In 1880 , the DDSG was the world 's largest river shipping company with more than 200 steamboat ships and about 1000 cargo tubs . During the Third Reich era , the DDSG was involved in transporting Austrian Jews after Kristallnacht , when the Jews were pressured to emigrate elsewhere . Beginning in 1938 , the DDSG transported Jews who were on so-called " B-immigration transports " . The DDSG was also involved in taking excessive amounts of money and property from Jews in order to transport them . The SS worked with the DDSG in making the exit permits for Jews easier to obtain , since , at this point , the Nazis apparently just wanted them to leave the country . Although the Gestapo had leverage over the DDSG , the DDSG was a group that operated on its own will , in order to profit from forced Jewish emigration
Kristallnacht
Kristallnacht
Donaudampfschiffahrtsgesellschaft