THE FATE OF PRISONERS.
Jewish prisoners deported from the Netherlands did not leave the Dachau concentration camp after 5 January 1945 with normal transports to other concentration camp complexes. However, many were part of the so-called evacuation transports.
Entries, mutations and death of prisoners are registered in the records of the Dachau concentration camp until April 24, 1945.
Furthermore, it appears that the prisoners evacuated from the concentration camps Buchenwald and Flossenburg, who reached the Ak or Arbeitskommando – the labour command Allach on 27 and 28 April 1945 respectively, did not leave this camp anymore before the liberation. The names of the prisoners who belonged to these evacuation transports are not known, nor are the prisoners registered on arrival at the labour command Allach. However, in view of the fact that the labour command Allach was already liberated on 29 April 1945 and that extensive lists of names of the liberated are available, it must be assumed that the names of those who have reached the labour command Allach, excepted a few, are known. As for the fate of the non-returned, of whom may be assumed to have been evacuated from the Buchenwald or Flossenburg concentration camps, but of whom there is no indication that they have reached the labour command Allach, reference is made to the chapters Kl. Buchenwald and Cl. Flosenburg.
Furthermore, it appears that the Jewish prisoners, who ended up in the Dachau concentration camp complex, mainly have been accommodated in th labour commands Allach, Kaufering, Lansberg and Mühldorf.
Concentration camp Dachau and Labour command Allach.
For the non-returned Jewish prisoners of whom it is established a): that they were in the concentration camp Dachau or in the labour command Allach abode and b): that they are no longer seen at Kl. Dachau or Ak. Allach after 28 April 1945 nor have belonged to the liberated of this camp, it must be assumed that they have been evacuated from the Kl. Dachau or Ak. Allach.
Furthermore, for those of whom it is certain or may be presumed that: a): they have been evacuated from Kl. Dachau or Ak. Allach; b) : that they have not been spotted in the respective places of arrival after the liberation of the various groups; c): that they had no reason not to return to the Netherlands, if still alive; d): that it is not known on which specific date and/or in which specific place they died during the evacuation, than It must be assumed in all probability that they died during the very severe evacuation in Upper Bavaria, not earlier than 26 April 1945, and no later than 4 May 1945 (the last date on which an evacuated group was liberated).
For the non-returned, non-evacuated prisoners of Kl. Dachau or the Ak. Allach, who after the liberation (29 April 1945) were spotted either locally or elsewhere, must be determined individually and from the available data the most acceptable conclusion regarding their fate.
As for the fate of the prisoners, who were in commands of the Kl. Dachau, the following should be noted: At Kl. Dachau documents sometimes state “liberated Allach or liberated Kaufering, or liberated Mühldorf.
Statements by repatriates also show that this note cannot simply be assumed to be correct. Prisoners who are so-called liberated in Kaufering are e.g. in the Ak. Allach liberated, or even evacuated from Allach and ended up in Tegernsee, among others, before being liberated, while so-called liberators in Mühldorf were in reality only liberated in Feldafig, i.e. after being evacuated.
The same applies to the so-called liberation of Ak. Allach. Since these notes were not made until after the liberation, it is assumed that the original Dachau administration was then wanted to be updated and it has been assumed that according to this administration those who had not died in the various commands to which they belonged had been liberated, without taking into account related to evacuations, etc.