Transport III/3 from Koeln, Köln (Köln), Rhine Province, Germany to Theresienstadt, Ghetto, Czechoslovakia on 05/09/1942

From then on, the only Jews allowed to stay in Cologne were those married to non-Jewish spouses. There were 50 people on the third transport from Cologne. They were brought to Theresienstadt in a single car attached to a regular train. Twenty seven of the deportees were women and 23 were men. The average age of the deportees was 49. The oldest deportee was an 85 year old man. The transport left Cologne on September 5 1942 and reached Theresienstadt on the same day. In Theresienstadt the transport was given the reference III/3, the Roman numeral III signifying the city of Cologne. According to the Historians Alfred Gottwaldt and Diana Schulle, 9 people survived this transport.