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132 J. GRAF, T. KUES, C. MATTOGNO, SOBIBÓR
From Germany and Austria, 14,442 Jews were deported to the �od�
ghetto in 1941, among them 999 children less than 16 years old, or
6.91%. 382
Five transports left Prague for �od� in 1941 with 4,999 Jews on
board, of whom 575 or 11.50% 382 were children below 16 years of age.
If we assume the highest percentages mentioned above, assigning to
Ostland the ratio applied to Poland, we come to a total of some 36,400
children deported to Sobibór (out of whom 5,972 are on record) which
would bring their percentage to (36,400÷169,000 383 ×100=) about 21.5%
or practically 1 out of 5 persons.
5.3.2. The Average Weight of the Children
Based on scientific tables for the growth of children, the average
weight of children below age 16 is about 30.5 kilograms. 384 The tables
cover children between 1 month and 16 years of age, giving weights
spaced one year apart for the mid-point of the year concerned (i.e. 1
month, 6 months, 1.5, 2.5, 3.5… 16 years). The average weight given is
applicable only if the ages of the children at Sobibór were distributed in
the same manner as in the above tables. Actually, the nominative lists
for three Dutch transports to Sobibór (those of 25 May, 1 st June and 6
June 1943) 385 with a total of 2,195 children under age 16 on board indicate
that the number of older children is significantly higher (some
66.5% were more than 8 years old). This ratio amounts to about 63%
for the 12 transports of the period between 3 March and 18 May. For
the 14,442 Jews deported to �od� from Germany and Austria the ratio
is higher yet: some 70.2%, whereas for the Polish Jews in the �od�
ghetto itself it amounted to about 61.4%.
If we correct the above tables for the actual age distribution in the
population concerned with higher percentages of children above the age
of 10, we arrive at an average weight of 36.5 kg, which we will round
off to 35 kilograms.
382 “Eingesiedelte im Jahre 1941 aus dem Altreich, Wien, Prag, Luxemburg und aus Leslau
und Umgebung,” WAPL, PSZ, 863, pp.76-81.
383 The total number of deportees (about 170,000) minus some 1,000 selected for work.
384 “Tabelle riassuntive per il calcolo del fabbisogno energetic” (Comparative tables for the
calculation of energy requirements), www.abodybuilding.com/tab_ener htm#tab1.
385 The transport lists have been published by J. Schelvis, op. cit. (note 58), pp. 305-542.