died a few days later in Switzerland.

Graves:
Jüdischer Friedhof Kreuzlingen

 

5 deceased persons
 

Four of these persons died on the third transport train (“The Lost Train”) to Theresienstadt on 12 April 1945 on the Munster-Uelzen section of the railway line. The train was liberated near Tröbitz on 23 April 1945.

Graves:
Kriegsgräberstätte Ebstorf

One person died during a transport to the Neuengamme concentration camp (Helmstedt-Beendorf subcamp) on 5 December 1944 on the Munster-Uelzen section of the railway line.

Grave:
unknown

 

13 deceased persons

They were liberated in Tröbitz on 23 April 1945 and transported to Neuburxdorf for further medical treatment. They died there as a result of their imprisonment in the concentration camp and the conditions on the train.

Graves:
Soldatenfriedhof Neuburxdorf, Bad Liebenwerda

 

2 deceased persons

Both are believed to have been injured in the bombing of the Cap Arcona on 3 May 1945 and died a few days later in a hospital in Neustadt.

Graves:
unknown

 

1 deceased person (Ernst van der Horst)

He was liberated in Bergen-Belsen on 15 April 1945 and died after repatriation to the Netherlands on 13 June 1945 in Nijmegen as a result of his imprisonment in the concentration camp.

Grave:
Ned. Isr. Begraafplaats te Muiderberg

 

4 deceased persons

After liberation on 15 April 1945 in Bergen-Belsen, they were transported to Sweden in July to convalesce and died there between July and September 1945 in Norrköping as a result of their imprisonment in the concentration camp.

Graves:
unknown

 

1 deceased person (Kata Stojakovic)

After her liberation on 15 April 1945 in Bergen-Belsen, she died on 24 July 1945 in Osterwald in a recuperation camp for former concentration camp prisoners.

Grave:
Evangelischer Friedhof Osterwald, Garbsen

 

2 deceased persons

They were liberated in Bergen-Belsen on 15 April 1945 and died after repatriation to France or on their return journey in June 1945 as a result of their imprisonment in the concentration camp.

Graves:
Cimetière de Chantonnay (1)
Unknown (1)

 

22 deceased persons

After liberation on 23 April 1945 in Tröbitz, they were transported to Riesa for further medical treatment and died there in May/June 1945 as a result of their imprisonment in the concentration camp and the conditions on the train. Some of the bodies were exhumed and reburied in the Netherlands.

Graves:
Trinitatisfriedhof, Riesa (13)
Ned. Isr. Begraafplaats te Muiderberg (2)
Niederländische Ehrenanlage, Heger Friedhof, Osnabrück (1)
Ned. Isr. Begraafplaats te Diemen (2)
Nationaal Ereveld Loenen (1)
Unknown (3)

 

1 deceased person (Leendert Groen)

After being liberated in Bergen-Belsen on 15 April 1945, he died in Rotenburg on 26 May 1945 during the return journey to the Netherlands.

Grave:
Niederländische Kriegsgräberstätte Lübeck, Vorwerker Friedhof, Lübeck

 

12 deceased persons

After liberation on 23 April 1945 in Tröbitz, they were transported to Schilda for further medical treatment and died there in May/June 1945 as a result of their imprisonment in the concentration camp and the conditions on the train. Some of the bodies were exhumed and reburied in the Netherlands.

Graves:
Ned. Isr. Begraafplaats te Muiderberg (2)
Gemeindefriedhof Schilda (5)
Niederländische Ehrenanlage, Heger Friedhof, Osnabrück (1)
Nationaal Ereveld Loenen (2)
Ned. Isr. Begraafplaats te Tilburg (1)
Ned. Isr. Begraafplaats te Rotterdam (1)

 

28 deceased persons

They died on the third transport train (“The Lost Train”) to Theresienstadt between 18 to 20 April 1945 near Schipkau. The train was liberated near Tröbitz on 23 April 1945.

Graves:
Gedenkstätte Schipkau (27)
Unknown (1)

 

7 deceased persons

They died on the third transport train (“The Lost Train”) to Theresienstadt on 20 April 1945 on the Finsterwalde-Falkenberg section of the railway. The train was liberated near Tröbitz on 23 April 1945.

Graves:
Gedenkstätte km 101,6, Langennaundorf, Uebigau-Wahrenbrück

 

1 deceased person (Ripi Fruchter)

After liberation on 15 April 1945 in Bergen-Belsen, she was transported to Sweden in July 1945 to convalesce and died there on 23 November 1945 as a result of her imprisonment in the concentration camp.

Graves:
Norrköping (exact grave location unknown)

 

3 deceased persons

They died during the evacuation transport which left Bergen-Belsen on 9 April 1945 to Theresienstadt on 11/12 April 1945 near Soltau.  

Graves:
Uelzen (1, exact grave location unknown)
Unknown (2)

 

2 deceased persons

They died during the evacuation transport which left Bergen-Belsen on 9 April 1945 to Theresienstadt on the Soltau-Munster railway line on 11/12 April 1945. After initially being buried at kilometre stone 17.4, they are assumed to have been reburied at a later point.

Graves:
unknown

 

2 deceased persons

They died on 25 January 1945 and later, after the release of a group of 90 Jewish hostage prisoners with Latin American papers to Switzerland (they left Bergen-Belsen on 21 January 1945).

Graves:
Jüdischer Friedhof Kesselhalden, St. Gallen

 

2 deceased persons

After liberation on 15 April 1945 in Bergen-Belsen, they were transported to Sweden in July 1945 to convalesce and died in Stockholm in July 1945 as a result of their imprisonment in the concentration camp.

Graves:
Norra Judiska Begravningsplatsen, Stockholm (1)
Norra begravningsplatsen, Solna (1)

 

3 deceased persons

After liberation on 15 April 1945 in Bergen-Belsen, they were transported to Sulingen Hospital for further medical treatment and died there in April and May 1945 as a result of their imprisonment in the concentration camp. They were initially buried in the church cemetery in Sulingen and were later reburied in France.

Graves:
Chapelle Sainte-Philomène de Montmaur (1)
Unknown (France, 2)

 

291 deceased persons

After liberation on 23 April 1945 in Tröbitz, they were transported to Tröbitz for further medical treatment and died there in April and June 1945 as a result of their imprisonment in the concentration camp and the conditions on the train. Some of the bodies were exhumed and reburied in the Netherlands.

Graves:
Begraafplaats Westerveld te Driehuis (1)
Friedhof Persijnhof, Wassenaar (2)
Gedenkstätte des Holocaust, Tröbitz (164)
Gemeindefriedhof Tröbitz (3)
Jerusalem (1)
Jüdischer Friedhof Moscowa, Arnhem (1)
Ned. Isr. Begraafplaats te Diemen (11)
Ned. Isr. Begraafplaats te Muiderberg (16)
Jüdischer Friedhof, Nijmegen (1)
Jüdischer Friedhof, Tröbitz (60)
Nationaal Ereveld Loenen, Apeldoorn (2)
Necropole Nationale de Chambiere, Metz (1)
Ned. Isr. Begraafplaats te Apeldoorn (2)
Ned. Isr. Begraafplaats te Rotterdam (3)
Ned. Isr. Begraafplaats te Wassenaar (4)
Port. Isr. Begraafplaats te Ouderkerk a/d Amstel (1)
Unknown (18)

 

25 deceased persons

They died on the third transport train (“The Lost Train”) to Theresienstadt on 23/24 April 1945 on the Tröbitz-Wildgrube section of the railway. The train was liberated near Tröbitz on 23 April 1945.

Graves:
Tröbitz-Wildgrube, Gedenkstätte km 106,7

 

27 deceased persons

They died on the first and second transport trains to Theresienstadt on 23/24 April 1945 on the Uelzen-Lüneburg section of the railway. Some of the bodies were reburied in the Netherlands.

Graves:
Bahnlinie Uelzen-Lüneburg (4)
Gedenkstätte Tiergarten, Lüneburg (12)
Kriegsgräberstätte Wichmannsburg, Bienenbüttel (8)
Nationaal Ereveld Loenen (1)
Ned. Isr. Begraafplaats te Haarlem (1)
Unknown, probably Italy (1)

 

11 deceased persons

After liberation on 15 April 1945 in Bergen-Belsen, these survivors were transported to Wietze Hospital for further medical treatment and died there between May and September 1945 as a result of their imprisonment in the concentration camp.

Graves:
Evangelisch-Lutherischer Friedhof, Wietze

 

3 deceased persons

They died on the second transport train to Theresienstadt on 14/15 April 1945 near Wittenberge and were probably buried next to the railway line.

Graves:
unknown

 

13 deceased persons

They died on the second and third transport trains to Theresienstadt on 17 April 1945 on the Wittenberge-Lübben section of the railway line.

Graves:
Gemeindefriedhof Schipkau, Klettwitzer Straße

 

1 deceased person (Ferenc Klein)

He was injured on the second transport train to Theresienstadt when the train was bombed near Zernitz by the British Air Force on 16 April 1945 and transported to Wusterhausen/Dosse. He died in the auxiliary hospital there as a result of his injuries.

Grave:
Friedhof Wusterhausen/Dosse

 

47 deceased persons

They were injured on the second transport train to Theresienstadt during a bombing attack on the train near Zernitz by the British Air Force on 16 April 1945 and died the same day and the following day.

Graves:
Gedenkstätte Zernitz