In 1939 the Second World War had just begun. The Germans blamed the Jews for their losses in World War I. To compensate, Hitler, the new leader of Germany, decreed the elimination of all Jews. Most of the Jews were brought out by rail. Railways have been important to transportation in Germany, as well as the rest of the world, since the invention of the locomotive. In 1939, Germany had in its possession the railways of Austria, Sudenten, Bohemia, Moravia, Czechoslovakia, Danzig and Poland (Oxlade). All of these different rail crossings helped Germany deal with the “Final Solution” in 1942. The Germans informed the Jews that they would be moved eastward with resettlement in mind. The Jews were placed in the cattle, passenger and freight cars (Museum). Lieutenant Fischman was commander of the transport command. He had two sergeants and thirteen policemen to aid him in his attempt to transport the Jews. Through him the Germans had a “special train waiting for the Jews in Aspang. One thousand Jews made the journey in cattle cars. Train DA-38 departed Vienna on June 14, 1942. The train passed through numerous cities until arriving in Lublin on June 16, 1942. Once stopped, the Germans asked fifty-one able-bodied Jews between the ages of 15 and 50 to depart Vienna. the labor camp there. The remaining 949 Jews were transported to Sobibor (Yitzhak). For transportation they received only a bucket (Museum). Train types varied beyond simple steam locomotives and electric trains. Steam trains used during the Holocaust period included trains built from 1930 to 1945. In 1930 there were the 0-1, 0-3, 58 and 93. The 71 and 89 classes were introduced in 1934. 60, 61 and 84 were the three new classes unveiled in 1935. In 1... half of the paper... they are used for the right purposes. Works Cited Graham, Randolph L. “The Politics of Genocide.” The Holocaust in Hungary, Volume 1. New York: The Rosenthal Institute for Holocaust Studies, 1994. 686.Museum, The United States Holocaust. German railways and the Holocaust. June 10, 2013. March 13, 2014 .Oxlade, John. Brief history of German railways. 31 December 2003. 14 March 2014 .Platz, Potsdamer. The Memorail of platform 17 at Grunewald railway station. January 25, 2012. March 13, 2014 .Yitzhak, Arad. The deportation of Austrian and German Jews. 1987. March 14 2014 .