I don't think they were the same. Cattle Cars used by early railroads in the Eighteenth Century had sides and a top but the sides had gaps between the boards. Whereas, box cars were fully enclosed to keep out the elements.
The cars were called "Cattle Cars". They were called cattle cars because that's what cattle were put into when they had to travel.
This question makes no sense. Box cars and cattle cars were around long before world war 2. The Jews were taken in them to the concentration camps.
They were usually transported by rail in cattle vans/box-cars.
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The took them to a stockyard like Kansas City where they put them in cattle cars.
No, it was the rail cars on the railroad that were used to ship cattle in.
a drinking box/contaner for cattle
A group of cattle is called a herd.
A cattle stall is called a crib.
A number of cattle is called a herd of cattle. A number of pigs is called also called a herd.
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