Transport XVI/4 Ez2 from Leipzig, Leipzig (Leipzig), Saxony, Germany to Theresienstadt, Ghetto, Czechoslovakia on 27/04/1944

The transport left Leipzig for Theresienstadt on April 26 or 27, 1944. It consisted of two Jews, Hedwig Thate and Amalie Plisch. The transport was likely conducted by regular train under guard. 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. The general guidelines prepared by the RSHA recommended that the local Gestapo notify in writing those Jews selected for deportation. The deportees were permitted to bring a sum of 50 Reichmarks, a suitcase, a full set of clothes, suitable shoes, bedding, tableware and food supplies for eight days. Additionally, those selected for deportation had to produce an inventory of all their properties. The deportees were normally kept in the assembly sites for two days prior to deportation....