Transport AAb from Kolin, Kolin, Bohemia, Czechoslovakia to Theresienstadt, Ghetto, Czechoslovakia on 05/06/1942

Transport AAb left from Kolin to Theresienstadt Ghetto on June 5, 1942. It consisted of 774 Jews who were residents of Kolin and towns in its vicinity. Among these were Kutna Hora (Kuttenberg), Malesov (Maleschau), Cesky Brod, Tynec nad Labem (Elbeteinsitz), Cervene Janovice, Kourim (Gurim) and Svojsice. The deportees were brought to a local school building in Kolin that served as a collection point. Prior to the train’s departure, several staff members of the Prague Jewish community Transports Department arrived in Kolin to carry out administrative measures according to the orders they received from the Central Office for Jewish Immigration. They prepared a list of deportees, registered Jewish property, issued notices regarding the date of deportation, and assisted in packing and carrying luggage. The deportees were first assembled in a local school building that served as a collection point. The Jews were transferred from the school to the train station and put on a train. After it arrived in Bohusovice, the deportees had to disembark, and were forced to march the remaining 3 km to Theresienstadt....