Transport AAo from Olomouc, Olomouc Mesto, Moravia-Silesia, Czechoslovakia to Theresienstadt, Ghetto, Czechoslovakia on 08/07/1942

Transport AAo left Olomouc (Olmütz) for the Theresienstadt Ghetto on July 8, 1942. It consisted of 745 Jews. According to archival records, most of the deportees were either residents of Olomouc or of neighboring towns, among them Kojetin, Lipnik (Leipnik), Prostejov (Prossnitz), Lostice and Prerov (Prerau). The deportees were assembled at a school building in Hodolany, a neighborhood near the local train station. Prior to the train’s departure, several staff members of the Prague Jewish community Transports Department arrived in Olomouc 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 Jews were transferred from the school to the train station and put on a train. Upon arrival in Bohusovice, the deportees had to disembark, and were forced to march the remaining 3 km to Theresienstadt.