Transport VI/5 from Hamburg, Hansestadt Hamburg (Hamburg), Hansa City of Hamburg, Germany to Theresienstadt, Ghetto, Czechoslovakia on 24/03/1943

The fifth transport from Hamburg to Theresienstadt left the city on March 24, 1943. It consisted of 50 Jews. Three of the Jews had been residents of other cities (Bremen, Guestrow and Rostock) and were brought to Hamburg for their deportation. Several days prior to the transport, all the deportees were assembled in the buildings of the Jewish community in Beneckestrasse. Their luggage, which was limited to 50 kilograms, was searched at the assembly site. They were forced to provide an inventory of their property and to sign a document transferring all their remaining assets to the Reich. On the day of the transport, the Jews were moved to the Hannoversche Bahnhof (Hanover Station), an isolated cargo station located in the harbour area, which served as the embarkation point for all deportations leaving from Hamburg. They were forced to board one or two train cars, which were then attached to a regular train. The train ride took two days. Due to the fact that the tracks into Theresienstadt had not yet been constructed, the train stopped in the nearby town of Bohusovice. The deportees had to walk the remaining three kilometers to the Ghetto carrying their luggage. Only people who were unable to walk were taken in trucks....