Transport XIV/5 from Ravensbrück, Camp, Germany to Theresienstadt, Ghetto, Czechoslovakia on 02/1945

This transport departed from the Ravensbrück concentration camp in February 1945, and arrived several days later in Theresienstadt. It consisted of five young women who had been inmates of the camp. The circumstances of this transport are unclear: the deportees were told they were being transferred to another camp by special order from the German Foreign Ministry. Before leaving Ravensbrück, the deportees were given some of the belongings they had with them when they first arrived at the camp. From Ravensbrück to Theresienstadt, the deportees were escorted by two SS-guards, a man and a woman. They were first brought to Berlin on a regular passenger train. There, they were put on a military train going to the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. According to witness Margrit Wrescher-Rustow, the journey took around 30 hours. Due to frequent bombardments and damage to the railway infrastructure, the deportees had to march long distances as part of the journey. The transport arrived at Theresienstadt in early February 1945. The deportees did not enter the ghetto upon arrival; they were incarcerated in a cellar for several weeks before being interrogated and then sent into the ghetto....