Transport Cp from Uhersky Brod, Uhersky Brod, Moravia-Silesia, Czechoslovakia to Theresienstadt, Ghetto, Czechoslovakia on 31/01/1943

Transport Cp left Uhersky Brod for the Theresienstadt Ghetto on 31 January 1943. It consisted of 837 Jews, some of them had been expelled in 1940 from neighboring towns, such as Uherske Hradiste. All of the deportees were assembled at a local high school building in Uhersky Brod, which served as an assembly point. Prior to the train’s departure, several staff members of the Prague Jewish community Transports Department arrived in Uhersky Brod 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. From the assembly site, the deportees were transferred to the train station and put on a train. Upon its arrival in Bohusovice, the Jews had to disembark and were forced to march the remaining 3 km to Theresienstadt.