Transport XVIII/3 from Oppeln, Oppeln (Oppeln), Silesia (Upper), Germany to Theresienstadt, Ghetto, Czechoslovakia on 04/12/1942

This Transport departed from the Oppeln train station on December 4, 1942 and arrived at Theresienstadt on the same day. It was the third of 10 transports comprising of elderly Jews and others from the province of Upper Silesia who had until now been protected from deportation. The transport consisted of 50 Jews, residents of the Upper Silesian cities and towns of Oppeln, Ratibor, Cosel, Gross Strehlitz, Kreuzburg, Konstadt and Kolonnowska (Grafenweiler), and from the villages of Berzdorf, Reinschdorf and Sczepanowitz (Stefanshöh). The majority of the deportees were elderly persons over 65 years of age. The oldest among the deportees was 90 year-old Hermann Tichauer of Cosel, who was deported with his family. Several days prior to the deportation the Jewish community received a list of deportees and had to notify these individuals of their upcoming deportation. The deportees were ordered to report to the assembly point in the old animal market (“Bullenkeller”) at Malapanerstrasse in Oppeln. They were ordered to settle their bills and debts, and bring up to 10kg of luggage and the keys to their apartments. At the assembly point, they were registered and forced to sign a declaration relinquishing their entire property to the state. They were interned at the assembly point until the day of the transport....