Death trains in 1944: the Kassa list
The largest and quickest deportation operation of the Holocaust commenced on May 15, 1944. In the course of 56 days, in accordance with German data 437,402 Jews were deported from Hungary in 147 trains. Majority of the transports were handed over by the Hungarian authorities to the Nazis at Kassa. The head of the Kassa railway station collected the data of the trains passing through the station. According to his list, the Germans took over 400,426 Jews in 137 trains from the Hungarian gendarmes at Kassa.
passing through/ entrainment in Kassa |
station of departure | strength of transport |
May 14. | Nyíregyháza | 3200 |
May 14. | Nyíregyháza | 3200 |
May 14. | Munkács | 3169 |
May 16. | Kassa | 3055 |
May 16. | Beregszász | 3818 |
May 16. | Máramarossziget | 3007 |
May 16. | Munkács | 3629 |
May 16. | Kassa | 3629 |
May 17. | Kassa | 3352 |
May 17. | Ungvár | 3455 |
May 17. | Ökörmező | 3052 |
May 17. | Munkács | 3306 |
May 18. | Máramarossziget | 3248 |
May 18. | Beregszász | 3569 |
May 18. | Sátoraljaújhely | 3439 |
May 18. | Munkács | 3025 |
May 19. | Felsővisó | 3032 |
May 19. | Mátészalka | 3299 |
May 19. | Szatmárnémeti | 3000 |
May 19. | Munkács | 3222 |
May 20. | Máramarossziget | 3104 |
May 20. | Nagyszőllős | 3458 |
May 20. | Munkács | 3026 |
May 21. | Felsővisó | 3013 |
May 21. | Nyíregyháza | 3274 |
May 21. | Sátoraljaújhely | 3290 |
May 21. | Munkács | 2861 |
May 22. | Máramarossziget | 3490 |
May 22. | Ungvár | 3335 |
May 22. | Szatmárnémeti | 3300 |
May 22. | Mátészalka | 3298 |
May 23. | Felsővisó | 3023 |
May 23. | Nyíregyháza | 3272 |
May 23. | Munkács | 3269 |
May 23. | Nagyvárad | 3110 |
May 24. | Beregszász | 2602 |
May 24. | Kassa | 3172 |
May 24. | Huszt | 3328 |
May 24. | Munkács | 3080 |
May 25. | Ungvár | 3334 |
May 25. | Nagyvárad | 3148 |
May 25. | Kolozsvár | 3130 |
May 25. | Aknaszlatina | 3317 |
May 25. | Felsővisó | 3006 |
May 26. | Huszt | 3249 |
May 26. | Szatmárnémeti | 3336 |
May 27. | Sátoraljaújhely | 3325 |
May 27. | Nagyszőllős | 3415 |
May 27. | Nyíregyháza | 2708 |
May 27. | Ungvár | 2988 |
May 27. | Marosvásárhely | 3183 |
May 28. | Técső | 2208 |
May 28. | Dés | 3150 |
May 28. | Nagyvárad | 3227 |
May 29. | Beregszász | 860 |
May 29. | Mátészalka | 3299 |
May 29. | Kolozsvár | 3417 |
May 29. | Szatmárnémeti | 3306 |
May 29. | Nagyvárad | 3166 |
May 30. | Kisvárda | 3475 |
May 30. | Marosvásárhely | 3203 |
May 30. | Nagyvárad | 3187 |
May 30. | Szatmárnémeti | 3300 |
May 31. | Ungvár | 3056 |
May 31. | Kolozsvár | 3270 |
May 31. | Nagybánya | 3073 |
May 31. | Szilágysomlyó | 3106 |
June 1. | Mátészalka | 3299 |
June 1. | Kisvárda | 3421 |
June 1. | Nagyvárad | 3059 |
June 1. | Szatmárnémeti | 2615 |
June 2. | Huszt | 2396 |
June 2. | Beszterce | 3106 |
June 2. | Kolozsvár | 3100 |
June 3. | Nagyszőllős | 2967 |
June 3. | Kassa | 2499 |
June 3. | Nagyvárad | 2972 |
June 3. | Szilágysomlyó | 3161 |
June 4. | Szászrégen | 3149 |
June 4. | Sátoraljaújhely | 2567 |
June 5. | Nagyvárad | 2527 |
June 5. | Mátészalka | 3100 |
June 5. | Nyíregyháza | 2253 |
June 5. | Nagybánya | 2844 |
June 6. | Huszt | 1852 |
June 6. | Dés | 3160 |
June 6. | Beszterce | 2875 |
June 6. | Szilágysomlyó | 1584 |
June 8. | Dés | 1364 |
June 8. | Kolozsvár | 1784 |
June 8. | Marosvásárhely | 1163 |
June 9. | Kolozsvár | 1447 |
June 11. | Maklár | 2794 |
June 12. | Diósgyőr | 2675 |
June 12. | Balassagyarmat | 2810 |
June 12. | Diósgyőr | 2941 |
June 12. | Érsekújvár | 2899 |
June 12. | Diósgyőr | 3051 |
June 13. | Hatvan | 2961 |
June 13. | Komárom | 2790 |
June 13. | Salgótarján | 2310 |
June 14. | Miskolc - Diósgyőr | 3968 |
June 14. | Balassagyarmat | 1867 |
June 15. | Léva | 2678 |
June 15. | Miskolc | 2829 |
June 15. | Érsekújvár | 1980 |
June 16. | Győr | 2985 |
June 16. | Komárom | 2673 |
June 16. | Dunaszerdahely | 2969 |
June 25. | Debrecen | 2286 |
June 26. | Szeged | 3199 |
June 27. | Debrecen | 3842 |
June 27. | Kecskemét | 2642 |
June 27. | Nagyvárad | 2819 |
June 27. | Békéscsaba | 3118 |
June 28. | Bácsalmás | 2737 |
June 29. | Kecskemét | 2790 |
June 29. | Szolnok | 2038 |
June 29. | Debrecen | 3026 |
July 5. | Sárvár | 3105 |
July 5. | Szombathely | 3103 |
July 6. | Kaposvár | 3050 |
July 6. | Pécs | 3100 |
July 6. | Kaposvár | 2066 |
July 7. | Sopron | 3077 |
July 7. | Pápa | 2793 |
July 7. | Paks | 1072 |
July 7. | Monor | 3549 |
July 7. | Óbuda | 3151 |
July 7. | Sárvár | 2204 |
July 8. | Pécs | 2523 |
July 8. | Óbuda | 2997 |
July 9. | Monor | 3065 |
July 9. | Óbuda | 3072 |
July 9. | Budakalász | 3072 |
July 9. | Monor | 3079 |
July 9. | Békásmegyer | 1924 |
July 20. | Rákoscsaba | 1230 |