Transport T from Plzen, Plzen, Bohemia, Czechoslovakia to Theresienstadt, Ghetto, Czechoslovakia on 26/01/1942

Transport T left Plzen for the Theresienstadt Ghetto on January 26, 1942. It was the third and last large transport from Plzen to the Ghetto. It consisted of 1,000 Jews, residents from Plzen and from towns and villages in the vicinity, among them Kralovice (Kraltowitz), Blovice (Blowitz), Rokycany (Rokitzan), Horovice (Horowitz), Stenovice and Spalene Porici (Brennporitschen). The deportees were ordered to present themselves at the Sokol building (a national gymnastics organization), which served as a collection point. Prior to the train’s departure, several staff members of the Prague Jewish community Transports Department arrived in Plzen 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. The Jews were transferred from the Sokol building to the train station and put on a train. After it arrived in Bohusovice, the deportees had to disembark and were forced to march the remaining 3 km to Theresienstadt.