Transport XVI/7 from Leipzig, Leipzig (Leipzig), Saxony, Germany to Theresienstadt, Ghetto, Czechoslovakia on 17/03/1945

The transport left Leipzig for Theresienstadt on March 16, 1945. It consisted of seven Jews and was the last transport of Jews that left Leipzig. It is noteworthy that none of the seven Jews of this transport actually came from Leipzig. Rather, they were from Nordhausen, Erfurt and other smaller towns. Helene Bösecke, from Nordhausen, was on this transport. In less than 24 hours she sent postcards from the transport, one dated Weimar, 11am, March 16, 1945, one dated Weisschlitz, 6-7pm, March 16, 1945, and the last one dated Karlsbad, 9am, March 17, 1945. It is not certain whether the transport originated in Leipzig and went to Theresienstadt via Erfurt, Weisschlitz and Karlsbad, or whether the train originated in Erfurt and went via Leipzig. The transport was likely conducted by regular train under guard.
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....