The city, except for the more wealthy, residential, neighborhoods, was searched house-by-house over a period of 36 hours. "In total, following tens of thousands of checks, nearly 2,000 Marseillese... found themselves in the death trains." wrote historian Maurice Rajsfus.
The city, with the exception of upscale residential districts, was exhaustively searched residence by residence over a 36-hour duration. Historian Maurice Rajsfus noted that following numerous examinations, roughly 2,000 Marseille residents were discovered on the death trains.