Transport II/25, Train Da 512 from Nuernberg, Nürnberg (Nürnberg), Bavaria, Germany to Theresienstadt, Ghetto, Czechoslovakia on 10/09/1942

In the month of September 1942 the Gestapo launched two large transports from Nuremberg and Würzburg to Theresienstadt, consisting of 1,681 Jews altogether. This was the fourth transport from Nuremberg and the first to depart the city for Theresienstadt. Following an order by the RSHA dated August 1, 1942 the State Police Head Office Nuremberg-Fürth carried out the deportation of 1,000 Jews on September 10, 1942. After many large deportations to the east, the majority of the remaining Jews in Nuremberg and Franconia were elderly, which was one of the criteria for being sent to Theresienstadt. 550 Jews from Nuremberg, 180 from Fürth, 128 from Bamberg and 142 Jews from Würzburg were to be deported. An extensive collection of files of the Würzburg Gestapo office concerning the deportation survived the war. Thus, this transport is one of few where all details about the organisational procedures and the participating officers are available, documenting how each community was affected. The preparations for the transport in Nuremberg...