Transport XIX/1 from Usti nad Labem, Usti nad Labem, Bohemia, Czechoslovakia to Theresienstadt, Ghetto, Czechoslovakia on 13/11/1942

The first transport left Usti nad Labem to the Theresienstadt Ghetto on 13 November 1942. It consisted of 42 elderly Jewish inhabitants of the Schönwald camp. Very little is known about this transport. Like elsewhere within the Reich, the local branch of the Association of Jews in Germany was forced to cooperate with the Nazi authorities in organizing the transports. The elderly Jews were ordered to purchase a room in an old age home in Theresienstadt, (“Heimeinkaufsvertrag”) with their remaining assets. The Association of Jews in Germany was forced to act as mediator and transferred the money to the RSHA. Upon their arrival in Theresienstadt the deportees were housed in the same harsh conditions as the rest of the inhabitants of the Ghetto. Prior to their deportation, the deportees were searched and all valuable items in their possession were confiscated. It is assumed that the deportees were driven in buses or trucks from Schönwald to Theresienstadt. In the Theresienstadt Ghetto listings the transport was recorded as XIX/1 where the Roman numeral XIX refers to the area of Usti nad Labem....