Transport II/10 from Muenchen, München (München), Bavaria, Germany to Theresienstadt, Ghetto, Czechoslovakia on 25/06/1942

This transport departed from Munich on June 25 1942 and arrived a day later in Theresienstadt. The transport consisted of 50 elderly Jews from Munich of whom 26 had lived in the Jewish old-age home in Klenzestrasse 4 prior to their deportation. This was the last transport in June 1942. Altogether, 500 Jews were deported from Munich. According to historian Alfred Gottwaldt, there were 27 survivors among them. The Gestapo had forced Munich’s Jewish community to assist with organizing the transports. A card index with the names and addresses of all Munich’s Jews existed in triplicate at the Aryanization department, the office of the Jewish community and at Munich’s Gestapo headquarters. This index was used to assemble the different transports. The Gestapo determined the criteria of the transports based upon age, ability to work and other factors. About a week before the planned transport, the Gestapo instructed the Jewish community to inform the victims of their forthcoming “evacuation” to Theresienstadt....