The 5th transport from #Westerbork to #Sobibor left on Tuesday, March 30. There were 1255 men, women and children aboard and no one survived the war. The train arrived in Sobibor on April 2nd, 1943. One of the victims was Bernhard Hellmann (39). He was in hiding in Ede, where he thought he was safe but was betrayed nonetheless. His son Paul, in hiding on another address, survived the war. During the trial of camp-guard John (Iwan) Demjanjuk, Paul Hellmann was one of the co-prosecutors. He spoke on behalf of his father. John Demjanjuk, was a Trawniki and Nazi camp guard at Sobibor extermination camp, Majdanek, and Flossenbürg. Photo: Photograph of Trawniki guards at Sobibor, taken in 1943. This was not seen publicly until January 2020, when it was one of numerous photos from Sobibor newly exhibited in Berlin. #Demjanjuk was "inconclusively identified" as the guard in the middle of the front row.
March 30, 1943: The 5th transport from #Westerbork to #Sobibor left on Tuesday, March 30. There were 1255 men, women and children aboard and no one survived the war. The train arrived in Sobibor on April 2nd, 1943.
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