[Deportations from Westphalia 1933-1942]

This collection contains the names and basic data of 8,112 Jews living in Westphalia between 1933-1942, as provided by over 60 Westphalian communities between 1961 and 1963. It includes correspondence and lists of names generated as the result of a survey by the genealogist and Rabbi Dr. Bernhard Brilling at the Institutum Judaicum Delitzschianum in Muenster, Westphalia. Information mainly consists of names, date of birth, place of residence, date and destination of emigration, deportation or date of death. Note that these documents are photocopies of originals held by the Jüdisches Museum der Stadt Frankfurt am Main.

The collection also includes an inventory prepared by the Jüdisches Museum der Stadt Frankfurt am Main on March 3, 1998 (places, contents, physical description), with handwritten notes and colored marks for the different Westphalian districts (Muenster, Arnsberg, Minden/Detmold), as well as an introduction to and summary of the collection and Brilling's survey, prepared by Peter Lande in 1998: "Westphalian Jews and the Holocaust: an amazing find."

Lande also prepared a spreadsheet summarizing the Westphlian data Brilling collected. The columns are Family name, Maiden name, Personal name, Date of birth, Marital status, Place of birth, Source, Emigration date, Emigrated to, Deportation date, Deported to, Date of death, Moved to, and Notes. In his introductory essay, Lande notes that he did not transfer every piece of information; researchers might wish to consult Brilling's research in folders 2-4 to see if additional information about a particular person is available. See the Related Materials for links to the spreadsheet in PDF and Excel formats.

The following towns are mentioned: Ahaus, Ahlen (Westphalia), Allendorf, Alme, Altena, Altenberge, Altenboegge-Boenen, Amelunxen, Anholt, Anroechte, Arnsberg, Assinghausen, Atteln, Attendorn, Bad Driburg, Bad Sassendorf, Banfe, Beckum, Beddelhausen, Beelen, Bergkamen, Beringhausen, Berleburg, Beverungen, Bigge, Billerbeck, Blankenstein, Bocholt, Borgholz, Borgholzhausen, Borghorst, Bork, Borken, Bottrop, Brakel, Bredelar, Brilon, Bruchhausen, Burgsteinfurt, Canstein, Cappeln, Castrop-Rauxel, Coesfeld, Dahlhausen, Darfeld, Datteln, Dellwig, Dingden, Dorsten, Drensteinfurt, Duelmen, Elsoff, Epe, Erkeln, Erle, Erwitte, Eslohe, Etteln, Fischelbach, Freckenhorst, Freienohl, Froendenberg, Frohnhausen, Gelsenkirchen, Gemen, Gescher, Giershagen, Gladbeck, Gronau, Gross-Reken, Haaren, Hachen, Hallenberg, Haltern, Harsewinkel, Havixbeck, Hemer, Hemmerde, Herbede, Herbern, Herdecke, Herne, Herstelle, Herten, Hilchenbach, Hohenlimburg, Holzwickede, Hopsten, Horn, Horstmar, Hovestadt, Husen, Ibbenbueren, Iserlohn, Kaan-Marienborn, Kierspe, Klafeld, Koerbecke, Laasphe, Laer, Legden, Lembeck, Lendringsen, Lengerich, Lenhausen, Letmathe, Lichtenau, Lippstadt, Littfeld, Luedenscheid, Luedinghausen, Madfeld, Marl, Massen, Medebach, Meinerzhagen, Messinghausen, Metelen, Methler, Muenster, Natzungen, Neheim-Huesten, Neuenkirchen b. Rheine, Niedermarsberg, Nienborg, Nottuln, Ochtrup, Oelde, Oer-Erkenschwick, Oestinghausen, Oeventrup, Olpe, Olsberg, Ostenfelde, Osterwick, Plettenberg, Poembsen, Raesfeld, Ramsdorf, Recklinghausen, Rhede, Rheine, Ruethen, Schmallenberg, Schoeppingen, Schwerte, Selm, Siegen, Sprockhoevel, Stromberg, Suedlohn, Sundern, Telgte, Udorf, Velen, Vreden, Wadersloh, Waltrop, Warendorf, Warstein, Wasserkurl, Wattenscheid, Weidenau, Werl, Werne (Bochum), Werne an der Lippe, Werth, Weseke, Westbuederich, Westerholt, Westernkotten, Witten, Wolbeck, and Wulfen.