Transport XIX/12 Ez1 from Usti nad Labem, Usti nad Labem, Bohemia, Czechoslovakia to Theresienstadt, Ghetto, Czechoslovakia on 29/03/1945

The transport left Usti nad Labem to the Theresienstadt Ghetto on 29 March 1945. This transport was listed as Ez, which were the German initials for special transport of individuals (Einzelreisende Sondertransport). It consisted of a single Jewish man, 82 year old Heinrich Reich. This was the last transport from the Usti nad Labem area, and one of the very last transports to reach Theresienstadt. Very little is known about this transport. It is assumed that Heinrich Reich was driven in buses or trucks from the area of Usti nad Labem to Theresienstadt. In the Theresienstadt Ghetto listings the transport was recorded as XIX/12 Ez where the Roman numeral XIX refers to the area of Usti nad Labem. The Theresienstadt ghetto was liberated a month later, on 8 May 1945. According to the Theresienstadt ghetto listings, Heinrich Reich was able to survive in the ghetto until the end of the war.