Transport II/22 from Muenchen, München (München), Bavaria, Germany to Theresienstadt, Ghetto, Czechoslovakia on 05/08/1942

This transport departed from Munich on August 5, 1942 and arrived a day later in Theresienstadt. It consisted of 50 elderly Jews, all of whom lived outside of Munich. Prior to the deportation from Munich these Jews were transported from Augsburg to the Milbertshofen assembly camp. Forty two Jews from Augsburg were on board the transport. There were also seven Jews from Altenstadt/Iller, a small town 35 kilometers south of Ulm. These made up the second group of Jews to be deported from Altenstadt. Fourteen others had been deported earlier on March 31. With their deportation to Theresienstadt, the District Office (Landratsamt) at Illertissen reported to the State Police head branch in Munich, that the district was now free of Jews (judenrein). According to historian Alfred Gottwaldt, there were four survivors from this transport. 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....