Transport XVI/4 from Leipzig, Leipzig (Leipzig), Saxony, Germany to Theresienstadt, Ghetto, Czechoslovakia on 13/01/1944

The transport left Leipzig to Theresienstadt on January 13 or 14, 1944. It consisted of 46 Jews, among them six from Halle and the surrounding area. With the exception of the “Einzeltransporte” (transports of individuals), none of the transports that left Leipzig for Theresienstadt originated in Leipzig. Rather, these trains came from places like Weimar and even as far as Frankfurt (am Main) and stopped in Leipzig en route to Theresienstadt to pick up the Jews from Leipzig and the vicinity. The head of the Leipzig Gestapo at that time, Karl Fistler, played a key role in organizing the transports, together with the Department of Jewish Affairs in the RSHA and Stadtamtmann ( City Councellor) Kurt Voigt, who had a senior responsibilities in Leipzig’s Judenstelle....