Statistical Report on the "Final Solution," known as the Korherr Report (March 23, 1943)

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V. THE EVACUATION OF THE JEWS

The evacuation of the Jews replaced the emigration of the Jews, at least on Reich territory. Following the prohibition of Jewish emigration in the fall of 1941, the evacuation was prepared on a large scale and largely implemented throughout the entire Reich territory in 1942. In the survey of the Jewry it appears as "Abwanderung" (Departure).

According to the tabulations of the Reich Security Main Office, the following numbers departed up to January 1, 1943:

from the Altreich, with the Sudetenland	100,516 Jews
from the Ostmark	47,555 "
from the Protectorate	69,677 "
Total	217,748 Jews

These figures also include the Jews evacuated into the old-age ghetto Theresienstadt.

All of the evacuations in the Reich territory, including the eastern territories and further within the German sphere of power and influence in Europe, generated the following numbers from October 1939 or later up to December 31, 1942:

1. Evacuation of Jews from Baden and the Palatinate to France . . .	6,504 Jews
2. Evacuation of Jews from Reich territory including the Protectorate and the district Bialystok to the East . . . . . . . .	170,642 Jews
3. Evacuation of Jews from Reich territory and the Protectorate to Theresienstadt. . . .	87,193 Jews
4. Transportation of Jews from the eastern Provinces to the Russian East: . . . . . . . . .	1,449,692 Jews
the following numbers transited through the camps in the General Government . . . .	1,274,166 Jews
through the camps in the Warthegau . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	145,301 Jews
5. Evacuation from other countries, namely:
France (the part occupied prior to November 10, 1942) . . . . . . . .	41, 911 Jews
Netherlands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	38,571 Jews
Belgium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	16,886 Jews
Norway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	532 Jews
Slovakia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	56, 691 Jews
Croatia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	4,927 Jews
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Evacuation overall (incl. Theresienstadt and incl. special treatment) . . . . . . . . . .	1,873,549 Jews
excluding Theresienstadt . . . . . . . . . . . . .	1,786,356 Jews
6. To which is added according to the information of the Reich Security Main Office the evacuation of . . . . . . in the Russian territories including the former Baltic countries since the beginning of the eastern campaign.	633,300 Jews

The above numbers do not include the inmates of the ghettos and concentration camps.

The evacuations from Slovakia and Croatia were undertaken by these states themselves.